James W Murphy
b. October 1850, Vienna Township, Scott County, Indiana, to John T. and Mary Ann Elizabeth (Smallwood) Murphy
d. 2 May 1906, Holcomb, Dunklin County, Missouri
m/1. 14 August 1877, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Percillia A. Parks
b. 15 April 1855, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana, to Samuel and Dorcus (Henry) Parks
d. 22 December 1895, Donaldson Creek, Trigg County, Kentucky
m/2. 27 January 1897
Florence M. E. “Betty” (Walker) Wilkerson
b. to John C. and Amy Jane (Allen) Walker
d. 13 May 1906
Children with Percillia A. Parks:
- Nannie M. (1879-1892) married (1) George W. Hawley, (2) James Whitt Dowlen
- Effie Lena (b. 1883) married Thomas Rice Hagewood
- Allie Elmire (b. 1885) married (1) Brown Hagewood, (2) Harrison Butcher, (3) [–?–] Grey, (4) John Inman
- Margaret (or Emma) Elizabeth (1889-1933) married Columbus Collier Mathis Pascal
- Lyman Arthur
- Minnie Ruth
Children with Florence M.E. (Walker) Wilkerson:
- Florence Lorene
- Tryman Jessie
- Janie (1902-1904)
- Bodie Ophelia
The family left Bartholomew County, Indiana, about 1890 for Donaldson Creek Valley, Trigg
County, Kentucky. They left Kentucky for Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, about 1899. Next, the family moved to Holcomb/White Oak, Missouri, in 1904.
James and Betty both died in May 1906 of pneumonia caused by being in the river after their ferry caught fire. They left six young children. The oldest four girls, all of whom were born in Indiana, had married and stayed in Tennessee.
Submitted by:
Lela B. Murphy Winfree
Warren MI