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Marvel Murphree (abt. 1805 - 1864)

Marvel Murphree
Born about in South Carolina, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 19 Nov 1826 in Blount County, Alabama, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 59 in near Oneonta, Blount, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

Marvel was born about 1805 and died in 1864.

Research Notes

Birth

ABT 1805 SC

Marriage

Marvel Murphree m. Eady Easley 19 NOV 1826 Blount Co., AL [1]

Census

1850 Subdivision No. 18, Blount Co., AL Census, 28th Oct 1850; pg. 1032 (59-60)
Marvel MURPHREE, age 46, M, Farmer, $325, b: NC
Eda, age 39, F, b: TN
William, age 22, M, Farmer, b: AL
Eldin, age 20, F, b: AL
John, age 17, M, Farmer, b: AL
Tapley, age 15, M, Farmer, b: AL
Nima/Vinna, age 14, F, b: AL
Barton, age 11, M, b: AL
Thomas, age 8, M, b: AL
Angeline, age 6, F, b: AL
George, age 4, M, b: AL
Franklin, age 2, M, b: AL

1860 US Census: Name: Marva Murphree; Birth: abt 1805; Birthplace: South Carolina; Residence: Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama; Occupation: farmer [2]

Children

This source gave me three names for the children of Marvel Murphree, I have been able to identify one from the census above. The other two are named Great Murphree (female) and Robert Gustavas Augustas Murphree who had a son named Samuel Barton Murphree. [3]

Military

Marvel Murphree and the Civil War:

Marvel Murphree fought in the Civil War with all his sons except Robert GA. He was 12 years old and was ready to volunteer, but the war ended. [4]

Death

The Southern Democrat, 30 Nov 1922

The Untimely deaths. The following is a historical account of the untimely deaths occurring in Murphrees Valley a distance eight miles north and northeast and eight miles west and southwest of Oneonta during the past seventy-five years:

Marvel Murphree was killed by an unknown party in 1864, one half mile east of Oneonta.

Sources

  1. Blount Co., AL County Court Marriage Records
  2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDZ-MZV : 13 December 2017), Marva Murphree, 1860.
  3. Nelda Murphree Grimes, 211 Williford, Memphis, TN 38112 (901) 324-2949
  4. Sharon Ramdial originally shared this at ancestry.com
  • Research of Anita D. Williams, PO Box 1335, Crystal Beach, TX 77650-1335
  • "1850 Blount Co., AL Census", in "The Murphree Monthly", Volume 1, #10, page 76.
  • "Blount Co., AL Marriage Records", Vol. A, page 184, by Elizabeth Wood Thomas.
  • "Blount Co., AL Marriages 1821-1844", by Albert Brown, page 13.
  • "Daniel Murphree & Sarah Dempsey", by Bruce A. Jordan, Rt 1 Box 59, Prairie Hill, TX 76678.
  • "Daniel Murphree, Jr.", by Bill R. Linder, 615 9th Street South, Arlington, VA 22204-5922, http://www.familyhisstoryhouse/Research/Murphree/danielii.htm
  • "Four-Families Newletter", Vol. II, Issue 2, September 1999, page 27.
  • "Blount County AL, Vol. 2-Earliest Marriages 1820-1838" by Juanita Cato Askew.
  • Research of Joanna, Phoenix, AZ, 1/10/2001.
  • Research of Robert D. Bellew, 1/21/1998.
  • This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010 by MG Pitts.




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