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Notes for Sallie Lowe Murphy

Sallie's Death Certificate indicates her birth date was: May 21,1874.
The 1880 Polk County Texas Census indicates her birth date was in Aug 1878.
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Source#1:
In an email dated 14 Feb, 1999, Cynthia wrote:
"Sally was born after Richard was born. They (Larkin and Helen Murphy) did not move to Polk County until after Richard was born in 10-19-1869, most of the kids were already born at that time. The story went that Larkin's wife was ill and the Lowe girl, Sally, was there helping out and Larkin got her pregnant. When the baby was born, Sally died, and her parents sent word that they were leaving the county and they were leaving the baby at the fork of the road if they didn't want her the bears and wolves could have her. Then Helen got the message and sent the boys after the baby. They called her Sally after her mother."
Source#2:
In an email dated 14 Feb, 1999, Cynthia Murphy Watson wrote:
"Sally Lowe #1 was not married to a Lowe, that was her parents name. Larkins father was
Richard Murphy born 1820 in Al. married 5-28-1843 in Lauderdale County Miss. His wife was Elizabeth Moore born Nov.1822 Al. She died in Polk County May 10 1910. Sally to my knowledge never went by the name of Murphy. Miss Sallie Lowe and Mr.Uriah Shaver married Dec.8,1900 in Polk County Texas city of Livingston. Just found this in my files."
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Source #3:
1880 Polk County Texas Census
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Larkin U. Murphy 32 Miss Alabama Alabama
Helen C. 24 Texas Mississippi Alabama
Richard L. V. 10 son Texas Mississippi Texas
John T. 9 son (married Sally Davis)
Nancy E. 7 dau
George Oscar 6 son
Mary J. 4 dau
Davy Crockett 2 son
James W. 3/12 son
Sally Lowe 1 guardian

They called Sally, Aunt Poss.
(Email from Cynthia Watson dated 17 Feb 1999)
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Source #4:
OBITUARY of Sally Murphy Shaver
(Obituary provided by Sissy Shaver Williams of Jasper, TX in Email dated 23 Feb 1999.)
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Mrs. Shaver, 100 died of Illness; Services today.
Bronson (spl)--Funeral services for Mrs. Sally Murphy Shaver, 100, of Bronson will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, in Bronson Baptist Church. The Rev. Noel Hammock, pastor of Little Flock Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Bronson Cemetary under the direction of Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill.
Grandsons will be pallbears.
Mrs. Shaver died at 1 p.m., Tuesday, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Myrtlee Walker, after a long illness. She was a native of Polk County and had lived in Bronson 40 years. She was a member of the Little Flock Baptist Church.
Survivors are three sons Bud, Joe, and Louis Shaver, all of Jasper; two daughters, Mrs. Bertie Goines of Jasper and Mrs. Myrtlee Walker of Bronson; three brothers, Roy and John Lowe and Sam Murphy, all of Cleveland; 26 grandchildren; 50 great grandchildren and a number of great-great grandchildren.
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Source #5:
1900 Polk County Texas Census
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Source #6:
Tombstone in the Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Texas indicates birth of 1866, death 1966. But Federal Census records indicate birth of 1878.
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--- mclou wrote:
Dear Candie,

I spent the afternoon in the genealogy library in Conroe. I don't think I found anything of great importance. I also called a Lowe descendant that lives in Polk County. She said that her grandfather
was Everett Lowe. I knew that her parents were John and Bertha Lowe.
She couldn't recall a name for her great grandfather. On the 1860 Tyler County census there is a John Lowe (age 30) whose wife is Elizabeth (age 32). Their children were listed only as initials. They were
W. A. (10), R (8), S (6) Female, M (4), M. A. (2), and H (3/12.

On the 1880 Polk County census they were listed:
John Lowe (49), Elizabeth Lowe (51)---with only one child George E. (this could be George Everett.)
On the 1880 census Sally Lowe was listed as one year old. She was living with Larkin Murphy. On the soundex card it read " relationship not reported".
John Lowe was in the Civil War. I found the record in a book in the library. It reads: Born July 1, 1830. Edgefield Dist. South Carolina. Died Oct. 6, 1899. Buried Menard Chapel Cemetery, Polk County, Texas.
Enlisted March 30, 1862, Polk County, as a private, Company E, 20th Texas Infantry, Elmore's Regiment. Residence-Tyler County, Texas.
Occupation-farmer. Sept. 23, 1863, on duty with the Harbor Police, Galveston Bay. On detached service with the Quartermaster Dept., March-June 1864. Transferred to Company G, July 1864. August 1864, on furlough. Jan. - Feb. 1865, on detached duty with the Quartermaster Dept. Company disbanded May 1865. Surrendered to E. Kirby Smith,
June 2, 1865, Galveston.
Larkin Murphy was listed on the 1880 census as 32 years old. His wife, Helen, ws 34. Their children were: Richard (10), John T. (9), Nancy (7), George (6), Mary (4), Davy (2), James W. (3/12), and Sally Lowe (1). BUSY FELLOW WASN'T HE!
Larkin's brother, Sam, was married to someone in my ncestry. Maybe the two brothers had something in common. Sam had nine children by my relative. She died. He remarried and had nine more children.
One of his sons told me that he was the meanest man that ever lived. I also found a Martha Shaver in Polk County in 1860. She was a widow. Four females were listed as her children. They were Posthena, Sarah, Mary, and Margaret.

Norma Hammond McLoughlin
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Cynthia Watson Email dated 17 Feb 1999.
Obituary of Sally Murphy Shaver. Copy provided by Sissy Shaver Williams: Rt. 4, Box 657, Jasper, TX 75951 ( 6 Mar 1999) Obituary indicated that she was 100 years old at death. This does not correlat e with the 1880 Census information.
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