In the 1900 census his wife Melvina was widowed and living with her mother.
Biography
Aaron was born about 1857. Aaron Murrell ... He passed away about 1886.
Sources
George Bailey of Maryland and some of his descendants (Genealogy), written by: Margaret Gerhart Woolf 1992
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZT-91F : accessed 28 March 2020), Alice Murrell in household of Elizabeth Prine, Walker Township North & east part (excl. California city), Moniteau, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 4B, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,876.