Jefferson S. Murphy

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	22 Mar 1833	VA
Marriage	31 Oct 1855	Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IL	To Carolyn R. Church
Military	?? - 6/16 Nov 1863		Co. H 21st IL Infantry
Death	6/16 Nov 1863	Richmond, VA	Died as a POW
Burial

Immediate family in my direct ancestry

 Generation 4           Generation 5             Generation 6
 
                                              +-- William Murphy
                                              |   (~1808-????) 
                    +-- Jefferson S. Murphy --+
                    |   (1833-????)          |
 Marion A. Murphy --+                         +-- Eleanor Unknown
 (1856-????)        |                             (~1813-????)
                    +-- Carolyn R. Church
                        (1831-????)

Sources:

Children

(all children with Carolyn R. Church)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Marion A. Murphy	M	21 Oct 1856	Marion Co., IN	Olive Jenks	main line
Erastus William Murphy	M	25 Mar 1860	York, IL

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Virginia	birth to after 1835
Warren, Marion County, IN	prob. before 1838 - after 1850
Vigo County, IN	1857
York, Clark Co., IL	1860

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Warren Twp, Marion Co., IN, page 17. Census dated 10 Aug 1850. Lines 31-38: William Murphy, 42, constable, $300 real property, b. IN; Eleanor, 37, b. VA; Mary A., 19, b. VA; Jefferson, 17, b. VA; Elisabeth, 15, b. VA; Lydia, 12, b. IN; William, 8,b. IN; Jesse, 2, b. IN. * Note: There are notations beside the family members under the column "profession" that seem to be summations of the entire cesus rather than applying to the individuals.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Clark County, York, IL, Page 19 lines 25-28, lists Jefferson S. Murphy, 27, living with Caroline Murphy, 28, Marrion Murphy, 3, and Erastus W. Murphy, 5 months. Jefferson is a Blacksmith. Jefferson was born in Virginia, Caroline in Vermont, Marrion in Indiana, and Erastus in Illinois.
2b	1860 United States Federal Census, Tippecanoe Twp., Henry Co., IA, page 21. Census dated 8 Aug 1860. Lines 14-23: William J. Murphy, 52, farmer, $400 real property, b. VA; Eleanor, 48, b. VA; Mary, 28, b. VA; Jefferson, 26, b. VA; Kate, 24, b. VA; Lydia, 22, b. OH; William H., 16, b. IN; Jesse, 13, b. IN; Ellen, 8, b. IN; Frank, 4, b. IA. The birthplaces of William (Sr.) and Lydia do no agree with 1850 census. Note: Jefferson also appears in this census in Illinois, with wife Carolyn. It is possible that William listed all his children, whether they were living with him or not.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Vigo County, Sugar Creek, IN, Page 22 lines 1-10, lists Erastus Church, 62, living with Lucy Church, 57, Geo Church, 24, Lucy A. Church, 22, Orange Church, 20, Caroline Murphy, 38, Marion Murphy, 13, Willie Murphy, 10, Oscar Church, 30, and Martha Church, 22. Oscar and Martha are listed as being a separate family but living in the same dwelling; they were married the previous November. Geo, Lucy A., Orange, Marion, and Oscar were born in Indiana. Erastus, Lucy, and Caroline were born in Vermont. Willie was born in Illinois. No one had parents of foreign birth. Marion and Willie were in school. Everyone is either a farmer or a house keeper, except for Caroline who is a seamstress.
4	Civil War Pension Index:: Jefferson S. Murphy widow Caroline R. Murphy, minor Caroline R. Hubbard, Gdn. Company H, 21st Illinois Infantry filing: widow: 13 May 1864, minor 30 Jan 1875.
5	Church family bible records contain birth, marriage, and death dates and locations for numerous members of the Church family. Relevant to this page, Carolyn R. Church was born at Rochester, VT, on 19 Nov 1831. She married Jefferson S. Murphy on 31 Oct 1855 in Terre Haute, IN. He was born in VA on 22 Mar 188?3. Marion A. Murphy was born at Marion Co., IN, on 21 Oct 1856. Willie E. Murphy was born at York, IL, on 25 Mar 1860.
6	Personal correspondence from Sylvia Lanza, great granddaughter of Marion A. Murphy. Sylvia indicates that The Murphy family lived in the Lindenwood section of Southwest St. Louis.	N/A
7	Marriage License for Caroline R. Church and Jefferson S. Murphy. They received their marriage license on 30 Oct 1855, were married on 31 Oct 1855, and filed their license with the county on 10 Nov 1855. This all occurred in Vigo Co., IN.
8	U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 includes a record from "Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men" for Jefferson S. Murphy of IL. He enlisted on 21 Jun 1861 as a Private serving for Company H, Illinois 21st Infantry Regiment on 28 Jun 1861. He mustered out on 16 Nov 1863 at Richmond, VA. He was a POW and did not survive the war.	N/A

Conjecture

In 1860, son Marion lives with his parents in Illinois. By 1870, Marion is living with his mother Caroline Murphy and his brother Willie Murphy in the house of Caroline's parents, Erastus and Lucy Church. There is a Civil War record available on ancestry.com showing a "Jofferson S. Murphy" having served in the war and "Caroline R." as his widow. I believe that Jefferson was killed in the Civil War, and that afterwards Carolyn took the kids and moved in with her parents in Indiana.