Joseph Royal Murdock
Joseph Royal Murdock was a Utah State Senator.
Murdock was the son of Nymphas Coridon Murdock and his wife Sarah Melissa Barney. He was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, until he moved to Charleston, Utah at age 13. He attended Brigham Young Academy in its inaugural year. In 1878 he married Margaret Ashbridge Wright. They became the parents of 10 children.
From 1880 to 1882 Murdock served a mission for the LDS Church, primarily in Michigan. He was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1900. Murdock died at the age of 72 in Salt Lake City and was interred in Heber City, Utah.
