Catherine Daingerfield (Willis) Murat (1803 - 1867)

Born 17 Aug 1803 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Louis Napoléon Achille Murat — married 11 Jul 1826 in Leon, Florida Territory, United States

Died 6 Aug 1867 at age 63 in Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States

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Biography

Catherine Daingerfield Willis was born the 17th of August, 1803, in Fredericksburg, Virginia; the 2nd child of Byrd Charles Willis and Mary Lewis^[1]. She married twice, firstly at the early age of thirteen, to Atcherson Gray, who died with in 12 months of their marriage^[2], she married secondly, on July 11, 1826, in Leon, Florida, Achille Murat. She died on August 6, 1867, in Tallahassee, Florida, at the age of 63, and was buried in Virginia^[3].

Notes

• State Library and Archives of Florida, Florida Memory: Portrait of Princess Catherine Willis Gray Murat - Tallahassee, Florida. MetaData Biography Note: Great grandniece of George Washington. (Note: Via Relationship finder, at this time, the relationship to George Washington is calculated as first cousin 2 x removed.)

• Second husband Achille Murat, was an aristocrat exiled from France, and a nephew to Napoleon Bonaparte.

Sources

1. ↑ Pg. 68-74 A sketch of the Willis family of Virginia, and of their kindred in other states. With brief biographies of the Reades, Warners, Lewises, Byrds, Carters, Champs, Bassetts, Madisons, Daingerfields, Thorntons, Burrells, Taliaferros, Tayloes, Smiths, and Amblers]" by Willis, Byrd Charles, 1847-1912; Willis, Richard Henry, 1849- joint author, Published 1898
2. ↑ pg. 604, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 53
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-BY3Q : 11 July 2016), Catherine Willis Murat, 1867; Burial, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States of America, Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery; citing record ID 6714, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6714.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Willis_Gray