13. Tinsley Jackson⁴ McMurry (Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 15 Apr 1834 in Boyle Co., Kentucky, and died 16 Dec 1911 in Woodford Co., Kentucky. He married Martha Ellen Young 1866, daughter of Berry Young and Martha Cole. She was born Jun 1844 in Anderson Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Tinsley Jackson McMurry:
ANDERSON COUNTY MILITIA 1865 - 1869
Gleaned from Wyatt Shely Papers

In the years immediately following the Civil War were turbulent times for Anderson County ,as they were all over the South.
Lawless bands roamed the country robbing and terrorizing the people. The men of Anderson County, many of whom had fought in the recent war from both sides, now joined together for the good of the community, to protect the neighborhoods from these rufians. During the years between 1865 and 1869 over 1000 Anderson County men & boys served in the County Militia.(Some names appear more than once, it is unknown if a different person or more than 1 enlistment.)

Many of these are veterans of the recent war fighting in mortal combat against one another, but joining together in time of peace to secure a safe home for their families.

Tinsley Jackson McMurray served in the Anderson Co. Militia.

Contributed By Luther Allen Davenport

Tinsley Jackson McMurry's descendants believe that Thomas McMurry (father of Tinsley Jackson, Thomas H., and James Emerson McMurry) came from Ireland. The source for this is Sarah Elizabeth McMurry, daughter of James Berry McMurry.
Source: William S. Bryant

Obituary of Tinsley Jackson McMurry
April 15, 1834 - Dec. 16, 1911

December 21, 1911
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky

Mr. Tin McMurry Dead

Mr. Tin McMurry, a former citizen of this county, died Saturday at the home of his son in Woodford county of the infirmities of old age. He was 79 years old and a twin brother of Mr. Thomas McMurry, who is very sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.C. Trent. Mr. McMurry, until the past few years, lived in this county and was a highly respected citizen. He is survived by a large family of children, part of whom reside in this county. Those residing here are Mr. J.B. McMurry, of Fox Creek, Mesdames Clarence and Clay (?) Moore, of this place, and Mr. Lewis McMurry, of Ninevah. His remains were brought to this county and buried at the Young burying ground near Enterprise church.

More About Tinsley McMurry and Martha Young:
Marriage: 1866

Children of Tinsley McMurry and Martha Young are:

14. James Emerson⁴ McMurry (Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 15 Mar 1836 in Garrard Co., Kentucky, and died 07 May 1889 in Mercer Co., Kentucky. He married Augusta Ann Jones 26 Dec 1867 in Mercer Co., Kentucky, daughter of Hite Jones and Sarah Chapman. She was born 31 Jul 1850 in Mercer Co., Kentucky, and died 25 Jul 1901 in Mercer Co., Kentucky.

Notes for James Emerson McMurry:
James Emerson McMurry -- Early Family Life
James had 3 brothers and 1 sister. One of the trades their father Thomas practiced was hat making, and one day, at the age of 5, Henry, the oldest of the brothers, found a bottle of blue vitriol his father used in his work. He drank it and promptly died. Their sister Jane died at age 17. Their mother, Sally T. Ware McMurry, died 1 year after James was born. She was 28 years old. At the time the family was living either with or near Sally's parents --Henry and Jane Ware. From all appearances it looks as if Henry was well off, possessing large land holdings on the headwaters of the west Fork of Back Creek in Garrard Co., Ky. However, Thomas decided to leave after Sally, his wife, died in 1837. Perhaps he didn't get along well with his in-laws, or maybe he just wanted to make a new start. We'll probably never know. He left 3 of the surviving children, Jane, Thomas, and Tinsley with Henry and Jane Ware, took James Emerson with him, and headed for Missouri. He got as far as Ashbrook in Anderson Co. and changed his mind, leaving James (age 2?) in the care of someone there with instructions to return him to his grandparents in Garrard Co. while he traveled on to Missouri by himself. So, James, Thomas , and Tinsley grew up with their grandparents.

