Sam Leslie Murley

Brief Life History of Sam Leslie

When Sam Leslie Murley was born on 7 May 1894, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Hayden Murley, was 45 and his mother, Mary Temple Page, was 38. He married Vallie Mae Roddy on 2 January 1921, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Trousdale, Tennessee, United States for about 5 years and Civil District 1, Trousdale, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 26 November 1976, in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Dixon Springs, Smith, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sam Leslie Murley
1894–1976
Vallie Mae Roddy
1904–1973
Marriage: 2 January 1921
Vera Opal Murley
1922–1975
William O Murley
1923–1987
John Robert Murley
1925–1970
James Garrett Murley
1928–1992
Mary Murley
1941–1941

Sources (17)

  • Sam L Murley, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Sam L. Murley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Sam Leslie Murley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

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1900 · Governor Shot

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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Name Meaning

Irish (Cork and Kerry): variant of Morley .

English (Cornwall and Somerset): habitational name from Murley in Uplowman (Devon). The placename derives from Old English mōr ‘moor’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. There may well have been some confusion with Morley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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