William Murphy

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1808	IN or VA
Marriage			To Eleanor unknown
Death
Burial

Immediate family in my direct ancestry

 Generation 5             Generation 6               Generation 7

                                            +-- (unknown) Murphy
                                            |
                       +-- William Murphy --+
                       |   (~1808-????)     |
 Jefferson S. Murphy --+                    +-- (unknown)
 (~1833-????)          |
                       +-- Eleanor Unknown
                           (~1813-????)
 

Sources:

Children

(all children with Eleanor Unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary A. Murphy	F	~1831	VA
Jefferson S. Murphy	M	~1833	VA	Carolyn R. Church	main line
Elisabeth Murphy	F	~1835	VA
Lydia Murphy	F	~1838	IN or OH
William Murphy	M	~1842	IN
Jesse Murphy	M	~1848	IN
Ellen M. Murphy	F	~1852	IN
Frank Murphy	M	~1856	IA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Indiana	birth to before 1831
Virginia	by 1831 to between 1835 and 1838
Warren, Marion County, IN	prob. before 1838 - after 1850
Tippecanoe Twp, Henry County, IA	1856

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	1856 Iowa State Census, Tippecanoe Twp., Henry Co., IA, page 11. Page is not dated. Entry 65: William Murphy, 47, b. VA, married, farmer, native born voter; Elenore, 44, b. VA, married; Lidda, 18, b. OH; William H., 13, b. IN; Jesse, 8, b. IN; Ellen M., 4, b. IN. All have lived in state 0 years. No crops or livestock were listed.
3	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.
4	1870 United States Federal Census, Franklin Twp., Marion Co., IN, page 51. Census dated 27 June, 1870. Lines 16-17: William Murphy, 60, retired farmer, b. VA; Lydia, 65, keeping house, b. OH. Names and birthplaces fit for William and daughter Lydia, but Lydia's age should be 33.
5	1880 United States Federal Census, Enum. District 100, Salem Twp., Henry Co., IA, page 5. Census dated 2 June 1880. lines 45-49: L.M.Mitchell, 30, farmer, b. IN; Ella, 28, wife, keeping house, b. IN, parents b. VA; Orrie, 5, dau., b. IA; Goda, 2, dau., b. IA; William J. Murphy, 72, father-in-law, widower, b. VA, parents b. IN. Living with family of his daughter, Ellen.
6	1885 Iowa State Census, Salem Twp., Henry Co., IA, page 41. Page is not dated. Entry 91: William Murphy, 75, widowed, b. VA, father and mother both native born, lives on Jackson St. previous entry is the family of L.M.Mitchell
7	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

Source notes

• There are numerous William Murphys listed in the 1830 and 1840 Indiana census and in the 1830 Virginia census. None has a list of childen and ages consistent with the 1850 census above.