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==Early life== Musgrave was born August 19, 1935, the son of Percy Musgrave Jr. (1903β1973) and Marguerite Warton Musgrave ([[married and maiden names|nΓ©e]] Swann; 1909β1982).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFuf9pSnbSYC&q=marguerite+swann+Musgrave&pg=PA17|title = Story: The Way of Water|isbn = 9780975228609|last1 = Lenehan|first1 = Anne E.|year = 2004| publisher=Soundscape Software Pty }}</ref> He grew up in [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts]], but considers [[Lexington, Kentucky]], to be his hometown.<ref name="nasabio">{{cite web |title=Story Musgrave (M.D.) |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/musgrave_story.pdf |website=Biographical Data |publisher=[[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411103813/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/musgrave_story.pdf |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |date=August 1997 |access-date=April 14, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Musgrave has strong [[New England]] ancestral roots, descending from ''Mayflower'' passengers [[John Howland]] and [[John Tilley (Mayflower passenger)|John Tilley]], as well as early [[Watertown, Massachusetts]], settler [[Richard Saltonstall]]. Saltonstall's uncle was [[Richard Saltonstall (mayor)|Richard Saltonstall]], [[Lord Mayor of London]]. His 4th great-grandfather was [[William Gray (Massachusetts politician)|William Gray]], a lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1810 to 1812 and a Massachusetts State Representative and Senator. His first cousin, four times removed was [[Horace Gray]], [[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court|Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice]] from 1864 to 1882 and [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court Justice]] from 1882 to 1902. His name comes from his 2nd great-grandfather, Franklin Howard Story Jr. (1825β1900) and 3rd great-grandfather, Franklin Howard Story (1795β1871). His 4th great-grandfather, Elisha Story (1743β1805), was a participant in the [[Boston Tea Party]] in 1773. Another son of Elisha, [[Joseph Story]] (Musgrave's 4th great-uncle) was a [[United States Congress]]man from Massachusetts and a United States Supreme Court Justice from 1812 to 1845. Joseph's son (Musgrave's 1st cousin, four times removed) was artist and sculptor [[William Wetmore Story]]. William's son (Musgrave's second cousin, thrice removed) was painter [[Julian Russell Story]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Franklin Story Musgrave |url=https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Franklin-Story-Musgrave/p729528 |website=ourfamtree.org |publisher=Ray Gurganus |access-date=May 19, 2021}}</ref> Musgrave attended [[Dexter School]] in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], and [[St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)|St. Mark's School]] in [[Southborough, Massachusetts]], from 1947 to 1953. He dropped out of St. Mark's in his senior year when a car accident "caused him to miss a substantial amount of vital pre-graduation exam schooling."<ref>NASA's Scientist-Astronauts, [[Colin Burgess (author)|Burgess, Colin]] and Shayler, David, 2007, Springer Praxis, {{ISBN|0-387-21897-1}}, Page 152.</ref>
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