Brief Life History of John Arthur
When John Arthur Murrah was born on 28 August 1896, in Montpelier, Clay, Mississippi, United States, his father, John Wesley M Murrah, was 42 and his mother, Rhoda Roxie Cliett, was 35. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Eula Clegg Buckner. He lived in Beat 5, Clay, Mississippi, United States in 1940 and Clay, Mississippi, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 10 June 1968, at the age of 71.
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- John A Murrah, Sr, "United States Census, 1950"
- John Arthur Murrah, "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"
- John A Murrah, "United States Census, 1940"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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Probably an altered form of Scottish Murray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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