Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr.

b. 15 November 1879, d. 7 June 1952
  • Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr. was born on 15 November 1879 in Texas.
  • He married Mary Olive Brodnax, daughter of William B. Brodnax and Courtney Jennetta Wilson, circa 1907.
  • Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr. registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Jasper County, Texas, while living with his wife Mary Olive in Remlig, employed there as a grocery salesman by Alexander Gilmer Lumber Company.
  • Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr. and Mary Olive Brodnax appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Jasper County, Texas. Other members of the household included Bonneau Murphy.
  • He was employed as a salesman of retail drygoods.
  • Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr. and Mary Olive Brodnax appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. They are identified as Charlie P. and Mary Murphy, and son Albert is not enumerated in the household.
  • He was a wholesale grocery salesman, according to the 1930 census.
  • His wife Mary Olive Brodnax became a widow at his death.
  • Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr. died on 7 June 1952 at age 72 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas, at 345 North Austin at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Mary Olive Brodnax.
  • He was interred at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 6 Jul 2012

Family: Mary Olive Brodnax b. 17 February 1879, d. 10 March 1963