Joseph Lafayette MURDOCK
1870 Census Houston County, Texas, page 235B
1880 Census Anderson County, Texas, page 132A, E.D. 4
Practice medicine after the Civil War. Operated a "water wheel" powered grist mill and cotton gin. Joined the Confederate army in July, 1861, and served until the end of the war in 1865. He served with Cook's Heavy Artillery on Galveston Island and at Sabine Pass. [hampton.FBK.FBK.FBK1.FTW] [collins.FTW]
He married Mary Ann Rebecca Lively 11 Jul 1861 at Anderson, Texas . Mary Ann Rebecca Lively was born at Walker, Georgia Abt 1844 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Celia A. E. Murdock
born 15 May 1866.
Katie Lou Ann Murdock
born Oct 1868.
Joseph Reuben Murdock
born 25 Jan 1870.
Alice Murdock
born 1872.
Albert Gerome Murdock
born 11 Dec 1872.
Benjamin Franklin Murdock
born 6 Jan 1883.
Joseph Lafayette Murdock died 25 Mar 1902 at Evergreen Cem., Anderson, Texas .
Mary Ann Rebecca Lively died 1920 at of Anderson, Texas .