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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Sevier County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Jesse D. Murphey has been a resident of Arkansas since 1849, but was born in Tennessee March 11, 1843, being one of fourteen children born to the marriage of John and Mary (Murphy) Murphey, who were born in South Carolina in 1799 and 1804, respectively. Their nuptials took place in Tennessee in 1820, and there their family was born, twelve of their children living to manhood and womanhood. Eli S., Nancy (wife of Nathan Cox, now living in the Indian Territory), Melissa (wife of James Cox, residents of Nevada County, Ark.), Lucinda (widow of Robert Finley, her home being in Texarkana, Ark.), and Jesse D. are the members of the family now living. The father moved from Mississippi to Arkansas in 1849, and first settled in Ouachita County, and died in Little River County on March 19, 1876, having been an earnest Christian and member of the Baptist Church for many years. The mother died on August 14, 1875, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Murphey was married to Mrs. Hannah A. (Winingham) Hulen June 19, 1864, she being a daughter of John and Delithia (Hoozen) Winingham. She was born in Tennessee February 10, 1838, and first married Rilen C. Hulen July 20, 1856, by whom she became the mother of three children, all of whom are deceased, the husband and father’s death occurring at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1863. Mr. Winingham was born in Randolph County, N. C, in 1804, the mother’s birth also occurring in that year in the State of Georgia. They both died in 1862, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Murphey are the parents of eight sons and three daughters, only three of the family now living: Arrettia A., Sarah E. and William W. Mr. Murphey owns 240 acres of well-improved and valuable land, and contributes liberally of his means to support worthy enterprises. He is spoken very highly of in the community in which he lives for his many worthy traits of character, and he and wife are earnest members of the Christian Church. Politically he is a Democrat.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Sevier County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Sevier County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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