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Kenelem Murphy

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  • Name Kenelem Murphy 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I6934  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family Catherine "Arena" Bowles,   b. Between 1811 and 1814   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Louisa Jane Murphy
    Family ID F623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • mdstmary@rootsweb.com
      Beth Jones wrote:
      > Of Course!! Didn't read far enough!! Catherine "Arena" BOWLES m. Kenelum
      > MURPHY. Their daughter Louisa Jane MURPHY m. Peter JARBOE.
      >
      > John Madison ABELL, son of John Henry ABELL and Dorothy BOWLES, m. Rebecca
      > Hazlett NELMS, a widow, in Christian Co, IL, in 1859. In 1870, he got
      > "Texas fever", left his family behind and never returned. He married twice
      > more and had a second family, without any sign of divorce.
      >
      > In 1877 in Christian County, IL, Rebecca Hazlett Nelms ABELL married (3rd
      > try!), to Peter JARBOE, widower, from Marion Co KY - who had previously been
      > married to John Madison's first cousin!
      >
      > She had no better luck. Around 1880 he also took off for TX, and it's been
      > passed down he started off with John's 10-yr old twin sons in tow, perhaps
      > taking them to their father? A neighbor is said to have persuaded him to
      > let the boys return home - as one of the twins was my grt-grandfather, I'm
      > grateful!!