James Murphree
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James Pleasant Murphree (1825 - 1905)

James Pleasant Murphree aka Murphey
Born in Walker, Alabama, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 80 in Calhoun, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 22 Sep 2010
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James Murphree served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: unknown
Mustered out: unknown
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company K, 17th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

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Biography

James was born in 1825 and died in 1905.

Research Notes

1850 US Census: Name: James P. Murphey Age: 24 (b. abt 1826); Birthplace: Alabama; Residence: Western Division, Chickasaw County, Mississippi; Occupation: Farmer [1]

1860 US Census: Name: James P. Murphree; Age: 25 (b. abt 1825); Birthplace: Alabama; Residence: Calhoun, Mississippi; Occupation: farmer [2]

1870 US Census: Name: James Murphree; Age: 45 (b. abt 1825); Birthplace: Alabama; Residence: Township 13 Range 1 West, Calhoun, Mississippi; Occupation: farmer [3]

1900 US Census: Name: Jas. P. Murphree; Birth: Jan 1825; Birthplace: Alabama; Residence: Beat 2, Calhoun, Mississippi; Marital status: widowed; Relationship to head of household: father-in-law; In household of Robt. L. Ruth [4]

Burial record for James P. Murphree: Birth: 22 Jan 1825; Death: 29 Oct 1905; Burial: Rocky Mount Cemetery, Reid, Calhoun County, Mississippi; Inscription: Co K 17 Miss Inf CSA; Find A Grave: Memorial #54157814

William Josiah Patterson ... was married February 14, 1867, in Calhoun County to Mary Jane Murphree, daughter of James Pleasant Murphree and Sarah Ann Henderson Murphree. His wife's family is of Irish descent. [5]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-2CD : 12 April 2016), James P Murphey, Chickasaw county, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 693, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GH-7W6 : 14 December 2017), James P Murphree, 1860.
  3. Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 13 Range 1 West, Calhoun, Mississippi; Roll: M593_722; Page: 359B; Family History Library Film: 552221
  4. Year: 1900; Census Place: Beat 2, Calhoun, Mississippi; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1240802
  5. Official and statistical register of the state of Mississippi, 1908, pp. 1039-1040, retrieved 19 Feb 2019
  • Albert Thomas Patterson, IIIinois.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010 by MG Pitts




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