Murphy, Fordyce, Fordice, Pedicord, Petticord
I'm looking for any information on Malissa Murphy b.July 1842 and Laura Murphy
b. Apr 1838 OH.Malissa & Laura Murphy were sisters.
I'm hoping there is a will or guardianship which names these two Murphy
sisters in Morgan Co, Ohio. Both Malissa Murphy (age 12 OH) and Laura Murphy
(age 8 OH) were found living with 2 different Fordice/Fordyce families on
the 1850 Morgan Co, Ohio census and on the 1850 Putnam Co, Indiana census.
Is there a will or guardianship which names Malissa & Laura Murphy's parents
or the Fordice/Fordyce families which took them in?
Laura Murphy was found on the 1850 Morgan Co, Bristol Twp, OH.census living
with the William Fordice family, Laura Murphy latermarried Zachariah
Petticord between 1850-1860 in Morgan Co, OH..
Zachariah & Laura Murphy Petticord continued to live in Morgan Co, Bristol
Twp, OH. through censuses until sometime after 1910.
Malissa Murphy moved to Indiana sometime before the 1850 and was found
livingwith the Joseph B. & Rebecca Fordice family on the 1850 Putnam Co,
Indiana census. Malissa Murphy later married Jacob Byerly in Indiana. On
Malissa "Murphy" Byerly's 1916 obituary in Indiana, it states that Malissa
was born in Morgan Co, Ohio and that she has a sister "Laura Petticord"
living in Morgan Co.
On the Morgan Co, Bristol Twp, OH census, the family of Amos Murphy 60 PA,
wife - Catherine 50 MD - and children are living 2 residences from the
Zachariah & Laura Murphy Petticord family.Possibly Malissa & Laura
Murphy's father could have been Amos Murphy's son.Malissa "Murphy" Byerly
names a "Thomas Murphy" as her father on her death record, but doesn't list
her mother.
Any help you may have on these Murphy sisters is greatly appreciated. Thank,
K Bargerhuff
1850 Morgan Co, Bristol Twp, OH:
WILLIAM FORDICE 64 Nova Scotia;
Ruama Fordice 64 Vermont;
John McDonald 27 PA;
Sarah McDonald 23 OH;
LAURA MURPHY 12 OH;
Samuel McDonald 21 PA;
1850 Putnam Co, Russell twp, fam 973:
JOSEPHB. FORDYCE 32 OH;
Rebecca - wife, 34 OH;
WilliamA. 7 IN;
James C6/12 IN;
MELISSA MURPHY 8 OH-
William Elliot 23 IN;
James H. Elliot 30 IN;
1860 Morgan Co, Bristol Twp, OH:LAURA MURPHY
Zachariah Petticord 32 VA;
Laura Petticord 22 OH;
Deatt Petticord 4 OH;
Ida Petticord 2 OH;