Fisher Family Genealogy
MURRAY, Fred Kells

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Name MURRAY, Fred Kells Birth Mar 1882 Missouri [1]
CENSUS 9 Jun 1900 Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [2]
- Occupation: farm laborer
Attended school last 8 months
Can read and write
1900 US Census: Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO, sht 4A CENSUS 19 Apr 1910 Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [3]
- Fred's family living next door to father and mother Oscar and Sarah Murray
Occupation: farmer, general farm, owner operator
Renting farm
Can read and write
1910 US Census: Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO, sht 3A Death 15 Oct 1970 Kirksville, Adair Co., MO Burial Locust Hill Cemetery, Locust Hill, Knox Co., MO Headstone: Fred K. and Sallie M. Murray
Plot: Row 2, North SectionPerson ID I797 Main Last Modified 19 Jun 2023
Father MURRAY, Oscar Allen, b. 14 Feb 1846, West Point Township, Lee Co., IA d. 19 Dec 1915, Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO
(Age 69 years)
Relationship Birth Mother HIGGS, Sarah Josephine, b. 16 Jan 1847, Newcastle, Lawrence Co., PA d. 5 Dec 1929, Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO
(Age 82 years)
Relationship Birth Marriage 22 Dec 1867 Knox Co., MO [4]
Documents Marriage Record: Murray, Oscar and Sarah J. Higgs - 1867 Family ID F285 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BOWAN, Sally, b. 28 Mar 1885, Hazel Dell, Knox Co., MO d. 21 Jun 1933, Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO
(Age 48 years)
Marriage 9 Dec 1906 Locust Hill, Knox Co., MO [5, 6]
- "She was married to Mr. Murray in December, 1906, by Thomas Jefferies of Locust Hill, a justice of the peace. To them was born the son who survives."
Fred Murray and Sallie Bowen marry 1906
"Married at the residence of the bride's southwest of father, Mr. Jno. Bowen, southwest of Locust Hill Sunday at 3 p.m. Squire Jeffries Officiating. Mr. Fred Murray to Miss Sallie Bowen after the ceremony A bountiful wedding supper was par taken of by quite a number of relatives and invited guests and on the day following an infare dinner was given at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Murray and to make it more complete a crowd of charivariers arrived about 8 p. m. and proceeded to entertain them with guns, revolvers, bells, bells, etc., which of course was fun for all."Children 1. MURRAY, Theodore K., b. 1908, Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [Birth]
Family ID F288 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Jun 2023
- Occupation: farm laborer
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Documents F. K. Murray horses for sale 1911
Fred Murray was a well known horse breeder in Knox Co., MO and apparently kept some of his horses at his father's, Oscar Murray, per this advertisement. The Edina Sentinel contains several ads for similar sales by Fred Murray referencing his father in the early decades of the 1900s.
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Sources - [S123] 1900 US Census, Missouri , (Ancestry,com), 09 Jun 1900, Roll: T623_868 Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 45. (Reliability: 2).
- [S123] 1900 US Census, Missouri , (Ancestry,com), 09 Jun 1900, Shelton Township, sht 4A (Reliability: 2).
- [S269] 1910 US Census, Missouri, (Ancestry.com), 19 Apr 1910, Shelton Township, sht 3A (Reliability: 2).
- [S365] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Ancestry.com), 22 Dec 1867, Knox Co., p 209 (Reliability: 3).
- [S704] News articles: The Edina Sentinel, Edina, MO, (The Edina Sentinel, Edina, MO), 13 Dec 1906, p 1 (Reliability: 2).
- [S704] News articles: The Edina Sentinel, Edina, MO, (The Edina Sentinel, Edina, MO), 29 Jun 1933, p 1 (Reliability: 2).
- [S123] 1900 US Census, Missouri , (Ancestry,com), 09 Jun 1900, Roll: T623_868 Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 45. (Reliability: 2).