Civil War
James was 25 years old when he volunteered for service in the Confederate Cavalry with a group of young men from Harrodsburg called "The Kentucky Rebels." I had to find out the details of his service in other ways, since virtually nothing about this most interesting period of his life was ever passed down orally or otherwise through the succeeding generations of the family. Apparently he never talked about it once he returned (understandable, after witnessing the horrors of a civil war), or if he did, the information was not passed along. The only explanation I ever heard was that "he joined the Confederate cavalry because he owned slaves."
This is a fascinating story. His unit became attached to then Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in Tennessee. The company was designated "G" Co., 3rd Tennessee regiment, Confederate Cavalry. Their Captain was David Logan from Danville, Ky. No real action was seen until the battle of Sacramento, Ky., where Capt. Logan's Co. was commended for gallantry. The military genius of this commander, whom Gen. Sherman referred to as " that devil Forrest," does not need to be rehearsed here, but it must have been interesting to serve in this regiment. Next came Ft. Donelson, where Co. G was part of a battalion reconnoitering over towards Ft. Henry when the order came from Forrest to return to Ft. Donelson, which the battalion commander refused to do! After Gen. Grant had won the day at Ft. Donelson, C.S.A. Army Gens. Floyd, Pillow, and Buckner decided to give up. Forrest informed them that "I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command," and led his men through the icy backwaters of the Cumberland River to Nashville -- the famous escape from Ft. Donelson.
However, Co. G was captured and spent the next 7 months in captivity in Camp Butler, Illinois, and was not present with Forrest at the Battle of Shiloh. James Emerson McMurray was paroled in September, 1862 and exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi. His Co. was then transferred to General John Hunt Morgan's command in Tennessee, becoming "I" Co. in the 7th Ky. Cavalry, commanded by then Col. Richard Montgomery Gano, a Kentuckian who had setlled in Tarrant Co., Texas (now Ft. Worth), but who returned to Ky. at the commencement of the war. The exploits of Gen. Morgan, who is called the "Thunderbolt of the Confrederacy," do not need to be chronicled here. The Co. saw limited action until the summer of 1863, when Gen. Morgan embarked upon the great raid of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. This raid is chronicled in a new book "The Longest Raid of the Civil War," by Lester V. Horwitz, 1999, published by Farmcourt, Cincinnati, Ohio. (A photograph of James Emerson McMurry is in this book) James Emerson McMurry was captured near the end of this raid at Buffington Island, Ohio as he was trying to make his escape from the Federals across the Ohio River back into Ky. By this time he had risen in rank to Sergeant. The prisoners were processed through Camp Chase, Ohio, then sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, outside Chicago. The atrocities of Andersonville, Georgia have been well documented. The conditions at Camp Douglas, Illinois were no less horrid, yet they have received little or no attention. Both sides were woefully unprepared to house and feed massive amounts of prisoners, and by 1863 the North had adopted a strategy of no longer exchanging prisoners, so a bad situation was made worse. What little extra food and clothing which might be given to prisoners was often withheld due to resentment -- it should be given to "our troops instead." The winter of 1863-64 in northern Illinois was one of the most severe up to that time. Constant hunger, incessant cold without proper clothing, smallpox, severely harsh teatment, torture (see "Morgan's Mule," a favorite of the guards) were just a few of the things prisoners had to endure. Many didn't survive, and one can only imagine the horror of watching friends die under these conditions that James Emerson must have experienced. He somehow managed to stay alive until the war was over and was released at Pt. Lookout, Maryland. Returning home to Ky., he married Augusta Ann Jones 2 years later, at age 31. A family story states that he had met her during a raid through central Ky. during the war, Oregon being a good place to cross the Ky. River from the Mercer Co. side to the Woodford Co. side.
(Source: Arthur Simpson, Marie Whalen, Barbara Randsdell)

More About James McMurry and Augusta Jones:
Marriage: 26 Dec 1867, Mercer Co., Kentucky

Children of James McMurry and Augusta Jones are:

15. Elizabeth Ann⁴ Jackson (Theresa³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 08 Aug 1837 in Stanford, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, and died 12 Feb 1908 in Anderson Co., Kentucky. She married (1) Dudley S. Golden May 1853. She married (2) Richard Henry Crossfield 21 Aug 1860 in Anderson Co., Kentucky, son of John Crossfield and Polly Goode. He was born 15 Oct 1821 in Franklin Co., Kentucky, and died 15 Mar 1908 in Anderson Co., Kentucky.

