Murphy, Alexander b. Abt 1827 Logan County, West Virginia, USA d. 16 Nov 1876 Logan County, West Virginia, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Murphy, Alexander

Abt 1827 - 1876 (49 years)

Name	Murphy, Alexander [1, 2, 3]
	Alexander Murphy and Biddy McCoy--coalexchange notes [These notes are from a WV genealogy page, "McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families and Individuals." On the web at: http://www.coalexchange.com/smith/mcdowell a/pafn890.htm#34563 ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Murphy 1. Ancestry.com Web Site, John Murphy Search, 11 Aug 2003, submitted by Linda Runyon, lrunyon@triad.rr.com. Edmond Murphy; born at 1803 in Caswell Co, NC; died abt 1859; son of Gabriel and Nancy Clarissa Herndon Murphy; married first, Susannah Clevenger on 1 Sep 1823 in Pike Co, KY; children: Gabriel, Alexander, Lucinda, and William Murphy; married second, Polly Shortridge abt 1840; children: Sarah, Eliza, James, Robert, Richard, Harvey, John, Benjamin Harrison, and Melissa Murphy. Son, Alexander Murphy; born abt 1827; married Keziah "Biddy" McCoy, daughter of John and Margaret Burris McCoy, on 13 Apr 1848 in Pike Co, KY; children: John A. and Albert S. Murphy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keziah "Biddy" McCoy 1. Ancestry.com Web Site, John Murphy Search, 11 Aug 2003, submitted by Linda Runyon, lrunyon@triad.rr.com. Edmond Murphy; born at 1803 in Caswell Co, NC; died abt 1859; son of Gabriel and Nancy Clarissa Herndon Murphy; married first, Susannah Clevenger on 1 Sep 1823 in Pike Co, KY; children: Gabriel, Alexander, Lucinda, and William Murphy; married second, Polly Shortridge abt 1840; children: Sarah, Eliza, James, Robert, Richard, Harvey, John, Benjamin Harrison, and Melissa Murphy. Son, Alexander Murphy; born abt 1827; married Keziah "Biddy" McCoy, daughter of John and Margaret Burris McCoy, on 13 Apr 1848 in Pike Co, KY; children: John A. and Albert S. Murphy. bpreston46added this on 19 Nov 2010 fiddlestix2007originally submitted this to Riffe Family Tree on 30 Jan 2009
Birth	Abt 1827	Logan County, West Virginia, USA [1, 3]
Gender	Male
Residence	1850	Pike County, Kentucky, USA [1]
Residence	1 Jul 1863	Kentucky, USA [1, 3]
	Sub District, Kentucky
Residence	1870	Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA [1, 3]
	Magnolia, Logan, West Virginia
Death	16 Nov 1876	Logan County, West Virginia, USA [1, 3]
Person ID	I59523	WETZEL-SPRING

Family McCoy, Keziah Biddy, b. Apr 1830, Pike County, Kentucky, USA d. 1900, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, USA (Age 69 years)

Marriage 13 Apr 1848 Chesapeake, Lawrence, Ohio, USA [1]

Children

	1. Murphy, Floyd, b. 5 Apr 1859, Pike County, Kentucky, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Murphy, LT, b. 1853 d. 1895, Kentucky, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Murphy, James Mont, b. Apr 1867, Logan County, West Virginia, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Murphy, Phoebe, b. 1858 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Murphy, Lucinda, b. 1859 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Murphy, Albert Elbert, b. 11 Nov 1854 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Murphy, John A, b. 4 Feb 1849, Pike County, Kentucky, USA d. 30 Oct 1915, Sharondale, Pike, Kentucky, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Murphy, Belle, b. 1868, Logan County, West Virginia, USA d. 1920 (Age 52 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F40985 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1827 - Logan County, West Virginia, USA
	Marriage - 13 Apr 1848 - Chesapeake, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
	Residence - 1850 - Pike County, Kentucky, USA
	Residence - Sub District, Kentucky - 1 Jul 1863 - Kentucky, USA
	Residence - Magnolia, Logan, West Virginia - 1870 - Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
	Death - 16 Nov 1876 - Logan County, West Virginia, USA

