He married Rebecca Catherine Logan in 1864 in Mississippi. They had seven children in 20 years.
He died on January 27, 1902, in Bruce, Mississippi, at the age of 56, and was buried in Rocky Mount Cemetery, Reid, Calhoun County, Mississippi. [4]
Sources
↑ WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3814, Date of Import: 11Jan 1998.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-24Z : 9 November 2014), Thomas J Murphey in household of Levi Murphey, Chickasaw county, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 680, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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 Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
~0.78%Michael Cannon :
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