More About Dudley Golden and Elizabeth Jackson:
Marriage: May 1853

Notes for Richard Henry Crossfield:
Richard Crossfield, youngest son of John and Polly Crossfield was prominent in local church and political affairs. He reared a large family and is buried in the family graveyard on the farm now owned (c. 1972) by Ronald Miller.
Source: Wyatt Shely, 1972

He was Sheriff of Anderson Co., Ky. for three terms, appointed to fill a term as County Judge of Anderson Co., and served in the Ky. State Legislature in 1890.
Source: Virginia Holbrook

Richard Henry Crossfield is buried in the Crossfield Cemetery at Fox Creek in Anderson Co., Ky. Cause of death was pneumonia.
Source: James S. Pope

More About Richard Crossfield and Elizabeth Jackson:
Marriage: 21 Aug 1860, Anderson Co., Kentucky

Child of Elizabeth Jackson and Dudley Golden is:

Children of Elizabeth Jackson and Richard Crossfield are:

20. Charles P.⁴ Ware (Squire Lancaster³, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 19 Feb 1863.

Child of Charles P. Ware is:

Generation No. 4

26. Minnie⁵ McMurry (Thomas H.⁴, Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 1863 in Anderson Co., Kentucky. She married Christopher C. Trent 28 Aug 1884. He was born 1844.

More About Christopher Trent and Minnie McMurry:
Marriage: 28 Aug 1884

Children of Minnie McMurry and Christopher Trent are:

29. Elizabeth Francis⁵ McMurry (Thomas H.⁴, Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 1872 in Anderson Co., Kentucky. She married James Doyle Cox 21 Nov 1892, son of William Cox and Martha ?. He was born 1870.

More About James Cox and Elizabeth McMurry:
Marriage: 21 Nov 1892

Children of Elizabeth McMurry and James Cox are:

30. James Berry⁵ McMurry (Tinsley Jackson⁴, Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 07 Oct 1869 in Anderson Co., Kentucky, and died 08 Mar 1955 in Anderson Co., Kentucky. He married Susan Mary Champion 1893. She was born 12 Sep 1876, and died 1949.

More About James McMurry and Susan Champion:
Marriage: 1893

Children of James McMurry and Susan Champion are:

41. William Thomas⁵ McMurry (James Emerson⁴, Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 06 Mar 1871 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky, and died 11 Nov 1941 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky. He married (1) Cora Helen Patterson 09 Dec 1893, daughter of John Patterson and Sarah Preston. She was born 15 Dec 1873, and died 24 Apr 1907. He married (2) Eder Wise Gillespie Abt. 1908, daughter of James Gillespie and Martha Anderson. She was born 12 May 1869 in Garrard Co., Kentucky, and died 18 Nov 1936 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky.

Notes for William Thomas McMurry:
William Thomas McMurry raised his family in the Moses Jones house, but probably after his mother, Augusta Ann Jones McMurray, died in 1901.
He supposedly told James Leslie McMurray that the family name was supposed to have an "a" in it. From then on, it was spelled McMurr(a)y by his descendants and the descendants of James Leslie.

He died in 1941 following a stroke.
Source: Marie Whalen

In the 1900 Census of KY the family (William Thomas and Cora Patterson McMurray) was living in the Clover Bottom area of Woodford Co., KY.

