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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Samuel Oliver Murphy Note Born: 16 Nov 1880 at Muscle Shoals, , , AL Married: 21 Jan 1912 at Cordele, , Crisp, GA Died: 17 Dec 1964 at Montezuma, , Macon, GA Father: Thomas Humphrey Murphy Mother: Missouri Frances Stephens
WIFE
Name: Lydia Lorena Cox Born: 16 Jul 1894 at Cordele, , Crisp, GA Died: 8 Oct 1973 at Montezuma, , Macon, GA
CHILDREN
Name: Murphy Born: (suppressed / living) Died: Husband: Ingram
Name: Murphy Born: (suppressed / living) Died: Husband: Robert Lesley Wilder
Name: Oliver Webster Murphy Born: 26 Jan 1913 at , , Crisp, GA Died: 24 Sep 1956 at , , Sumter, GA Wife: Sheppard
Name: Lucy Lorena Murphy Born: 16 Jan 1915 at , , Dooly, GA Died: 25 Oct 1989 at Vienna, , Dooly, GA
Name: Samuel Alfred Murphy Born: 3 Dec 1916 at Cordele, , Crisp, GA Died: 11 Nov 1989 at Vienna, , Dooly, GA Wife: Standridge
Name: James Marvin Murphy Born: 17 Dec 1924 at Desoto, , Sumter, GA Died: 28 Dec 1990 at Columbus, , Muscogee, GA Wife: Harris
NOTES
1). From his obituary He was a faithful member of the Methodist Church and was a Mason and Shriner. He served as a member of the Dooly county Democratic Executive Committee for many years and was a man of high integrity and fine Christian traits of character that won him the esteem of all with whom he was associated. Tribute to Big Daddy and Big Mama by Bobbye Ellen Wilder Barrett Samuel Oliver Murphy, better known as Big Daddy and Lydia Lorena Cox, better known as Big Mama were united in marriage on January 21, 1912. They lived together more than 52 years and raised six children. Being married for all those years is in itselfa testimony of their love and devotion to each other. Each child and each grandchild was taught Christian principles and respect for every one. They always gave their very best for each other and in everything they did. Oliver and Lorena were a couple with Christian character and bountiful love. They were blessed with six children and twelve grand children and we all were truly blessed to have had our Big Daddy and our Big Mama. June 1994 by Martha Ellen Murphy Wilder Samuel Oliver Murphy, third child of Thomas Humphrey Murphy and Missouri Stephens nickname was Zeu , was born November 16, 1880 in Muscle Shoals, AL. He was the only child born in Alabama and his family didn t live there very long they moved back to Georgia somewhere around Porterdale or Covington. Daddy didn t get much formal schooling, but was an avid reader and quite a mathematician. After Grandma Zeu died, Grandpa decided that he and the boys would move to Dooly County to farm. Daddy was fourteen years old when the family moved . This was a good farming area, and some of Grandpa s friends from North Georgia had moved to Dooly County, liked it and settled there. The boys really didn t seem to be interested in farming, so as they grew older they all eventually wandered away from the farm and found new jobs. Daddy liked saw milling and went to work at a mill. He realized that he really liked it and there was moneyto be made. Before too many years had gone by, Daddy bought his own mill and Uncle Silas, Uncle Roland, Billy Tuggle Aunt Eula s brother , Elzie Cox Mama s brother , and Archie Chalker worked for him. The families of these folks and our family moved about a good bit. As soon as they finished cutting a tract of timber, Daddy would buy another tract of timber and we d all move again. On January 21, 1912, Samuel Oliver Murphy and Lydia Lorena Cox were united in marriage. Mama and Daddy met when Daddy came over with Uncle Tennel Cox Mama s brother to his family home one Sunday to feed the stock. Needless to say, Daddy thought Mama was beautiful so he asked her for a date for the following Sunday. They courted for a short while and by that time Daddy realized that he was in love with Mama. Mama was seventeen and Daddy was thirty one when they married. They married in Crisp County, GA and then moved to Warwick, GA, where Daddy s mill was stationed. Mama and Daddy boarded with a Mr. and Mrs. Bass. Mrs Bass health was not very good, so Mama did the cooking. They only charged them half board because of this. When Daddy s sawmill finished a tract of timber he and Mama would move to another tract andthen another and another until he finally quit milling. Daddy made good money. In the early twenties he was listed with Dun and Bradstreet. The depression just kept