This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murphy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UAB.2ACE/1797.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hey Marsha, My Brice Elkins Murphy info is derived from his death certificate: Death Certificate of Brice Elkins Murphy Commonwealth of Kentucky - Bureau of Vital Stats file number 29296 Registration no. 143 Place of death: Anderson County, Kentucky Full name: BRICE ELKINS MURPHY Voting Precinct: Alton # 2 Personal and Statistical Particulars: Sex: Male Color: White Married Date of birth: 10 Mar 1837 Age: 75 years, 5 mos, 22 days Trade: Farmer Fathers birthplace: VA Fathers name: T. L. Murphy Fathers birthplace: Anderson County, Kentucky Mothers maiden name: unknown (Simply listed as Murphy) Birthplace of mother: VA Burial place: Pidgeon Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelby-Anderson County line Date of burial: 02 Sep 1912 Undertaker: J. H. (unreadable) Address: Waddy, Kentucky INFORMANT: W. H. Murphy (William Hiter, son) ADDRESS: Avenstoke, Anderson County (looks like) Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: 01 Sep 1912 I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 28 Jul 1912 to 01 Sep 1912. I saw him last alive on 30 Aug 1912 at 3pm. The principal cause of death was Senility and the secondary cause was Acute Tonsillitis. Signed: Dr. John Murdock Address: RR 2, Waddy, Kentucky I'm still trying to figure out the relationships of all our Murphys, but right now, I'm inclined to think that your Brice would have been a brother to my Brice's father T. L. since they are close in age. Just need to prove it. Donnie