Marion A. Murphy

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	21 Oct 1856	IN
Marriage	6 Oct 1879	IL	To Olive Jenks
Death	1920-1930
Burial

Immediate family in my direct ancestry

 Generation 3                Generation 4           Generation 5
 
                                                +-- Jefferson S. Murphy
                                                |   (????-????) 
                         +-- Marion A. Murphy --+
                         |   (1856-????)        |
 Margaret Ethel Murphy --+                      +-- Carolyn R. Church
 (1889-1965)             |                          (????-????)
                         +-- Olive Jenks
                             (1859-????)

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Children

(all children with Olive Jenks) They had three children, data on the third child not yet found.

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Francis M. Murphy	M	11 Oct 1884
Margaret Ethel Murphy	F	21? Aug 1889			direct line

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Sugar Creek, Vigo County, IN	1870	Living with his maternal grandparents
7012 Marquette St., St. Louis, MO	1900, 1910
East De Funiak Springs, Walton County, FL	1920

Photo Gallery

1902 election card for Marion A. Murphy, Missouri state legislator.

Portrait of Marion A. Murphy.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	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.
2	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.
3	1900 United States Federal Census, St. Louis, MO, Supervisor's District 11, Enumeration District 362, Page 1B lines 1, lists Marion Murphy, 43, born Oct. 21, 1856, living with his wife Olive Murphy, 40, born Sept. 7(?), 1859, their son Frank Murphy, 15, born Oct. 11, 1884, and their daughter Margaret E. Murphy, 10, born Aug. 21(?), 1889. Marion and Olive have been married for 20 years. Marion, Olive, and Frank were born in Indiana. Margaret was born in Missouri. Marion's father was born in Virginia, his mother in Vermont. Olive's father was born in New York, her mother in Tennessee. Marion is listed as being a "proofreader." Both children are listed as being in school. They live on Marquette Ave.
4	1910 United States Federal Census, St. Louis, MO, Supervisor's District 10, Enumeration District 368, Pages 5B line 100 and Page 6A lines 1-6, lists Marion A. Murphy, 53, living with his wife Olive J. Murphy, 50, their son Francis M. Murphy, 25, their son-in-law Frederick W. Huf, 27, their daughter Margaret E. Huf, 20, their grandson Frederick W. Huf Jr., 19 months, and a boarder named Curtis E. Bingley, 35. Marion and Olive have been married for 30 years and have had three children (only two present here), Frederick and Margaret have been married for 3 years and have had one child (present here). Marion, Olive, and Francis were born in Indiana. The elder Frederick was born in New York. Margaret and the younger Frederick were born in Missouri. Marion's father was born in Virginia, his mother in Vermont. Olive's father was born in New York, her mother in Tennessee. The elder Frederick's parents were both born in "Ger. Germany." Marion and his son are both listed as being "proofreaders" in the newspaper business. They live on Marquette Ave.
5	1920 United States Federal Census, Walton County, East De Funiak Springs, FL, Supervisor's District 3, Enumeration District 152, Page 12B lines 57-58 lists Marion Murphy, 63, living with his wife Olive Murphy, 60. Marion and Olive were both born in Indiana. Marion's father was born in Virginia, his mother in Vermont. Olive's father was born in New York, her mother in Tennessee. Marion is listed as being an editor in the newspaper business. They live on Glendale Rd.
6	1930 United States Federal Census, Walton County, De Funiak Springs, FL, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 22, Page 6A line 41 lists Olive J. Murphy, 70, living alone on a farm on Wiseman St. She is listed as a widow who was 20 years old at the time of her first marriage. Olive was born in Indiana, her father was born in New York, her mother in Tennesee.
7	Illinois Marriages 1851-1900, Clark County Clerk Records, Film #1306059 - 1306062, lists Marion A. Murphy marrying Olive Jenckes on 06 Oct 1879.	N/A
8	1902 election card for Missouri state legislature indicates that Marion A. Murphy was a state legislator during the 41st general assembly and was running in the 1902 election for the 42nd general assembly. He represented the first representative district, St. Louis, MO.
9	Notes on Portrait read "M.A.Murphy, 7012 Marquette Ave. Return to F.W.Huf, Secy., Gratiot-Linwood Improvement Assn. 615 Mo.Pac.Bldg., St.Louis, Mo"
10	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
11	Missouri State Legislators 1820-2000 from the webpage of the Historical Archives of the Missouri Secretary of State ([1], accessed 2012 Mar 17) lists Murphy, Marion A. as a Republican representative for the 1st district of St. Louis City from 1900-1902.	N/A

Conjecture

In 1860, 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 Marion's father Jefferson was killed in the Civil War, and that afterwards Carolyn took the kids and moved in with her parents in Indiana.

Research Wishlist

• 1880 Census
• Death date
• Obit (he was a state legislator, I expect he'd have an obit someplace...)