Cora Lee (McMurray) Buck (1909 - 1993)

Born 29 Mar 1909 in Graysville, TN

Ancestors

Wife of David Leroy Buck — married 24 Feb 1929 in Scott County, TN

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1993 at age 84 in Oak Ridge, TN

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Biography

Cora Lee McMurray, born March 29, 1909, was the third child of Ida Cordelia Hoge and Samuel H. McMurray. She was educated in the schools of Graysville, TN and Stearns, KY, graduating from Graysville High School. She also attended Eastern State College in Richmond, KY and was a teacher in a one room school house in KY, before marrying David Leroy Buck.

David and Cora lived in Nashville, TN, then Oak Ridge, TN where they raised their 7 children (Jane, Frances, David, Elizabeth, Samuel, Mary Ann and Virginia).

Cora Lee McMurray Timeline

03/29/1909 – Cora Lee McMurray born in Graysville, TN

1910 Census^[1] – 2 yr old Cora Lee McMurray living in Hamilton Co, Tennessee with parents, Sam and Ida McMurray and brother, Howard (5 yrs)

1920 Census^[2] – 11 yr old Cora Lee McMurray living in Stearns, KY with parents, Sam and Ida McMurray and 4 brothers, Howard (15 yrs), James (8 yrs), Jack (3 yrs) and Wallace (1 yrs)

August 1920 - 11 yr old Cora Lee McMurray’s mother, Ida Cordelia (Hoge) McMurray died

~1926 - Cora Lee McMurray attended Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College in Richmond KY, Received a teaching certification

02/24/1929^[3] – 26 yr old David Leroy Buck and 19 yr old Cora Lee McMurray married in Scott Co, Tennessee

05/23/1929^[4] - Cora Lee McMurray’s father, Samuel H McMurray died

03/13/1930 – Daughter Jane Buck born

1931 Nashville Directory^[5] – David and Cora Buck living in Nashville, TN at 3 Finn

02/01/1934 – Daughter Frances Wilson Buck born in Nashville, Tennessee

1935 Nashville Directory^[6] – David and Cora Buck living in Nashville, TN at 20 30th Ave S

09/05/1936 – Son David Leroy Buck, Jr born

11/19/1939 – Daughter Elizabeth Buck born

1940 Nashville Directory^[7] – David and Cora Buck living in Nashville, TN at 3721 Princeton Ave

1940 Census^[8] – David and Cora Buck living in Nashville, Tennessee with 4 children: Jane (10 yrs), Frances (6 yrs), David (3 yrs) and Elizabeth (5 months) – David listed as working for the Federal Government, in the Purchasing Dept, 1939 income $2600 (equals ~$36,000 in 2016 dollars)

1943 Nashville Directory^[9] – David L and Cora Lee Buck living in Nashville, TN at 24 Stainback Av

12/02/1943 – Son Samuel William Buck born

1944 Nashville Directory^[10] – David and Cora Buck living in Nashville, TN at 2005 20th Ave S

1945 FL State Census^[11] – David and Cora Buck living in Hillsborough, FL with children; Jane (15 yrs), Frances (11 yrs), David Jr (8 yrs), Elizabeth (5 yrs) and Sammy (1 yr) at 2106 29 Ave Apt 37. David’s occupation is listed as: War Dept Engineer

06/29/1947 – Daughter Mary Ann Buck born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

09/25/1947 – David & Cora Buck and children living at 103 Sanford Lane, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (address from postcard sent to family congratulating Mary's birth)

03/26/1952 – Daughter Virginia Lee Buck born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

1958 Joliet Directory^[12] – David and Cora living in Joliet, Ill with children; David, Elizabeth, Sam, Mary and Ginny. Address: 216 N Broadway, Occupation: Clerk

~1962 - Cora Lee (McMurray) Buck living in Oak Ridge, Tennessee with children Sam, Mary and Virginia

March 1968 – David Leroy Buck, Sr died in Illinois

1987 - Cora Lee (McMurray) Buck living in Oak Ridge, TN with daughter, Ginny Buck at 171 N Purdue Ave

07/19/1993 – Cora Lee (McMurray) Buck died in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, buried in Oak Ridge Memorial Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG6B-XXV : 29 October 2015), Sam Mcmurry, Civil District 3, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 8A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,515.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGP-KQD : 14 December 2015), Sam H Mcmurry, Stearns, McCreary, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 6A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,589.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
4. ↑ Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Florida, State Census, 1867-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Schedules of the Florida State Census of 1885; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M845, 13 Rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington D.C.Third census of the state of Florida, 1867; (Microfilm series S 1375, 1 reel); Record Group 001021; State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.Fourth census of the state of Florida, 1875; (Microfilm series S 1364, 1 reel); Record Group 001021; State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.Tenth census of the state of Florida, 1935; (Microfilm series S 5, 30 reels); Record Group 001021; State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.Eleventh census of the state of Florida, 1945; (Microfilm series S 1371, 43 reels); Record Group 001021; State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.
12. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.

Information is published in the 1987 book: Hoge and Hogue: from a 1682 Scottish Immigrant to a 1986 Southern Clan by Lola Gentry Hogue and Jacquelyn Hogue Hall Gentry