When James B. Murrell was born in 1852, in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States, his father, John C. Murrell, was 23 and his mother, Golden Bean, was 22. He married Martha J. McNamee in 1873, in Cypress Township, Harrison, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Cypress Township, Harrison, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1910. He died in December 1960, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 108.
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On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
English: variant of Merrill .
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