James Ramsey Murray (1841–1905) was an American composer and author including of songbooks.

[1] His work includes hymns and Christmas music and was published by Root & Cady[2] as well as S. Brainard Sons.

[3] He helped write "Daisy Deane" in an American Civil War camp.

A portrait of him by Jacob Henry Hall is in the Library of Congress.

[6] Murray died on 10 March 1905 in Cincinnati of Addison's disease and he was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery[7] Source:[8] This article about a United States composer born in the 19th century is a stub.