Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Michael Murphy    
         Census name: Michial Murphy 1
                Born: ca 1821               2,3
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860, 1870           in Upshur Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sarah "Sally" Lowther   4  
             Married: Apr-17-1851          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5
                Born: ca 1829               1
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860, 1870           in Upshur Co, WV  
              Father: Robert Lowther   (1796 -     ) 
              Mother: Nancy Lowrey   (1797 -     ) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Clem Murphy      
                Born: ca 1852               1
              Census: 1860, 1870           in Upshur Co, WV  
           M Child 2: David Murphy      
                Born: ca 1853               1
              Census: 1860, 1870           in Upshur Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Elias Murphy      
                Born: ca 1855               1
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860, 1870           in Upshur Co, WV  
           M Child 4: Algern Murphy      
         Census name: Algene Murphy 1
                Born: ca 1858               1
              Census: 1860, 1870           in Upshur Co, WV  1
           F Child 5: Mary E. "Molly" Murphy      
       Also known as: Mary Mollie Murphy 6
                Born: Dec-  -1862          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  7,8 (see note 1)
                Died: Jul-31-1922          in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Buried: Greenbrier            9
              Census: 1920                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Upshur Co, WV  2
             Husband: Fenton W. Williams  b. Apr-26-1857  d. Jan-15-1929  
             Married: Jul-15-1882          in Harrison Co, WV  10
           M Child 6: George W. Murphy      
                Born: ca 1864               2
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Upshur Co, WV  
           F Child 7: Louisa E. Murphy      
                Born: ca 1868               2
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Upshur Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Upshur County, (W)VA. 
(2) 1870 Census, Upshur County, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Union District). 
(4) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. 
(5) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Michael Murphy and Sally Lowther.  Married Apr 17 1851. 
(6) Birth record of daughter. 
(7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Fenton 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of 
Waldo & Eliza J. Williams; and Mary Murphy, 19, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Michael & Sarah Murphy.  Married Jul 15 
1882 in Harrison County. MR p. 154. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Dec 10 1860, but 1900 Census shows it as
Dec 1862, corresponding with ages given in other censuses and age 19 given in
Jul 1882 marriage record.







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