William Murray - Husband and Father

Shortly after graduating from Yale in 1862, William married Isadora Hull of East River, CT. She was a lover of the outdoors, like her new husband. She worked as a teacher while William attended East Windsor Theological Seminary and also during his vicarage in New York City.
The couple prospered on William's $3000 annual salary and living in comfortable parsonage at the Meriden church. The couple's lifestyle improved even more at Park Street with a good salary and income from William's books, newspaper articles, and his own weekly newspaper The Golden Rule.
William bought his family farm and converted it into a stable for breeding race horses. At roughly the same time, he invested heavily in a carriage business that quickly failed. The members and leaders at Park Street strongly disapproved of Will's lifestyle and time spent away from church business. During this time, the couple discovered that Isadora could not have children, which bothered Will greatly.
William's departure from Park Street and the establishment of his independent church further eroded the couple's relationship. Isadora discovered interests of her own, most prominently an interest in medicine. Will's business ventures all failed and he lost the family farm and the bulk of their savings in the process. Following the collapse of the independent church in 1879, Will resigned the ministry the couple separated. Isadora went to New York then Vienna to study medicine, specifically surgery. She became the first American to be a licenced surgeon in Europe. Will began traveling around the states, England, and Europe, giving lectures on camping and the Adirondacks. The couple officially divorced in 1886.
William tried ranching in Texas for a time, then performed with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Montreal for a while. He finally settled into running a small restaurant in Montreal that specialized in oysters. During this time in Montreal, Will met Frances Rivers, and the couple were married in 1886. The couple eventually moved to Burlington, Vermont where Will was director of a yacht club for a while. He also wrote a book on Lake Champlain and began lecturing again on the benefits of camping and the wilderness life. Will also performed readings from his Adirondack Tales.
Around 1890 the Murray's were able to purchase the Murray homestead once again. Here the loving couple raised four daughters - Maud, Ruby, Grace, and Ethel. At least one book, How I Am Educating My Daughters, resulted from Murray's work with his girls.
Murray's health began to fail in 1900. On March 3, 1904, just a few weeks shy of his 64th birthday, William Murray passed away quietly in the same bedroom where he was born. He was buried in a small family cemetery on the farm property not far from the house.