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John Wesley Murrell
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John Wesley Murrell
- Born: Jul 1831, Somerset Co., MD 1 2 3 4 5
- Marriage (1): Sarah R. Porter on 11 Feb 1856 in Somerset Co., MD
- Marriage (2): Permelia Elizabeth Virginia Austin on 25 Dec 1873 in Somerset Co., MD
- Died: 06 Aug 1904, Somerset Co., MD 6
- Buried: Abt 09 Aug 1904, Asbury U.M. Church, Mt. Vernon, Somerset Co., MD
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The following is from the May 27 1876 edition of the Salisbury Advertiser: "During the storm on last Sunday night, the residence of Mr. J. W. Murrell, a short distance below Harris landing (This is near modern day Harrison Landing Road and the Wicomico River in Mt. Vernon, MD), was struck by lightning. The chimney was entirely demolished, and Mr. Murrell who was asleep in an upper room was rendered senseless, and did not speak until the following morning. His wife and children who were in the bed room on the first floor were not injured at all. The house was filled for some time with a heavy sulphurous smoke."
John married Sarah R. Porter on 11 Feb 1856 in Somerset Co., MD. (Sarah R. Porter died before 1873.)
John next married Permelia Elizabeth Virginia Austin, daughter of John Austin and Sarah Elizabeth Bedsworth, on 25 Dec 1873 in Somerset Co., MD. (Permelia Elizabeth Virginia Austin was born on 25 Sep 1858 in Somerset Co., MD,7 8 9 10 died in 1909 in Somerset Co., MD and was buried in 1909 in Mt. Vernon, Somerset Co., MD.)
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Sources
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1900 MD Census, Listed as born in MD, July 1831, in the 1900 Somerset Co., MD Census (ED69 - Princess Anne).
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1850 MD Census, Listed as age 18 in the 1850 Trappe, Somerset Co., MD Census.
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1860 MD Census, Listed as John W. Murrel, age 25, in Hungary Neck, Somerset Co., MD.
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1870 MD Census, Listed as John W. Murrel, age 40, in Hungary Neck, Somerset Co., MD.
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1880 MD Census, Listed as John W. Murrel, age 48, in Hungary Neck, Somerset Co., MD.
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MD Death Certificate.
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1880 MD Census, Listed as age 21 in the 1880 Mt. Vernon, Somerset Co., MD Census.
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1900 MD Census, Listed as born in MD, September 1858, in the 1900 Somerset Co., MD Census (ED69 - Princess Anne).
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1870 MD Census, Listed as Permelia Austin, age 14, in Hungary Neck, Somerset Co., MD.
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1860 MD Census, Listed as age 4 in the 1860 Hungary Neck, Somerset Co., MD Census.