Ida Cordelia Hoge, the 5th child (and 1st daughter) of Joseph and Mary Hoge, was born September 1883 and died when she was thirty-seven years old in August of 1920. At the age of twenty, on September 12, 1903, Ida married Samuel H. McMurray who worked as a bookkeeper for various coal corporations in Soddy, Graysville and Dayton, TN and as Postmaster for Stearns, KY.
Ida and Samuel had seven children:
Howard Jackson McMurray
Donald W. McMurray
Cora Lee McMurray
James Bradford McMurray
Mary Evelyn McMurray
Jackson David McMurray
Wallace Edward McMurray
Ida died before her youngest child was two years old. At that time, the baby was sent to live with his uncle James Hoge and his wife Chesster. The older four living children were sent to live with their Uncle Jack Hogue. A year later, in 1921, Sam married Vina Jones who had two children, and he brought his children back to Stearns, KY to live with him, their stepmother and her children. Sam died just a few years later in 1929.
Ida Cordelia Hoge Timeline:
09/03/1883 – Ida Cordelia Hoge born in Tennessee (1900 Census says Ida was born Sept 1883 – Gravestone says 1884)
1900 Rhea Co, TN Census[1] – 16 yr old Ida Hoge living in Rhea County, TN with her parents, Joseph and Mary Hoge and siblings: Bradford (23 yrs), Floyd (21 yrs), James (19 yrs), Dexter (12 yrs), Eddie (7 yrs), Herbert (3 yrs)
08/05/1901 – Ida Cordelia Hoge’s father, Joseph Joel Hoge died in Dayton, TN
09/12/1903[2] – Ida Cordelia Hoge married Samuel H McMurray in Rhea County, TN
11/06/1904 – son Howard Jackson McMurray born in Tennessee
10/12/1905 – Samuel McMurray’s mother, Mary (Early) McMurray died
1906 - son Donald W McMurray born in Tennessee 1906 - son Donald W McMurray died in Tennessee
03/29/1909 – daughter Cora Lee McMurray born in Graysville, TN
1910 Census[3] –Sam and Ida McMurray living in Hamilton County, TN with children: Howard (5 yrs) and Cora (2 yrs) – Sam working at Coal Mine as a Driver
07/20/1911 – son James Bradford McMurray born in Tennessee
05/13/1913 – daughter Mary Evelyn McMurray born in Tennessee 1916 - daughter Mary Evelyn McMurray died in Graysville, Tennessee
07/25/1916 – son Jackson David McMurray born in Graysville, Tennessee
12/06/1918 – son Wallace Edward McMurray born in Stearns, Kentucky
1920 Census[4] – Sam and Ida McMurray living in Stearns, KY with children: Howard (15 yrs), Cora (11 yrs), James (8 yrs), Jack (3 yrs) and Wallace (1 yrs) – Sam working for Coal Co as Time Keeper
August 1920 - Ida Cordelia (Hoge) McMurray died. She is buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery in Graysville, TN, next to her children, Donald and Mary.
1921 - Samuel H McMurray married Vina Jones (who had 2 children). They lived in Stearns, KY with Samuel and Vina’s children
02/24/1929[5] – 19 yr old Cora Lee McMurray and 26 yr old David Leroy Buck married in Scott Co, Tennessee
05/23/1929[6] - Samuel H McMurray died in Stearns, KY. He is buried in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery in Soddy-Daisy, TN (Hamilton Co), near his mother, Mary.
1930 Census[7] – Vina McMurray widowed and living in Stearns, KY, teaching
1930 Census[8] – Ida's sons, Jack (13 yrs) and Wallace (11 yrs) McMurray living with their Grandmother, Mary (Killough) Hogue and aunt & uncle Herbert and Lola Hogue in Rhea County, Tennessee
10/24/1937[9] – Ida (Hoge) McMurray’s mother, Mary (Killough) Hoge died in Dayton, Tennessee
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