Margaret Murray Harrell

• Residence: White River, Johnson, Indiana, USA - 1850
• Residence: White River, Johnson, Indiana, United States - 1850
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jun 22 2021, 14:21:26 UTC

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Margaret Murray Street Herrell - While living in Rush County with his parents, Moses Herrell(1800-186) married Margaret, (1816-1876), daughter of James Murray and Margaret Helmich Street on May 22, 1831. In 1831, Moses was an original land owner in Johnson County, Indiana, where 11 of their children were born:

Sarah (1832-1917) who married Hugh E. Surface on January 20, 1850 in Johnson County;

Jeremiah (1835-1901) who married Pheobe Jane Roland (1837-1870) on October 19, 1854 in Grant County;

Margaret (1837-1915) married Daniel Dorrell (1832-1912) on August 23, 1854 in Johnson County;

James Murray (1840-1925) married Tabitha Ann Davis (1845-1924) on October 19, 1862;

Eliza Jane (1843-1916) married George Clinton Early (1838-1909) on March 28, 1861 in Howard County;

William Madison (1844-1934) married Mary Catherine Hoover (1840-1910) on August 3, 1865 in Peru, Indiana;

Comfort Emaline (1847-1893) married Samuel Harvey Davis (1844-?) on October 13, 1864 in Howard County;

Mary Jemima (1849-1923) married Samuel Doty (1845-1912) on October 4, 1866 in Howard County;

Clara Josephine (1852-1916) married Lewis Cass Cooper on December 25, 1870 in Howard County;

John Fullen (1855-1873) and Shelby Moses (1858-1923) married LuEmma Sharp (1863-1913) on September 22, 1877 in Grant County.

In the 1850's Moses followed his younger brother Jeremiah to Howard County, Indiana. With the promise of new land and his father’s itch to move to new frontiers, he entered land in Section one of Monroe Township. Moses and Margaret Harrell are both laid to rest in Ball Hill Cemetery in Carroll County, Indiana.

Ray Duncan Harrell, author of this article and great grandson of Moses, in History of Howard County, Indiana.

SOURCE: Find A Grave.com