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Notes

Alexander Murphy and Biddy McCoy--coalexchange notes

[These notes are from a WV genealogy page, "McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families and Individuals." On the web at: http://www.coalexchange.com/smith/mcdowell a/pafn890.htm#34563 ]
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Alexander Murphy

1. Ancestry.com Web Site, John Murphy Search, 11 Aug 2003, submitted by Linda Runyon, lrunyon@triad.rr.com.
Edmond Murphy; born at 1803 in Caswell Co, NC;
died abt 1859; son of Gabriel and Nancy Clarissa Herndon Murphy;
married first, Susannah Clevenger on 1 Sep 1823 in Pike Co, KY;
children: Gabriel, Alexander, Lucinda, and William Murphy;
married second, Polly Shortridge abt 1840; children: Sarah, Eliza, James, Robert, Richard, Harvey, John, Benjamin Harrison, and Melissa Murphy.
Son, Alexander Murphy;
born abt 1827;
married Keziah "Biddy" McCoy, daughter of John and Margaret Burris McCoy, on 13 Apr 1848 in Pike Co, KY;
children: John A. and Albert S. Murphy.
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Keziah "Biddy" McCoy

1. Ancestry.com Web Site, John Murphy Search, 11 Aug 2003, submitted by Linda Runyon, lrunyon@triad.rr.com.
Edmond Murphy; born at 1803 in Caswell Co, NC;
died abt 1859;
son of Gabriel and Nancy Clarissa Herndon Murphy;
married first, Susannah Clevenger on 1 Sep 1823 in Pike Co, KY;
children: Gabriel, Alexander, Lucinda, and William Murphy;
married second, Polly Shortridge abt 1840;
children: Sarah, Eliza, James, Robert, Richard, Harvey, John, Benjamin Harrison, and Melissa Murphy.
Son, Alexander Murphy; born abt 1827;
married Keziah "Biddy" McCoy, daughter of John and Margaret Burris McCoy, on 13 Apr 1848 in Pike Co, KY;
children: John A. and Albert S. Murphy.

bpreston46added this on 19 Nov 2010 fiddlestix2007originally submitted this to Riffe Family Tree on 30 Jan 2009

