Thomas Languard Murphy
1826–1900 (Age 73)
Grainger, Tennessee, United States
The Life of Thomas Languard
Thomas Languard Murphy was born on 9 May 1826, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States. He married Eliza Heart on 6 March 1845, in Greene, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Empire City, Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Garfield, Benton, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died after 1900, at the age of 75.
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Family Time Line
Thomas Languard Murphy
1826–1900
Eliza Heart
1828–1907
Marriage: 6 March 1845
William B. Murphy
1847–
John Asbury Murphy
1850–1927
Crieton Murphy
1854–
James Louis Lincoln Murphy
1865–1944
Leander Monroe Murphy
1852–
Thomas Martin Devalquit Murphy
1856–1920
Sussanah Magdaline Caroline Murphy
1867–
Eliza M V Murphy
1871–1898
Mr Murphy
1871–
Son Son Murphy
1872–
Leander or Leonard? Murphy
1873–
Son Son Murphy
1873–
Spouse & Children
1826–1900Male
1828–1907Female
MARRIAGE
6 March 1845
Greene, Missouri, United States
6 March 1845
Greene, Missouri, United States
children
(12)
1847–Male
1850–1927Male
1852–Male
1854–Male
1856–1920Male
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 4
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 9
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
Age 20
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Thomas Murphy, "New York State Census, 1855"
E L Murphy, "United States Census, 1880"
Thomas L Murphy, "United States Census, 1850"
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