Notes for Cora Helen Patterson:
Cora H. Patterson 1st wife of William Thomas McMurry, was the sister of William Patterson, who married William Thomas' sister Sally McMurry. Cora died in 1907 at age 34. She had heart trouble and pneumonia.
(Source: Marie Whalen)

William Thomas McMurry raised his family in the Moses Jones house.
He supposedly told James Leslie McMurray that the family name was supposed to have an "a" in it. From then on, it was spelled McMurr(a)y by his descendants and the descendants of James Leslie.

More About William McMurry and Cora Patterson:
Marriage: 09 Dec 1893

Notes for Eder Wise Gillespie:
Eder died in 1936 at age 71 of breast cancer.
(Source: Marie Whalen)

More About Eder Wise Gillispie:
Burial: Ebenezer Church Cemetery Mercer Co., Kentucky.

Fact 1: 03 Mar 1995, Arthur Simpson states that he believes that Eder was raised by an Aunt.
Fact 2: Something had happened to her parents.
Fact 3: 07 May 1995, Eder Wise Gillespie was raised by her grandmother Nanie Oliver.
Fact 4: Ephraim and Eder Wise were married at Mr. Olivers House.
Fact 5: Her mother died giving her birth

More About Eder Wise Gillispie and Ephriam Simpson:
Marriage: 17 Apr 1884, Woodford Co. Kentucky at Mr. Olivers house.
Marriage Fact: 14 Apr 1884, License granted.

Marriage Notes for Eder Wise Gillispie and Ephriam Simpson:
1. Married in the presence of John Montgomery and John Wilson by T. Warn Beagle at a Mr. Olivers. I have a copy of the Marriage License and Certificate. Retrieved from the county clerks office of Woodford, Co. KY. on March 2, 1995 by Arthur E. Simpson II.

2. The Marriage Bond was dated April 14, 1884. It stated that Ephraim was born in Mercer Co. That his father was born in Garrard Co. and his mother was born in Madison Co. It said that he was 23 years old and that this was his first marriage. It also said that his occupation was farming. It stated that his residence was Woodford Co. The residence of the bride was Woodford Co. and that she was 15 years old. It was Eder Gillespies's first marriage and that she was born in Garrard Co. The birth place of her father was Jessamine Co. and her mother was born in Garrard Co. This bond was signed by Ephraim Simpson, H. T. Allen attested by John T. Moore (clerk of Woodford County Court). They were to be married at James Olivers on the 17th day of April, 1884.

3. According to the 1900 Cencus of KY they were living at Clover Bottom in Woodford, Co. KY.

4. According to Frances Simpson Stamper and dad, says Ephraim was working on a barn were he fell off and died. Frances says he was a barn builder.

5. Jenny May Simpson Mershon says that he is buried right out side the wall of the Patterson grave yard in an unmarked grave located in Woodford Co., Kentucky.

More About William McMurry and Eder Gillespie:
Marriage: Abt. 1908

Children of William McMurry and Cora Patterson are:

Children of William McMurry and Eder Gillespie are:

42. Sallie E.⁵ McMurry (James Emerson⁴, Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 06 Mar 1873 in Mercer Co., Kentucky, and died 25 Mar 1925 in Mercer Co., Kentucky. She married William T. Patterson 17 Dec 1891 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, son of John Patterson and Margaret Griffey. He was born 26 Jul 1868 in Anderson Co., Kentucky, and died 16 Feb 1960 in Nicholasville, Kentucky.

Notes for Sallie E. McMurry:
Given name was Sarah. Cordia Britton Jones always refers to her as Sarah.

Notes for William T. Patterson:
According to Arthur Simpson, in the 1900 census William T. Patterson and Sallie E. McMurray Patterson were living in Clover Bottom, Woodford Co., Ky.

