Lou Ella (Vandiver) Murray (1872 - 1925)

Born 26 Oct 1872 in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Daughter of Ryland O'Bannon Vandiver and Matilda Clementine (Allen) Vandiver

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1925 at age 52 in Leighton, Colbert County, Alabama, USA

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Biography of Lou Ella Vandiver

Lou Ella Vandiver was born 26 October 1872 in Franklin County, Alabama, USA. She was the daughter of Ryland O'Bannon "Riley"Vandiver Matilda Clementine "Clemmie" Allen. Ryland was called "Riley" by family and friends, while Matilda Clementine was called "Clemmie" by family and friends. Lou Ella Vandiver had the following siblings:

1. Arthur Posey Hurst (1860 - 1891)
2. John Henry Hurst (1862 - 1902)
3. Mary Vandiver Glass (1878 - 1963)
4. Walker Riley Vandiver (a sister) (1880 - 1946)

Levi Murray (1861-1938) and Lou Ella Vandiver married in Colbert County, Alabama on the second day of December 1888.

Marriage record:

Name: Levi Murray

Gender: Male

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 02 Dec 1888

Event Place: Colbert, Alabama, United States

Event Place (Original): Colbert, Alabama

Spouse's Name: Luella Vandiver

Spouse's Gender: Female

Image Number: 00116

GS Film Number: 1031088

Digital Folder Number: 007316570^[1]

Children:

1. Lillie Ethel Murray Bowles (1890 - 1919)
2. Odus Chester Murray (1898 - 1911)
3. Claude Elvin Murray 1892–1948
4. Susan Clementine "Clemmie" Murray 1896–1981
5. William RILEY Murray 1901–1985
6. James ALEXander Murray 1904–1981
7. Ella Lee Murray 1907–1987
8. Ruby Imogene "Gene" Murray 1909–2008
9. Velma Louise Murray 1913–2003

Lou Ella Vandiver Murray and four youngest children

1910 Federal Census record:

Name: Luella Murray

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1910

Event Place: Spring Valley, Colbert, Alabama, United States

District: ED 16

Gender: Female

Age: 37

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Race (Original): White

Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife

Birth Year (Estimated): 1873

Birthplace: Alabama

Father's Birthplace: Alabama

Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

Sheet Letter: B

Sheet Number: 8

Sheet Number and Letter: 8B

Household ID: 95^[2]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Levy Murray Head M 48 Alabama

Luella Murray Wife F 37 Alabama

Ethel Murray Daughter F 20 Alabama

Claud Murray Son M 17 Alabama

Clemmie Murray Daughter F 14 Alabama

Chester Murray Son M 11 Alabama

Riley Murray Son M 9 Alabama

Alex Murray Son M 6 Alabama

Ella Lee Murray Daughter F 3 Alabama

Emogene Murray Daughter F 0 Alabama^[3]

Lou Ella Vandiver Murray was a very religious woman who practiced her faith for many years as a Sunday School Teacher, likely at what was once named Okolona Church in Colbert County, Alabama. This author inherited her well used and loved bible. That bible is unique to most others for it is meant to be used by Sunday School Teachers. On the cover are the words engraved in gold "Holy Bible"; engraved in gold on the spine are the words "Self Pronouncing Holy Bible." Only cover still present is the front with frayed edges and a partial spine. There is no back cover. There seems to be part of another bible; or pages that are out of order and appear to match the pages still adhered to the partial cover.

In what appears to be PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, ARRANGED FOR THE OLIVET SERIES OF OXFORD TEACHERS BIBLES.This section gives the Copyright as 1895 by Van Cleve-Andrews Co. There is no cover, but Lou Ella kept the parts together and they are well worn by use and age. On page 107 are names of Lou Ella Vandiver's daughter of her half brother, Lila Ann Hurst, and her family. After the death of Lila Ann Hurst Glass, Lou Ella's sister Mary Vandiver married Robert Tyree Glass and had issue. The handwritten cursive notes made by Lou Ella Vandiver are as follows: R. T. Glass & Lila Hurst Married Dec. 17, 1900 R.T. Glass age 33 years Lila Glass age 23 Clyde= borned Oct. 8 = 1901 Earl = " Dec. 24 = 1902 Raymond " Jan 31 = 1903 Dessie " Jan 24 = 1904 Clyde died Mar 8 = 1902 There is no record in the bible for Robert Tyree Glass, Jr. and some researchers report as their first child.^[4]

Lou Ella Vandiver died 14 April 1925 at Leighton in Colbert County, Alabama, USA. The Alabama Death Record below has some errors either through original errors or transcription, but is the record of note for her death. Correct information is enclosed in brackets.

Death record:

Name: Lou Ella Murry

Death date: 14 Apr 1925

Death place: Leighton, Colbert, Alabama

Gender: Female

Race or color (on document): white

Age at death: 52y 5m 19d

Estimated birth year: 1873

Birthplace: Franklin Co., Ala.

Marital status: Married

Spouse's name: Levi Murry

Father's name: Raley Meeden [Riley Vandiver]

Mother's name: Elena Allen [Clemmie Allen]

Mother's birthplace: Franklin Co., Ala.

Cemetery name: Morning Star Cemetery

Burial date: 15 Apr 1925

Film number: 1908269

Reference number: cn 7861^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Citing this Record: "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ9-K96Y : 4 November 2017), Levi Murray and Luella Vandiver, 02 Dec 1888; citing Colbert, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,031,088
2. ↑ The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Publication Number:T624, Film Number:8, GS Film Number: 137402, Digital Folder Number:00497018, Image Number:00398
3. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQQ-RN1 : accessed 28 June 2018), Luella Murray in household of Levy Murray, Spring Valley, Colbert, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 8B, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,374,021
4. ↑ Family Bible belonging to Lou Ella Vandiver Murray now in possession of her great-granddaughter on this date 10 Feb 2020
5. ↑ Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974