Willis Hugh Murphy
(1894-After 1930)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Darla Kerns

Willis Hugh Murphy 1

  • Born: 1894, West Virginia 1
  • Marriage (1): Darla Kerns about 1920 1
  • Died: After 1 April 1930
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Union District, Marion County, WV on 19 April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 20B, District 25-36, Family 426, Roll 2541
Union Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $2500
Willis H. Murphy..Head..36..West Virginia..married at age 26..Fireman, Steam Railroad

(Living with wife, 2 daughters, and mother-in-law.)
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Willis married Darla Kerns, daughter of Jacob Calvin Kerns and Margaret Delphia Swisher, about 1920.1 (Darla Kerns was born in May 1898 in West Virginia 2 3 4 and died on 16 June 1966 in Fairmont, WV.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Union District, Marion County, WV on 19 April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 20B, District 25-36, Family 426, Roll 2541
Union Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $2500
Willis H. Murphy..Head..36..West Virginia..married at age 26..Fireman, Steam Railroad
Darlie Murphy..Wife..29..West Virginia..married at age 19
Marjorie E. Murphy..Daughter..9..West Virginia
Autonm L. Murphy..Daughter..6..West Virginia
Margaret D. Kerns..Mother-in-law..66..West Virginia..Widowed
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Sources


1 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 25-36, sheet 20B, family 426, Willis H. Murphy and Dala Kerns; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 February 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2541.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 1A, family 9, Jacob Calvin Kerns and Margaret Delphia Swisher; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 February 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 3B, family 53, Jacob Calvin Kerns and Margaret Delphia Swisher; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 February 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1687.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 3B, family 78; index and images (accessed 19 February 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1961.


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