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John Owen Murphree

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John Owen Murphree

Birth
Thomaston, DeWitt County, Texas, USA
Death
15 Jun 1986 (aged 101)
Inez, Victoria County, Texas, USA
Burial
Thomaston, DeWitt County, Texas, USA
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John was the seventh of twelve children born to James Owen "Jim" Murphree (1847-1923) and Lulu Smith (1853-1937). Seven of the children survived to adulthood; five died in infancy.

John was born in the house that his father built in 1881 on his share of the David Murphree estate. It was near "Point Evergreen," the house that John's paternal grandfather, Judge David Murphree (1811-1866) had built (completed in 1848). It was located on Prices Creek, near its intersection with the bend of the Guadalupe River between Cuero and Victoria. That area later became part of the Thomaston community which was established in 1872 upon the arrival of the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway's new extension from Victoria.

After Judge Murphree's death in 1866, John's father, James Owen Murphree (1847-1923) assumed responsibility for management of the family's ranch. After his marriage to Lulu Smith (1853-1939) on 27 Mar 1972, Jim and Lulu continued to live on that ranch and in that house where all 12 of their children were born.

John Owen Murphree was married to Jessie Mae Tarter in Thomaston on 30 Jan 1907. They had three children:

Hugh Owen Murphree (1908-1976) who married Erma Beatrice Pace (1915-1978),

John Charles Murphree (1911-1975) who married Bessie Lee Davenport (1916-2006) and

Nellie Lulu "Nell" Murphree (1921-2008) who married Howard Vincent Holzheuser (1915-1992) and who was named for her aunt (her father's sister), Nell Lulu "Nellie" Murphree (1882-1982).

Two of the sources of the information in the bio are: (1) the 1962 book "A History of DeWitt County," written by John's sister, the noted DeWitt County historian, Nell Lulu "Nellie" Murphree (1882-1982), and (2) the 1986 book "Cemetery Records of DeWitt County Vol. I," by Patsy Goebel and Karen McWhorter.
John was the seventh of twelve children born to James Owen "Jim" Murphree (1847-1923) and Lulu Smith (1853-1937). Seven of the children survived to adulthood; five died in infancy.

John was born in the house that his father built in 1881 on his share of the David Murphree estate. It was near "Point Evergreen," the house that John's paternal grandfather, Judge David Murphree (1811-1866) had built (completed in 1848). It was located on Prices Creek, near its intersection with the bend of the Guadalupe River between Cuero and Victoria. That area later became part of the Thomaston community which was established in 1872 upon the arrival of the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railway's new extension from Victoria.

After Judge Murphree's death in 1866, John's father, James Owen Murphree (1847-1923) assumed responsibility for management of the family's ranch. After his marriage to Lulu Smith (1853-1939) on 27 Mar 1972, Jim and Lulu continued to live on that ranch and in that house where all 12 of their children were born.

John Owen Murphree was married to Jessie Mae Tarter in Thomaston on 30 Jan 1907. They had three children:

Hugh Owen Murphree (1908-1976) who married Erma Beatrice Pace (1915-1978),

John Charles Murphree (1911-1975) who married Bessie Lee Davenport (1916-2006) and

Nellie Lulu "Nell" Murphree (1921-2008) who married Howard Vincent Holzheuser (1915-1992) and who was named for her aunt (her father's sister), Nell Lulu "Nellie" Murphree (1882-1982).

Two of the sources of the information in the bio are: (1) the 1962 book "A History of DeWitt County," written by John's sister, the noted DeWitt County historian, Nell Lulu "Nellie" Murphree (1882-1982), and (2) the 1986 book "Cemetery Records of DeWitt County Vol. I," by Patsy Goebel and Karen McWhorter.

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