He registered for the draft in 1917.[3] He gave this descriptive information: Self-employed merchant, married with 1 child, living in Lumberton, NC. Tall, medium build, with gray eyes and light brown hair.
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↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSY4-91X : accessed 9 November 2020), Murphy M Pernell in household of Malone A Pernell, Gray's Creek Township, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 13A, family 222, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,191.
↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDD-WC3 : 24 August 2019), Murphy Parnell, 1917-1918.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGQ1-PBS : 18 July 2017), Murphy Morgan Parnell, 24 Jun 1967; citing Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, v 20A cn 20001, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,953,816.
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