At the time of his death, William T. Patterson was living in the Fentress Nursing Home, Nicholsville, Ky.
Source: Arthur Simpson

More About William Patterson and Sallie McMurry:
Marriage: 17 Dec 1891, Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Children of Sallie McMurry and William Patterson are:

43. James Leslie⁵ McMurray (James Emerson⁴ McMurry, Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 16 Apr 1875 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky, and died 18 Sep 1940 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky. He married Annie Esther Preston 16 Dec 1896 in Ebeneezer, Kentucky, daughter of Squire Preston and Salinda Beatley. She was born 28 May 1878 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky, and died 08 Feb 1981 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

Notes for James Leslie McMurray:
The many trades/jobs of James Leslie McMurray
Concrete finisher on Lock No. 6 of the Ky. River in 1914. Wooden locks had been built c. 1900, in 1914 they were replaced with concrete locks. For a good view of Lock No. 6, drive down the Oregon Rd. in southern Woodford Co., Ky. It ends at Lock No. 6. The more adventurous can stop along the way a few miles from the river and see the Kennedy Cemetery (gravesites of William Beatley & Mary Ann Dean, parents of Salinda J. Beatley, mother of Annie Esther Preston). Its quite a hike through the middle of several farms, so you must get permission.
Ferrying logs down the Ky. River
James Leslie McMurray would hire on at Beattyville, Ky. (confluence of the three forks of the Ky. River) after timber (Poplar, Oak, Beech) had been cut in the mountains and rolled down the hillsides into the river. He would supervise the floating of the timber all the way downriver to Frankfort, Ky. where it would be sold to the lumber mills. It took several weeks -- mostly in the Spring when the river was up (before the locks were built) -- and he would live on a raft-like contraption built on some of the logs.
Tobacco farmer
Factory worker at Ford Plant in Detroit, Michigan
Helping others build houses, barns -- “he used to use White Oak splits to roof barns before tin roofing became popular.”

From letter to Mike McMurray from James Russell McMurray -- 10/23/79:
“(About my Dad) he was the peace maker of the community, loved to sing, used to spend Sunday afternoons singing for sick people in bed (no hospitals then), did some public speaking too. No bad habits. Clean cut and very friendly at all times. Taught me vocal music when I was very young. We used to sing together and loved it.”

According to James Russell and Gene Baker McMurray, James Leslie’s favorite song was “I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You.” James Leslie McMurray wouldn't let James Russell McMurray learn shape notes -- said they were useless. But he learned them anyway. James Leslie McMurray led singing at Ebeneezer Church of Christ for many years.

According to Phyllis June McMurray Lollar, James Leslie McMurray always referred to his wife, Annie Esther Preston, as “Miss Annie”.

More About James Leslie McMurray:
Cause of Death: Cancer -- type unknown

More About James McMurray and Annie Preston:
Marriage: 16 Dec 1896, Ebeneezer, Kentucky

Children of James McMurray and Annie Preston are:

46. Tinsley Emerson⁵ McMurry (James Emerson⁴, Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 03 Sep 1882, and died 09 Mar 1964. He married (1) Annie Marie Balden, daughter of William Balden and Lucretia Owsley. She was born 26 Dec 1885, and died 11 Jan 1947. He married (2) Bessie Allen Abt. 1950, daughter of William Allen and Elizabeth Yowell. She was born 09 May 1897 in Woodford Co., Kentucky, and died 03 Jun 2000 in Lexington, Kentucky.

More About Tinsley McMurry and Bessie Allen:
Marriage: Abt. 1950

Children of Tinsley McMurry and Annie Balden are:

47. Henry Watterson⁵ McMurry (James Emerson⁴, Sally T.³ Ware, Henry², Dudley¹) was born 22 May 1887 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky, and died 14 Aug 1954 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky. He married Alice Albertine Bunton 22 Dec 1909 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky, daughter of Samuel Bunton and Sarah Allen. She was born 17 Jul 1892 in Mercer Co., Kentucky, and died 09 Sep 1978 in Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky.

More About Henry McMurry and Alice Bunton:
Marriage: 22 Dec 1909, Ebeneezer (Mercer Co.), Kentucky

Children of Henry McMurry and Alice Bunton are:

53. Louis⁵ Ware (Charles P.⁴, Squire Lancaster³, Henry², Dudley¹)

Children of Louis Ware are:

Contributed by Michael McMurray.