Joseph Royal Murdock

Joseph Royal Murdock (born August 11, 1858) was a Utah State Senator.

Murdock was the son of Nymphas C. Murdock and his wife Sarah. He was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, until he moved to Charleston, Utah at age 13. He attended Brigham Young Academy (the predecessor of Brigham Young University) in its inaugural year. In 1878 he married Margaret Wright. They became the parents of 10 children.

From 1880 to 1882 Murdock served a mission for the LDS Church, pirmarily in Michigan. He was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1900.

Sources

Andrew Jenson. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 1, p. 361.

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