Sim MURPHREE, 70, of Pittsboro, Mississippi, died 6 Dec. 1966 in Memphis from injuries received in a car-train collision at Tunica, Miss. He was the son of Charles Jasper Murphree.and Molly Ellison, and a descendant of Ransom Murphree and Mary Walker. Services were at Poplar Springs Baptist Church and burial was in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Calhoun County, Miss.
On 15 Jun 1915 when SIMON ROANE was 19, he first married Essie Cordelia Murphree, daughter of WILLIAM ELBERT MURPHREE (12 Oct 1861-28 Oct 1936) SARAH "Sally" HARRIET McKENZIE (9 Jan 1869-20 Feb 1940). Born on 15 Jun 1898 in Calhoun Co., MS. ESSIE CORDELIA died in Calhoun Co., MS on 22 Mar 1920; she was 21. Buried on 24 Mar 1920 in Rocky Mount Bapt. Ch. Cem., W of Reid, Calhoun Co., MS.
Children with Essie Cordelia Murphree (1898 - 1920)
Jewel Mae Murphree (1916 - 1924)
Inez Murphree Martin (1917 - 1995)
Wilson W Murphree (1919 - 1962)
On 19 Dec 1920 when SIMON ROANE was 24, he married Vangie "Mammy" Shields Murphree, daughter of WILL SHIELDS, in Calhoun Co., AL. Born on 15 Mar 1896. VANGIE died on 9 Feb 1969; she was 72. Buried in Poplar Springs Cem., Reid, Calhoun Co., MS.
Children with Vangie Shields Murphree (1896 - 1969)
Mavis A Murphree Brown (1921 - 1989)
Mary Lena Murphree Bryan (1923 - 1992)
THOMAS EARL
JAMES EDWARD
JOHN WHITT
WINONA
BOBBY SUE
1930 US Census:
Name: Sim Murphree;
Birth: abt 1896;
Birthplace: Mississippi;
Father/mother's birthplace: Mississippi;
Residence: Beat 3, Calhoun, Mississippi;
Age at first marriage: 19 (m. abt 1915);
Occupation: farmer, general farm
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Burial: Poplar Springs Cemetery, Reid, Calhoun County, Mississippi, USA
Find A Grave: Memorial #28802603
Research Notes
Other possible death location: Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96D-3GV : accessed 29 November 2019), Cansy A Murphree in household of Mary L Murphree, Beat 2 Sarepta town, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 18A, family 317, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,802.
WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3814, Date of Import: 11 Jan 1998.
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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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Simon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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Murphree-1158 and Murphree-456 appear to represent the same person because: same find a grave on both profiles. several other merges in this family line