Melvina Murphree

ID: I1490

Name: Melvina MURPHREE

Note: pronounced "Mel-VI-na" (long "i" sound)

Sex: F

Change Date: 04 JAN 2007

Birth: EITHER MAY 1836 OR MAY 1839 in Pickens Co., SC

Death: 22 DEC 1911 in Pickens Co., SC

Event: Obituary 28 DEC 1911 Pickens Co., SC

Father: Caleb MURPHREE b: ABT 1817 in Pickens Co., SC

Mother: Elizabeth b: ABT 1820 in Pickens Co., SC

Marriage 1 James A. MOORE b: NOV 1833 in Pickens Co., SC

Married: BET 1850 AND 1852 in SC

Note: On 1900 Census, James and Melvina reported that they had been married 45 years. But calculating based age of their first two children, they probably married circa 1852||

Census: 03 AUG 1870 in Pickens Co., SC

Note: James was a farmer. Sons, John, Joab, Leander, William, Micajah and James all worked as farm laborers||

Census: 31 AUG 1860 in Pickens Co., SC

Note: James was a farmer with $300 in real estate, $50 in personal property. James' age was given as 35

Census: 06 JUN 1880 in Pickens Co., SC

Note: As was the common story in 1880, the sons over a certain age contributed to the family as farm labor. None of the children attended school. Although James and Melvina could read, reportedly, neither could write.||

Census: 02 JUN 1900 in Pickens Co., SC

Note: Melvina reported that she bore 12 children, 11 still living||

Children

Child MOORE [c\o Melvina Murphree] b: BET 1850 AND 1900

John L. MOORE b: ABT FEB 1853 in Pickens Co., SC
Joab MOORE b: ABT 1855 in Pickens Co., SC
Leander Franklin MOORE b: ABT FEB 1857 in Pickens Co., SC
William Henry MOORE b: 06 JAN 1859 in Pickens Co., SC
Micajah Burt MOORE b: 10 OCT 1860 in Pickens Co., SC
James D. MOORE b: ABT 1862 in SC
Benjamin P. MOORE b: 20 AUG 1867 in SC
Jacob P. MOORE b: AUG 1868 in SC
Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" MOORE b: JUL 1870 in SC
Joyce J. MOORE b: APR 1874 in SC
Alice G. MOORE b: APR 1875 in SC