coming and we finally wound up in Dooly County, GA on the two small farms that he had bought sometime previously. Daddy was a good farmer. He wouldn t do any farming until his farm machinery was working perfectly. The plows had to be just right before they would plow the cotton and corn. In later years peanuts were added to the crop list. During the days of saw milling and early farming, this devoted couple were blessed with six children. Their first child was Oliver Webster Murphy born January 26, 1913. Webster nicknamed Speck was a salesman most of his life. He was a candy salesman when he died on September 24, 1956 at the age of forty three. He died of Coronary Thrombosis. Lucy Lorena Murphy was the second child, born January 16, 1915. She worked at Riverside Sanatorium Hospital over thirty five years. She began as a bookkeeper then later she worked as Administrator of the hospital. When she was sixty four, her healthcompletely failed. Lucy had surgery in Augusta, GA and went from the hospital to the nursing home. She lived there for ten years before she died on October 25, 1989 of cancer and congestive heart failure. She was also a diabetic. Lucy was seventy four when she died. Next was Samuel Alfred Murphy, the third child. Sam was born December 3, 1916. He was rather good in math and went to work for Lester s Store and Lumber Company. Sam had a lot of back problems and sometimes would have to be out of work for weeks at a time. Later when the store closed, Sam went to work for Herbert Saliba. After Saliba s, he worked for A.D.M. He worked mainly in bookkeeping with all these companies. He too retired when his health forced him to. Sam died on November 11, 1989 at the age of seventy two. The cause of death was cancer and emphysema. Sam was also a diabetic. I, Ellen Murphy Wilder, the fourth child was born March 16, 1919. You might say that I went to school nearly all my life at least until I was sixty three years old! I started school at the age of five, and Mama said that the first day that I went to school I came in and told her that I knew what I was going to be when I got big. I was going to be a Teacher. My dream came true. All of my teaching was done in Dooly County, GA and I enjoyed every minute of it. I graduated from Georgia State College forWomen in Milledgeville, GA. I am now seventy five years old and doing rather well. Now I am enjoying my life as a retired teacher and a grand mama otherwise known as MiMi . Next came James Marvin Murphy, the fifth child. Marvin was born on December 17, 1924. He was the only one of the children that had to go into military service. He went to the Philippines and Japan. Marvin came home from the Army in October 1946. He soon started to college at Georgia Southwestern in Americus, GA and later transferred to the University of Georgia where he received a degree from the School of Pharmacy. Later he went to a college in Atlanta, GA and received a law degree. December 28, 1991, Marvin passed away from a massive stroke. He had been sick for quite sometime. Marvin was sixty seven when he died. He too was a diabetic. Last, but by no means least was Sara Frances, the sixth child. She was born April 11, 1927. She too chose the noble profession of teaching school. Sara always knew exactly what she wanted and how to get it. Sara started college at Georgia Southwesternin Americus, GA and later transferred to the University of Georgia where she received her degree in Education. She too is a retired teacher and grandmother. Sara and I are the only two living siblings. Mama also played an important part in everything too. Not only did she and Daddy raise us, but Mama cooked for more than just our immediate family. We had lots of company and Mama made sure there was plenty for all. We didn t go many places to visit asDaddy s work pretty much kept us at home, so a lot of people came to visit us. Some of the best entertainment we had in those days was when Daddy and his brothers would get together on the front porch and begin telling of their experiences along their way. One thing they told about was when they were going to Sunday School and Church. On the way to the Church, Grandpa found out that they had not studied their Sunday School lessons, so he Grandpa stopped the buggy and made the boys get out and sit on the ditch bank. There Grandpa proceeded to teach them their Sunday school lessons. By the time that they all got there, Sunday School was over and it