Mary Olive Brodnax

Mary Olive Brodnax

• Father: William B. Brodnax b. circa 1854, d. circa April 1883
• Mother: Courtney Jennetta Wilson b. 27 February 1857, d. 4 January 1937

• Mary Olive Brodnax was born on 17 February 1879 in Texas.
• William B. Brodnax and Courtney Jennetta Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in San Augustine County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Olive Brodnax, Edna Cornelia Brodnax, Caroline Elizabeth Bonneau, Ester Elizabeth Brodnax and Paul DeWitt Brodnax.
• James B. Johnson and Courtney Jennetta Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas, at Main Street. Other members of the household included Mary Olive Brodnax, Leslie Bonneau Brodnax.
• She married Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr. circa 1907.
• 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.
• 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.
• She officially witnessed the death of Courtney Jennetta Wilson on 4 January 1937 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
• Mary Olive Brodnax became a widow at the 7 June 1952 death of her husband Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr.
• She officially witnessed the death of Columbus Pernell Murphy Jr. on 7 June 1952 at 345 North Austin in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; at his residence.
• At the time of her death, her usual residence was in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas, at 345 North Austin.
• Mary Olive Brodnax died on 10 March 1963 at age 84 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, at Schlesinger Nursing Home.
• She was interred at Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 13 Feb 2016