MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - S. J. Murrell
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S. J. MURRELL is one of the twelve children of Richard and Sarah (Hale)
Murrell, who were born in Sullivan and Washington Counties respectively.
After their marriage they settled in Sullivan County, where they spent the
remainder of their lives, The father held the office of magistrate for many
years, and died at the age of forty-five. The mother lived to be about
fifty-five years of age. Our subject was born and reared on a farm in
Sullivan County. He was born March 9, 1820, and after attending the common
schools completed his education in Holston College and Washington college,
Tennessee. Caroline F. George became his wife in 1843, and to them were
born six children, two of whom are dead. In 1862 he joined the Southern
Army, serving in Trivet's company, and. was out twenty-six months,
twenty-two months of that time being spent as a prisoner at Johnson's
Island. He served as second lieutenant. In 1863 he came to Marshall County,
and is now one of the heaviest tax-payers of the county. He is a Democrat.
Mrs. Murrell's death occurred in 1879. She was a second cousin of Lewis
Cass, and also of Caleb
Cushing. Since her death Mr. Murrell and his daughter Josephine have lived
on the old home farm.

Surnames: Cass, Cushing, George, Hale, Murrell
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."