LaFayette Murdock

LaFayette Murdock

• Father: Andrew W. Murdock b. October 1794, d. February 1835
• Mother: Sarah Ann Burch b. circa 1804

• LaFayette Murdock was born on 19 March 1824 in Mt. Meigs, Montgomery County, Alabama.
• He married Juliet Mitchell, daughter of William Mitchell and Martha Hill, circa 1846 in Montgomery County, Alabama, and Lafayette's sister Rebecca married Juliet's brother JCB Mitchell.
• 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 Sarah J. Murdock, William Mitchell 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.
• He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
• 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 Sarah J. Murdock, William Mitchell Murdock, Martha Hill Murdock and Julia Ellen Murdock.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• LaFayette Murdock became a widower at the 11 July 1870 death of his wife Sarah J. Murdock.
• LaFayette Murdock died on 27 June 1895 at age 71 in Mt. Meigs, Montgomery County, Alabama.

• Last Edited: 23 May 2011