Kenneth W. Shirley
4229 Kingman Road
Grantville, KS 66429
E-mail: shirleyk@networksplus.net
ksgenq16a, 22 August 2000
MURPHY HEART HART WHITE GOOD
I am trying to find information on John Asbury MURPHY b 24 Mar 1850 Polk Co. MO, son of Thomas L. b1826 TN and Eliza HEART MURPHY [b1828 McMinn Co. TN]. According the Civil War discharge papers of Thomas L., who served in Company L of the 6th Missouri Cavalry [Union], Thomas L. b1826 was born in “Granger” Tennessee [presumably, this means Grainger County]. Thomas L. and Eliza resided Polk Co. MO 1850, Cherokee Co. KS 1880, and Benton Co. AR 1900). John Asbury b1850 was a brother of my great grandfather Thomas M. D. MURPHY [b1856 Polk Co. MO, m1883 Benton Co. AR to Mandy KELLEY].
I seek the following [some of which is described in the “Notes by KWS” beside the census entries listed in this query]:
1. Names and addresses of any descendants or of any persons who might be knowledgeable about John A. MURPHY b1850 or about others of this line of MURPHYs.
2. Need confirmation that this is the right John A. MURPHY in the census records identified here. Where did he die and where is he buried?
3. Where was John A. MURPHY in the 1860, 1870, and 1910 census? It is probable that it is his widow, Martha J. b1867 who is listed as the wife of William GOOD in the 1920 census of Chase Co. KS [see below].
4. Marriage record: Carroll Co. AR, 12 May 1884, John A. MURPHY to Martha J. WHITE. Need confirmation that this is “my” John Asbury MURPHY b1850.
1850 Polk Co. MO, p 14
Thomas L. Murphy 24 TN
Eliza 21 TN
William A. 3 MO
*John A. 2 months MO
Martha C. Hart 22 TN
Frances Lawson 2 ? MO
*Note by KWS: This is John Asbury Murphy b1850.
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1860--??? Where are Thomas and Eliza?
1870--??? Where are Thomas and Eliza?
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1880 Cherokee Co. KS, p 453B, #145-154
Murphy, E. [sic] L. 55 TN -- --
Eliza 53 wife TN NC NC
J. L. 15 son MO TN TN
E. M. V. 10 dau. MO TN TN
1880 Cherokee Co. KS, p 453B,
#144-153 [next door]
White, Joseph 36 TN TN TN
E. L. 29 wife KY VA KY
M. E. 12 dau. IL TN KY
J. W. 9 son IL TN KY
W. 2 son MO TN KY
*Murphy, J. A. 30 boarder (miner) MO TN KY
Williams, M. E. 33 sister KY VA KY
Note by KWS: "E. L." Murphy is Thomas L. b1826.
*"J. A." Murphy age 30 (next door) fits well with John
A. b1850, son of Thos. L. Note the WHITE family
next door to the MURPHY family. There is a
Carroll Co. AR marriage record: John A. MURPHY
to Martha J. WHITE, 12 May 1884 [see 1900 census]
Could "M.E." White dau. age 12 be "Martha" of the
1884 marriage record and in the 1900 census record?
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1900 Carroll Co. AR, Cedar Township,
Eureka Springs, 3rd Ward, 252-266
E.D. 35, Sheet 11, 12 June 1900
Murphy, John Head b Mar 1849, age 51 MO TN TN
Martha wife b Mar. 1867 age 33, KS Scotland IL
Eliza dau. b Oct. 1885 age 14, AR MO KS
John O. son b Nov. 1887 age 12, Ind. Terr MO KS
Daniel R. son b Jun. 1889 age 10, AR MO KS
James son b Mar. 1893 age 7, AR MO KS
Henry son b Oct. 1898 age 1, AR MO KS
Next door #251--265 is an Ada White age 20 MO
dau. of J. Wilson 45 AR NC NC
Note by KWS: Carroll and Benton Counties are adjacent.
Carroll Co. AR marriage record: John A. Murphy
to Martha J. White, 12 May 1884. Is this John Asbury
MURPHY b 24 Mar. 1850 in the 1900 census record and in
the Carroll Co. AR marriage record?
1900 Benton Co. AR, Rollers Ridge Township,
#16-16
Murphy, Thomas L. 73 TN TN TN
Eliza 71 wife TN TN TN
Note by KWS: This is Thomas L. b1826 of 1850 Polk Co.
MO and his wife Eliza (HEART), parents of John A. b1850.
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1910--?? Where are John A. MURPHY
and wife Martha (White)??
Note by KWS: I have not found John A. in 1910 census using the Soundex.
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1920 Chase Co. KS Cedar Tnsp, S.D 4, E.D. 2, Sheet 2b, #26-26
Good, William B. head 64KY VA VA
*Good, Martha J. wife 52 KS OH OH
Murphy, Henry A. step-son 21 AR MO KS
Murphy, Oma E. step-dau. 17 AR MO KS
*Note by KWS: This is Martha J. (WHITE) MURPHY and MURPHY children by John A. MURPHY.
1920 Soundex:
Barry Co. MO; E.D. 15, Sheet 9
D. R. Murphy 29 MO
Chloe E. 25 MO
Norman 6 MO
Note by KWS: "D.R." is probably "Daniel R." b1889,
the son of the John Murphy of the 1900
Carroll Co. AR census