Muir, William W.

WILLIAM W. MUIR, superintendent of Clark & Warren’s oil refinery at Corry, was born at Carbondale, Lackawanna Co., Penn., April, 1851, and is a son of John and Caroline (Smith) Muir, the former by trade a carpenter; is a resident of Carbondale, where he settled in 1832. His wife is deceased they were the parents of five children, all now living. Our subject, the eldest, was reared in Carbondale, and educated in the common school. He learned the trade of a marble-cutter, at which he served three years and three months. He is also a carpenter and builder, working at same seven years. He has also spent the same time as a refiner of oil. Mr. Muir married, March 14, 1872, Martha Fuller, of Carbondale, Penn., where she was born May 11, 1854, and is a daughter of A. K. and Nancy Fuller, the former a machinist, his wife now deceased. Four children were born to this union— Harry (deceased), George, Carrie and Edward. Mr. Muir settled in Corry in May, 1881. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. Subordinate and Encampment at Carbondale, Olive Leaf Lodge, No. 156, Lackawanna Encampment, No. 58. He owns a residence on North Wyoming street, Carbondale, also one on Washington street, Corry. Politically, he is a Republican.