This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UAB.2ACE/1797.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Murphy Cousins, Do you know where the middle name for Brice Murphy came from? My Gt. Grandfather was Brice Enos and his mother was Nancy Murphy of Anderson Co., KY the daughter of a Brice E. Murphy. His death certificate is below. Death Certificate of Brice Enos Cummings Commonwealth of Kentucky - Bureau of Vital Stats Registration District No. 755 file number 1589 Registration no. 276 Place of death: Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY Full name: BRICE ENOS CUMMINGS Residence: 316 S. Campbell St., Louisville, KY Personal and Statistical Particulars: Sex: Male Color: White Widowed Age: 58 years Trade: Carpenter Fathers birthplace: KY Fathers name: William Cummings Fathers birthplace: KY Mothers maiden name: Nancy Murphy...(listed in the 1850 census..) Birthplace of mother: Anderson Co., KY Burial place: Eastern Cemetery, Date of burial: Jan 23, 1934 Undertaker: L.D. Bax? Address: 717 East Chestnut Street Louisville, KY INFORMANT: SUSAN EVANS ADDRESS: 918 Fahr Avenue, Louisville, KY Portland area Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: January 21, 1934 I hereby certify that I attended deceased from January 14, 1934 to January 21, 1934. I saw him last alive on January 21, 1934 at 6pm. The principal cause of death was PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS Signed: Dr. Ely H. Smith Address: 850 Eastern Parkway Louisville, KY ============================================= You have used Elkins for the middle name of a Brice Murphy in Anderson County and I was wondering where it came from. My gt grandfather went by Enos Cummings....it may be that Nancy Murphy-Cummings just chose her father's first name for her son or perhaps there were 2 Brice E. Murphy's in Anderson. Can you help me out on that one? Do you think that my Brice E. Murphy b abt 1815 from was the son of Terell L. Murphy? or perhaps a brother. From the 1850 Anderson Co., Census I believe that my Brice was the son of Brice age 66 yrs old in the Census with a wife, Catherine age 57 yrs and both born in Virginia...living near the one in the census below...house #693. 1850 Federal Census of Anderson Co., KY #738 Murphy, Brice, age 35, Farmer b Ky $100 Murphy, Elizabeth, age 32 b Ky Murphy, NANCY, age 14, b Ky.......was this my Nancy Cummings? Murphy, Riley, age 10, b Ky Murphy, John, age 8, b Ky Murphy, Thomas, age 5, b Ky Murphy, Brice, age 2, b Ky.........this is the Brice Murphy in the 1900 census with wife Mary J. might be a brother to my Nancy Murphy Cummings. Can anyone help me solve this puzzle? Thanks Marsha