Sarah Alice Murphy

Brief Life History of Sarah Alice

Sarah Alice Murphy was born on 4 April 1855, in Mississippi, United States as the daughter of E B Murphy and Sarah Walker. She married Albert Wesley Pride in 1869, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1920 and Supervisorial District 2, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. She died on 10 November 1940, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Wesley Pride
1848–1935
Sarah Alice Murphy
1855–1940
Marriage: 1869
Virginia Pride
1871–
Lillie J Pride
1872–1956
Edward Martin Pride
1875–1959
Myrtle Pride
1890–1973
Lela M Pride
1892–
Hilary Lacy Pride
1895–1970

Sources (11)

  • Sarah A Pride in household of Albert W Pride, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Alice Murphy - Individual or family possessions: birth: 4 April 1854; Spring, Harris, Texas, United States
  • Sarah Alice Pride, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"

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World Events (8)

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

1861

Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Aileen, Kieran, Brigid, Donal, Siobhan, Eamon, Aidan, Dermot, John Patrick, Declan.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murchadha ‘descendant of Murchadh’, a personal name composed of the elements muir ‘sea’ + cath ‘battle’, i.e. ‘sea warrior’. This was an important family in Tyrone. For the surname with mac, see also McMurrough (Leinster).

English: variant of Morphey (see Morphew ).

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

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