Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameErnest Stillwagon Murphy 
BirthAug 1869, Pennsylvania
Census5 Aug 1870, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1342, pg 226
Census9 Jun 1900, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1410 pg 6
Census6 May 1910, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1345, pg 241
Death19 Jan 1942, Fayette City, Fayette Co, PA
BurialFairview United Methodist Church Cem, Grindstone, Fayette Co, PA
Misc. Notes
Listed in 1870 as Earnest Murphy, son of Calvin (25, PA) a carpenter and Elizabeth (20, PA) Murphy. They are on the same page as the Wells, Downs, Swartz and Ghrist families.
Also listed in places as Ernst.
[Obituary] Morning Herald (Uniontown, PA) - 20 Jan 1942
Ernest S. Murphy, 72, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. James Zundel of Fayette City, Monday night, January 19, 1942 at 7:15 o'clock of complications.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Woodfield (sic Whitfield) of Monongahela and Mrs. Zundel; a son, Negley Murphy of Ashland, O.; a brother, Foster Murphy of Eden, Md., and four sisters, Mrs. Eunice Lyons, Mrs. John Hare and Mrs. Greer Hare of Fayette City and Mrs. Rachel Johnson of Maryland.
The body will be removed this afternoon from the Ira Blair and Sons Funderal Home, Perryopolis to the Zundel residence where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Additional rites will follow at 2:30 o'clock in the Fairview Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Also listed in places as Ernst.
[Obituary] Morning Herald (Uniontown, PA) - 20 Jan 1942
Ernest S. Murphy, 72, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. James Zundel of Fayette City, Monday night, January 19, 1942 at 7:15 o'clock of complications.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Woodfield (sic Whitfield) of Monongahela and Mrs. Zundel; a son, Negley Murphy of Ashland, O.; a brother, Foster Murphy of Eden, Md., and four sisters, Mrs. Eunice Lyons, Mrs. John Hare and Mrs. Greer Hare of Fayette City and Mrs. Rachel Johnson of Maryland.
The body will be removed this afternoon from the Ira Blair and Sons Funderal Home, Perryopolis to the Zundel residence where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Additional rites will follow at 2:30 o'clock in the Fairview Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Spouses
BirthMay 1869, Fayette Co, PA
Death1914, Fayette Co, PA
BurialFairview United Methodist Church Cem, Grindstone, Fayette Co, PA
FatherSamuel W. Wells (1827-1894)
MotherSarah Ann Cockburn (1832-1914)
Misc. Notes
Went by Minnie on 1900 census, had 2 children at the time: a son, Negley E. born April 1896 a dau, Sarah E. born Feb 1898. Her mother, Sarah (Cockburn) Wells was living with them in 1900 and 1910.
Listed as Minnie S. on her headstone.
Listed as Minnie S. on her headstone.
Marriage1895