was time for church! They the boys were never angry about any of their punishments when they were younger, and by the time that they became older it was funny to them and to us too! They were all taught, as we were, to respect each other, especially their parents and all grown ups as well as all people. Also, they were taught to say Yes Mam or No Mam as well as Yes Sir or No Sir . We all enjoyed Uncle Luther s visits several times each week. Even after he couldn t get about very well. Uncle Luther would walk down to our house, sit on the porch and talk. He would talk about what had happened around Byromville GA and some of their experiences as children. Sometimes when theywould talk about serious things, Uncle Luther would still always think of something funny to say. Daddy always liked to do for other people. He would go back to North Georgia every year and pay Aunt Bob s and Aunt Ellen s Daddy s Aunts bills for that year. His Mother s grave does not have a marker on it. Daddy went to the cemetery one year to havea slab put on the grave, but there was a dispute as to which one was Grandma s grave. Some said that it was one grave, and some said that it was another grave. Needless to say his mission was not accomplished since he didn t know which grave was his Mother s. When we lived in Desota, GA I was only five years old and Aunt Ellen Daddy s Aunt and Grandpa s sister came to visit us. Aunt Ellen stayed with us for about two weeks and when she started to leave she told Mama that she had felt the most at home thatshe had since she broke up housekeeping . Needless to say, Mama invited her back to visit again. Mama was concerned that the children might worry her but Aunt Ellen told Mama No! and that she enjoyed listening to all of the children talk and laugh .Well, she went on to Grandpa s and was there for a week or two and then she came back to our house again and never left. She lived out the rest of her life about eighteen years in our home. Aunt Ellen didn t visit much after that and really didn t go much either. She just enjoyed being at home . She enjoyed us and we enjoyed her. She even let us play in her room. Even though Aunt Ellen had two living brothers and a living sister, she found peace and contentment in our home. Aunt Ellen would tell us about the War Between the States and Sherman s March to the Sea . Aunt Ellen and Grandpa could remember that the Union soldiers and the Confederate soldiers were engaged in a battle very near their home. They could hear the guns and cannons and soon the Union soldiers came to their home....Nobody was injured by the soldiers, but they did destroy the food! Grandpa s family had just bought a supply of salt which the soldiers poured out into the dirt. Of course the salt could not be separated from the dirt. The soldiers took dirt covered boards and stirred around in the kegs of syrup and of lard, so it all was completely ruined. Another group of soldiers went on further down the road to Uncle Henry s house and did even more damage there. Not only did they destroy the family s food supply, but they also broke up the dishes and bent their silverware. The Union soldiers continued on further down the road and burned the bridge over a river. This was supposed to have kept the Confederate soldiers from catching up with the Union soldiers according to Aunt Ellen. Aunt Ellen died from congestive heart failure at the age of eighty eight in October 1939. Grandpa died eight days later at the age of eight six. They both were buried in the Swearingen Cemetery near Byromville, Dooly county, GA. Daddy s health began to go down hill in the fifties, but this didn t keep him from going. He went to town just about every day. By this time he was renting his farm on halves and Daddy had virtually retired. In November of 1964 Daddy had a stroke and was taken to Riverside Sanatorium hospital by ambulance and there he stayed until he passed away on December 17, 1964. He was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp county, GA. Mama continued to live at the home place until Labor Day, 1973. When she became sick, she too had to go to the hospital Riverside Sanatorium . Mama passed away on October 3, 1973 from a Myocardial Infarction. She was laid to rest beside Daddy. GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN, LOVED AND ALWAYS REMEMBERED ARE OUR BELOVED PARENTS OLIVER and LORENA MURPHY

						

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