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Elisha E. MURRAY
Mary Jane ROBARDS
Husband:  Elisha E. MURRAY / MURRY
Birth:  26 Dec 1817, NY
Occupation:  farmer
Brother:  Hiram C. MURRAY, b. 9 Feb 1826, NY
Father:  Selah MURRAY, b. 1778/9, MA
Mother:  Lydia CURTISS / CURTIS, b. 1784/5, CT
Marriage:
Wife:  Mary Jane ROBARDS
Birth:  1821/2, Camillus, Onondaga Co., NY
Death:  1900, MI
Occupation:  homemaker
Father:  George ROBARDS
Mother:  Temperance MONROE
Children — born in Litchfield Twp., Hillsdale Co., MI:
1.  Thompson B. MURRAY, b. 1844/5
2.  Henry C. MURRAY, b. 1847/8
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Sources:

1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).
Elisha Eli Murray
Birth: 26 Dec 1817, Huntington, Litchfield, Connecticut
Birth: 26 Dec 1817, Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan
Father: Selah Murray; Mother: Lydia Curtiss
Marriage: ca. 1840, Huntington, Litchfield, Connecticut
Spouse: Mary Jane Robards
Sources: patron submissions
Hiram Murray
Birth: 09 Feb 1826, Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan
Father: Selah Murray; Mother: Lydia Curtiss
Sources: patron submissions
Based on the 1850 census, none of the birthplaces is correct.  (It is possible, even likely, that Litchfield Twp., Hillsdale Co., MI, was named by settlers from Litchfield Co., CT.)

2.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #28 of 33):  Litchfield Twp., Hillsdale Co., MI, p. 431B, 204/211, enumerated 3 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Elisha E Murry 32 M   Farmer 2000 NY
Mary J Murry 28 F       NY
Thompson B Murry  5 M       Mich
Henry C Murry  2 M       Mich
Selah Murray 71 M   Farmer   Mass
Lydia Murray 65 F       Conn
Hiram C Murray 24 M   Carpenter   NY
James N Robards 19 M   Farmer   Mich
Selah & Lydia MURRAY are Elisha's parents; Hiram C. MURRAY is Elisha's brother; James N. ROBARDS is Mary Jane's brother. 

3.  Messages in the Robards Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).  One message includes an excerpt on the ROBARDS family from the following source:

3a.  Vivian Lyon Moore.  1933.  Lineages of Some Early Hillsdale County Families.  Typescript MS.  Gives Mary Jane's birthplace as NY.

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