42 "Hard to Compare to Anyone but Himself:" Alfalfa William Murray and His "Advance" in Oklahoma History
"Hard to Comp Alfalfa Wil "Advance" il Jell On November 21 , 1869,in' big-mouthed, belligerent me "Alfalfa" William Henry DaviG Murray and Bertha Elizabeth J Texas, William Murray and h. and George, the youngest, ha mother passed away shortly a Uriah took the boys to live witl Uriah married a widow, Mary J grandparents, moved with the Texas, in 1873.5 Mary, a vef] punishment and often whipped wife had seven children of the often felt ignored.6 Fed up witt but returned after a short tim( and George with him in searcH brothers ended up in Keeter, Te: I Keith L. Bryant, Jr., Alfalfa Press, 1968),3 [Hereafter cited as Bryan (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Press, 1932) Murray family portrait at their home near Tishomingo, J90S. Courtesy ofthe Oklahoma Historical Society. 2 Bryant, 3-10. 3 Hines, 13. 4 Bryant, 3,4. 5 William H. Murray, Memoirs Together with his Biography. Philosoph] vol. 1 (Boston: Meador Publishing Co Governor Murray, vol. I]. 6 Bryant, 3-4. 7 Bryant, 3-4. Jeffrey Widener is a PhD. candidate in University of Oklahoma. Widener is an: in The Chronicles of Oklahoma. Southwe 42 "Hard to Compare to Anyone but Himself:" Alfalfa William Murray and his "Advance" in Oklahoma History by Jeffrey Widener On November 21, 1869, in Toadsuck, Texas, one of the most colorful, big-mouthed, belligerent men ever to call himself an Oklahoman, "Alfalfa" William Henry David Murray, was born to Uriah Dow Thomas Murray and Bertha Elizabeth Jones Murray (Figure 1).1 Growing up in Texas, William Murray and his two brothers, John Shade, the oldest, and George,
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