Oma Edna MurphyAge: 35 years1895–1931
- Name
- Oma Edna Murphy
- Given names
- Oma Edna
- Surname
- Murphy
- Married name
- Oma Edna Solmon
- Married name
- Oma Edna Solomon
 Birth | September 7, 1895 25 22 |
 Birth of a brother | Ernest Pless Murphy June 10, 1898 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bulah Murphy June 3, 1901 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Cova Murphy April 1, 1903 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Vestel Beck Murphy May 15, 1907 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | May 9, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham April 18, 1912 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #1 | John James “Johnie” Solomon August 30, 1917 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Bulah Murphy November 15, 1918 (Age 23 years) Cause: Influenza |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 22 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a son #2 | Rex T Solomon January 3, 1920 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | January 24, 1920 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Leona Mae Solomon January 2, 1922 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Cova Young Solomon October 30, 1923 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Lewis Shemwell January 21, 1926 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Clara Louise Solomon June 20, 1928 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 34 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | July 31, 1931 (Age 35 years) Cause of death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Markle Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James H “Jim” Murphy Birth: October 15, 1869 — DeKalb, Tennessee, United States Death: September 13, 1950 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Talitha Jennie Shemwell Birth: November 13, 1872 32 30 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 25, 1953 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 23, 1890 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Ada Mae Murphy Birth: April 4, 1894 24 21 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 19, 1971 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months herself |
Oma Edna Murphy Birth: September 7, 1895 25 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1931 — North Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Ernest Pless Murphy Birth: June 10, 1898 28 25 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 20, 1971 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Bulah Murphy Birth: June 3, 1901 31 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1918 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Cova Murphy Birth: April 1, 1903 33 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Vestel Beck Murphy Birth: May 15, 1907 37 34 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 21, 1993 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with John Haskell Solomon |
| husband |
John Haskell Solomon Birth: May 25, 1888 — Vigo, Indiana, United States Death: March 1973 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
Oma Edna Murphy Birth: September 7, 1895 25 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1931 — North Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States |
| son |
John James “Johnie” Solomon Birth: August 30, 1917 29 21 — Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, United States Death: March 8, 1951 — Creek, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years son |
Rex T Solomon Birth: January 3, 1920 31 24 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 2012 — Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Leona Mae Solomon Birth: January 2, 1922 33 26 — Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States Death: September 6, 2005 |
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22 months son |
Cova Young Solomon Birth: October 30, 1923 35 28 — Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States Death: February 8, 1990 — Pierce, Washington, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Clara Louise Solomon Birth: June 20, 1928 40 32 — Otter Creek, Vigo, Indiana, United States Death: October 28, 2018 — Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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Private |
Oma Edna Murphy has 22 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents John E Murphy + Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Mother's family (14)
Parents Redic Young Shemwell + Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith
Parents David W O'Neal + Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Parents John E Murphy + Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Parents Samuel Richard Shemwell + Hettie J “Etta” McBride
2Private–
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James H Murphy - Household
Paradise, Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James H Murphy - Household
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James H Murphy - Household
Main Street Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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