Alfred COLEMAN & Mary MURPHY & Rebecca B. MURPHY

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Alfred COLEMAN
Mary MURPHY
Rebecca B. MURPHY

Husband: Alfred COLEMAN
Birth: 1802/3, NC
Death apparently: 1850-60, Van Buren Twp., Grant Co., IN
Occupation: farmer

Marriage-1: 4 Oct 1827, Fayette Co., IN

Wife-1: Mary MURPHEY / MURPHY
Birth: 1800-1810
Death apparently: 1840-44, Centre Twp., Rush Co., IN
Occupation: homemaker

Marriage-2: 13 Feb 1844, Fayette Co., IN

Wife-2: Rebecca B. MURPHY
Birth: 1812/3, VA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. 29 Jun 1854, Grant Co., IN, Jacob STROUP; m3. 1860-70, Charles SHAFFER (b. 1799/1800, PA)

Children with Mary MURPHY:

— born in Fayette Co., IN:
1. (Son A) COLEMAN, b. 1825-30

— born in either Fayette Co., IN, or Centre Twp., Rush Co., IN:
2. (Daughter A) COLEMAN, b. 1830-35
3. (Son B) COLEMAN, b. 1835-40
4. James F. COLEMAN, b. 1838/9

Children with Rebecca B. MURPHY — born in IN, possibly in Van Buren Twp., Grant Co., IN:

5. Mary C. COLEMAN, b. 1844/5
6. Sarah M. COLEMAN, b. 1845/6
7. Jesse Y. COLEMAN, b. 1847/8
8. Thaddeus COLEMAN, b. 1850

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Indiana

Sources (n.b., Fayette and Rush Cos. are adjacent):

1a. Index of Indiana Marriages through 1850 (online at the web site of the Indiana State Library, Genealogy Division, Indianapolis, IN [link died]):

Coleman Alfred Murphey Mary Fayette Co. 10-4-1827

Coleman Alfred Murphy Rebecca B Fayette Co. 2-13-1844

1b. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 (online at Ancestry.com):

Alfred Coleman Rebecca B. Murphy 13 Feb 1844 Fayette Co. Book E, p. 114

2. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #45 of 104; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1830 IN Fayette Co. Roll 26 p. 24 Ln. 4 Alford Coleman 100 010 - 000 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = Son A

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Alfred (b. 1802/3)

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Mary

Listed two lines from Jonathan COLEMAN (æ 50-60).

3. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1-2 of 14 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1840 IN Rush Co. Centre Twp. Roll 93 pp. 215B-216A Ln. 28 Alfred Coleman 201 001 - 010 001 001 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1835-1840 = James F. (b. 1838/9)
= Son B

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Son A

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Alfred (b. 1802/3)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Daughter A

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Mary

1 female 60-69 1770-1780 = mother? mother-in-law?

2 persons employed in agriculture

4. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4-5 of 13): Van Buren Twp., Grant Co., IN, Roll M432_147, pp. 236A-236B, 458/465, enumerated 6 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

Alfred Coleman 47 M Farmer 900 NC

Rebecca B " 37 F Va

James F    " 11 M Ind

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Mary C Coleman 5 F Ind

Sarah M    " 4 F "

Jesse Y    " 2 M "

Listed two households from Rebecca's future husband, Jacob STROUP.

5. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #23 of 23): Greenbush P.O., Van Buren Twp., Grant Co., IN, Roll M653_261, p. 231, PN 231, 1665/1546, enumerated 19 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

Jacob Stroup 45 M Farmer 2500 600 Pa

Rebbecca B " 47 F Va

Mary C     " 15 F Ind

Sarah M    " 13 F "

Jesse      " 12 M "

Thadeus    " 10 M "

Anna       " 5 F "

James Stroup 20 M Farmer Ohio

Benjamin   " 17 M " Ind

Mary M     " 14 F "

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