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compiled by Rodney C. Murrow
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Generation 6 - Benjamin Murrow

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(32) Benjamin Murrow

Born 29 Aug 1801 in Fleming Co., KY

Died 13 April 1878 in Mahaska Co., IA

Buried in Tilford Cemetery

Parents

(33) Sarah Blue

Born 17 April 1807 in VA

Died 13 June 1879 in Montezuma, Poweshiek Co., IA

Buried in Tilford Cemetery

Parents

Married in 17 Feb 1823 in Brown Co., OH (across the river from Mason Co., KY, according to another Murrow genealogist - thanks, Jane!)

Children:

  • (16a) James Riley, born 19 Jan 1824
  • (16b) David Blue, born 9 Feb 1826 (see photo below)
  • (16c) Margaret Ann, born 15 Aug 1835
  • (16d) Martha Ellen, born 3 Dec 1837
  • (16e) Thomas Alexander, born 5 June 1839
  • (16f) Mary Jane, born 8 Aug 1842

Notes:

David Blue, father of Sarah Blue, served in both the Revolutionary and Indian Wars. He received a pension for the latter.

Phoebe Wallingford-Murphy, mother of Sarah Blue, was the widow of James Murphy and the sister of Rebecca Wallingford, mother of Benjamin Murrow.


David Blue Murrow,
who died in the Civil War


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