Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Murdock, Citizen 1822 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Citizen Murdock, farmer, Rynear, was born in Preble county, Ohio, February
22, 1822. He was the son of William and Esther (Morse) Murdock, the latter a
member of the celebrated Morse family, of which Prof. S. F. B. Morse, inventor
of the electro-magnetic telegraph, is so illustrious an ornament. Mr. Murdock
emigrated to Tippecanoe county in 1837, and lived on the Wea plains five years.
Here he learned the carpenter's trade, working at it three years. He also farmed
at this place. Until 1847 his time was divided between there and here, but in
that year he permanently settled in Fountain county. In the same year also, on
the 31st of October, he was married to Jane Campbell, daughter of Albert
Campbell, an old settler of Cain township. Mrs. W. was born July 30, 1825. They
have nine children living and two dead, as follows: William Albert, born July
24, 1849; James Henry, December 11, 1852, married October 3,1878, to Mamie Reed;
Rebecca Ann, April 2, 1854, married October 5, 1873, to R. F. Heady; John M.,
November 24, 1855; Mary Ellen, April 7, 1857; Sarah Emma, March 22,1859; George
W., August 2,1860, died September 11, 1877; Melissa Jane, June 12, 1862; infant
son, November 15, 1863 (deceased); Delia Catherine, February 20, 1866, and
Elizabeth M., December 26, 1868. The four eldest daughters belong to the church;
Rebecca to the Methodist and the others to the New Light. Mr. Murdock owns 400
acres of rich land, all fenced but thirty acres of timber; 300 acres are
improved. When he came west he had no property, but depended on his head and
hands for what he could make. These, it is well known, have worked together for
no little good to him and his numerous but intelligent family. He is a republican.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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