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Mary Belle “BELLE” Murphy

Birth
Death
21 Jun 1885 (aged 21)
Burial
Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 7, Row 11
Memorial ID
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From Mary (#47111521)

SHORT BIO:

Her name varies in several sources:
Mary Belle Murphy Fields was the second daughter of Eli E Murphy and his first wife, Eliza Virginia Alexander. She is listed as ‘BELL’ in the 1870 and 1880 US Census when she was with her father and older sister, Jeanetta M ‘Nettie’ Murphy. She is listed as 'MARY BELLE MURPHY’ when she married:

Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
Mary Belle Murphy, female
Age: 19
Birth: abt 1864
Marriage: 8 Sep 1883
Marriage place: Crawford, Illinois, USA
Father: EE Murphy
Mother: Eliza Alexander
Spouse: Frank Fields, male [John Franklin ‘FRANK’ Fields]
Age: 22
Father: Wesley Fields
Mother: Nancy Haley
Film number: 001310116

Belle died at age 21 after less than 2 years of marriage and no children have been found. Her husband, Frank Fields, remarried in 1895 in Kansas to Sarah Mitsch. The cemetery list shows the name as ‘BELLE M’, and she is buried with her father Eli Murphy and his third wife, Francis ‘Fannie’ (Whitaker) Davis Murphy in Section 7 Row 11 of the Palestine Cemetery.

Thanks Mary for the info..............Lloyd
From Mary (#47111521)

SHORT BIO:

Her name varies in several sources:
Mary Belle Murphy Fields was the second daughter of Eli E Murphy and his first wife, Eliza Virginia Alexander. She is listed as ‘BELL’ in the 1870 and 1880 US Census when she was with her father and older sister, Jeanetta M ‘Nettie’ Murphy. She is listed as 'MARY BELLE MURPHY’ when she married:

Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
Mary Belle Murphy, female
Age: 19
Birth: abt 1864
Marriage: 8 Sep 1883
Marriage place: Crawford, Illinois, USA
Father: EE Murphy
Mother: Eliza Alexander
Spouse: Frank Fields, male [John Franklin ‘FRANK’ Fields]
Age: 22
Father: Wesley Fields
Mother: Nancy Haley
Film number: 001310116

Belle died at age 21 after less than 2 years of marriage and no children have been found. Her husband, Frank Fields, remarried in 1895 in Kansas to Sarah Mitsch. The cemetery list shows the name as ‘BELLE M’, and she is buried with her father Eli Murphy and his third wife, Francis ‘Fannie’ (Whitaker) Davis Murphy in Section 7 Row 11 of the Palestine Cemetery.

Thanks Mary for the info..............Lloyd


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