Sources

[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Keziah Biddy Mccoy

Murphy, Edmond
EdmundMurphy bpreston46 added this on 21 Jul 2012 forestvs originally submitted this to Stiltner/Harrison/Family Tree on 18 Jan 2012
[S1384] Bonnie Varney: varney10@marshall.edu, e-mail: Bonnie Varney- "Albert's Siblings", Generation No. 1 1. JOHN HENDERSON3 VARNEY (ANDREW2, JOHN1)1,2,3,4,5 was born May 08, 1828 in Pike Co., Ky6, and died December 14, 1905 in Mingo Co., WV6.
from e-mail: Bonnie Varney- "Albert's Siblings"-
Generation No. 1 1. JOHN HENDERSON3 VARNEY (ANDREW2, JOHN1)1,2,3,4,5 was born May 08, 1828 in Pike Co., Ky6, and died December 14, 1905 in Mingo Co., WV6.
He married MARTHA HATFIELD Abt. 1848, daughter of EPHRIAM HATFIELD and NANCY VANCE.
She was born 1832 in Logan Co., Va6, and died 1910 in Mingo Co., WV6.
More About JOHN HENDERSON VARNEY:
Burial: Meador Cemetary, Mingo Co., WV6
More About MARTHA HATFIELD:
Burial: Meador Cemetary, Mingo Co., WV6
Children of JOHN VARNEY and MARTHA HATFIELD are:
2.i. EPHRIAM4 VARNEY, b. Abt. 1851, Logan Co., WV; d. Aft. 1913.
3.ii. SARAH VARNEY, b. Abt. 1853, Meador, WV; d. Bef. 1910, Meador, WV.
4.iii. ANDREW VARNEY, b. Abt. 1855, Logan Co., WV; d. Aft. 1920.
5.iv. LARKIN VARNEY, b. Abt. 1856, Logan Co., WV; d. Aft. 1920.
6.v. ALBERT VARNEY, b. Abt. 1859, Logan Co., Va.
7.vi. NANCY VARNEY, b. Abt. 1862, Logan Co., Va.
8.vii. EMMA J. VARNEY, b. January 28, 1866, Logan Co., WV; d. April 18, 1922.
9. viii. LEVICY VARNEY, b. Abt. 1869.
from e-mail: Bonnie Varney- "Albert's Siblings"-
Generation No. 1 1. JOHN HENDERSON3 VARNEY (ANDREW2, JOHN1)1,2,3,4,5 was born May 08, 1828 in Pike Co., Ky6, and died December 14, 1905 in Mingo Co., WV6.
He married MARTHA HATFIELD Abt. 1848, daughter of EPHRIAM HATFIELD and NANCY VANCE.
She was born 1832 in Logan Co., Va6, and died 1910 in Mingo Co., WV6.
More About JOHN HENDERSON VARNEY:
Burial: Meador Cemetary, Mingo Co., WV6
More About MARTHA HATFIELD:
Burial: Meador Cemetary, Mingo Co., WV6
Children of JOHN VARNEY and MARTHA HATFIELD are:
2.i. EPHRIAM4 VARNEY, b. Abt. 1851, Logan Co., WV; d. Aft. 1913.
3.ii. SARAH VARNEY, b. Abt. 1853, Meador, WV; d. Bef. 1910, Meador, WV.
4.iii. ANDREW VARNEY, b. Abt. 1855, Logan Co., WV; d. Aft. 1920.
5.iv. LARKIN VARNEY, b. Abt. 1856, Logan Co., WV; d. Aft. 1920.
6.v. ALBERT VARNEY, b. Abt. 1859, Logan Co., Va.
7.vi. NANCY VARNEY, b. Abt. 1862, Logan Co., Va.
8.vii. EMMA J. VARNEY, b. January 28, 1866, Logan Co., WV; d. April 18, 1922.
9. viii. LEVICY VARNEY, b. Abt. 1869.
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Edmond Murphy
Boxer
Edmond was a boxer of considerable size and strength, a bare knuckles boxer, who accidently killed his opponent in a boxing match on Election Day.
Edmond was murdered by a friend of his opponent (Joseph Straton) in Pike County, KY in 1859 at the mouth of Pond Creek, on the election grounds.
Joe Staton rushed Edmond and stabbed him in the throat killing him.
Staton was indicted in Floyd Co, Va, but escaped to Ohio and was never tried.
After this event, Edmond' s 2nd family began to use the name Shortridge,
Some return to Murphy after a number of years and some do not.

lookin4sedillosadded this on 15 Aug 2010 CMurphy1979originally submitted this to Baker/Murphy Family Tree on 15 Jun 2010
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Levi and Nancy (Elswick) Clevenger
Nancy Elswick and Levi Clevenger were the parents of Susannah Clevenger, Edmond Murphy's first wife and the mother of Alexander.

Here is the info on Nancy according to the book "The Clevenger Families of Kentucky and their Descendants" by Sarah Clevenger

"The Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River forms the state line between KY and VA(WV) and apparently the Clevengers lived close to this area--perhaps near the river. The Clines, in general, seemed to have stayed on the West Virginia side of the Tug River while the Clevengers moved to the Kentucky side of the Tug River. According to the Cline tradition, Nancy Elswick was a healer and a witch--the good kind of witch. Hunters requested her blessing before they went hunting."

According to the book a Joseph Elswick, most likely brother to Nancy, was a healer and an herbalist as well.

lookin4sedillosadded this on 28 Jun 2012

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