Levi Murren
(1819-1896)
Rebecca
(1821-1844)
Francis Henry Murren
(1842-1904)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Anna Mary Beecher

Francis Henry Murren 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 22 Feb 1842, Littlestown, Adams, PA 2 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Anna Mary Beecher on 24 Dec 1868
  • Died: 14 Sep 1904, Hays Grove, Cumberland, PA at age 62 6 8
  • Buried: Newville.: Hays Grove United Methodist Church, Cumberland, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: LH8K-X2Q.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Germany Twp., Adams, PA. 5 The 1850 census recorded Levi Murren, laborer, 37, living with wife Catherine, 23; Francis H., 8; Laura, 2, and Edward B., 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Catherine in Maryland and Edward in Germany [note: likely this mean Germany Township and not the country.] Levin's real estate was valued at $300.

2. Military in , , Pennsylvania, USA: Civil War: Co. F. 207th Pa. Volunteer Infantry. 9

3. Census in 1900 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. 2 The 1900 census recorded Francis Murrren, 58, living with wife Annie M., 47; Lewis G., 14; Edgar N., 12. Also in the home is Lillie M. Bricker, 21; Marion Bricker, 0 months; and father-in-law William Beecher, widowed, 72. William's father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother in Germany.

4. Obituary: Harrisburg Daily Independent: "Lockjaw Causes Death." on 15 Sep 1904 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 6 Lockjaw Causes Death. Hays Grove, Sept. 15 -- Mr. Francis H. Murren, aged 65 years, died yesterday. A few days ago Mr. Murren had a finger accidentally cut off by a circular saw while sawing wood and the wound did not heal. Lockjaw set in which caused his death.


Francis married Anna Mary Beecher, daughter of William P. Beecher and Mary A. Lamberton, on 24 Dec 1868. (Anna Mary Beecher was born on 16 Mar 1851 in , Cumberland, PA,10 11 died on 14 Jun 1920 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA 10 11 12 and was buried on 16 Jun 1920 in Newville.: Hays Grove United Methodist Church, Cumberland, PA 10 11.)


Sources


1 Records of Sharon Nickol Swope (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=nickol).

2 1900 United States Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Penn, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1400; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1241400.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75564244.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 106122. Lewis Grant Murren. Father Francis H. Murren. Anna Beecher.

5 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M44H-XJM Francis H Murrin in household of Levin Murrin, Germany, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing dwelling , family 143, NARA microfilm publication , roll .

6 Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.), 15 Sep 1904, page 5. Death of Mr. Francis H. Murren.

7 Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania.), 16 Jul 1949, page 3. Obituary of E. H. Murren.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Adams > Mount Pleasant > Church of the Brethren. Death record for Francis Murrain d. 14 Sep 1904.

9 National Park Service Soldier's Sailors Database, Francis H./Murren, Film M554 Roll 83.

10 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75564215.

11 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 71759. Annie Murren. Father Wm Beecher. Mother Mary Lamberton.

12 Shippensburg Chronicle (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 24 Jun 1920, page 1.



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