OBIT: CLARKSVILLE TIMES 2 Mar 1951 '20 Years Ago' pioneer citizen of Clarksville passed away at the home of her sister Miss Bonnie Patton in Clarksville, JOLLY FUNERAL HOME Book 6 page 17: death from date sequence of burials, MARRIAGE: T. B. Murphy married Clara M. Patton on 29 May 1884 in Red River Co TX Book E page 424, CONFEDERATE PENSION, wife, applied for in Red River Co TX #46235, name as Mrs. Thomas Benton Murphey, husband was Thomas Benton Murphey From the website http://www.redrivercountytx.org/cemetery/Search.cfm


1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Clara Patton
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Texas
Home in 1880: Red River, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: N. B. Patton
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: L. W. Patton
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation: At Home
Household Members: Name Age
N. B. Patton 57
L. W. Patton 55
Bonnie Patton 23
L. P. Patton 22
Clara Patton 20
Hiram Patton 11



1900 United States Federal Census
Name: May T B Murphy [T B Thurthy]
Age: 39
Birth Date: Aug 1860
Birthplace: Texas
Home in 1900: Clarksville, Red River, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1884
Years Married: 16
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 4
Mother: How many children: 5
Household Members: Name Age
May T B Murphy 39
Clarence Murphy 13
Paul Murphy 12
Louis Murphy 12
Edith Murphy 4


1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Clora P Murphy [Clara P Murphy]
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: 1860
Birthplace: Texas
Home in 1910: Clarksville Ward 2, Red River, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members: Name Age
Clora P Murphy 50
Pearl Murphy 22
Louis Murphy 22
Ruth Murphy 15
George Murphy 20


1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Clara Murphy
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Texas
Home in 1920: Clarksville, Red River, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Clara Murphy 59

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Clara P Murphey
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Texas
Race: White
Home in 1930: Clarksville, Red River, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
Clara P Murphey 70
Haywood Antone 7
Georgia S Murphey 42
Louis R Murphey 15
Marion L Murphey 12
Robert P Murphey 9