William Mitchell Murdock

b. circa 1849
  • William Mitchell Murdock was born circa 1849 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • LaFayette Murdock and Juliet Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included William Mitchell Murdock, Sarah J. Murdock, Martha Hill Murdock, Julia Ellen Murdock, Antoinette Burch, Janet A. Burch and Jane Burch. It is an educated guess that daughters Julia (age 3) and Ellen (age 1) actually are the same person enumerated twice: Julia Ellen Murdock, who later was known as Ellen (Julia is absent from the household in the 1870 census, and there appears to be no further trace of "Ellen" after 1870 . The Burch children of Juliet's sister Jeanette and her husband James Burch, Lafayette's mother's brother.
  • LaFayette Murdock and Juliet Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Mt. Meigs PO, Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included William Mitchell Murdock, Sarah J. Murdock, Martha Hill Murdock and Julia Ellen Murdock.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
  • Last Edited: 19 Nov 2010