Pendleton Murrah
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Pendleton Murrah | |
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Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale | |
| Preceded by | Francis Lubbock |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Jackson Hamilton |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 15th district | |
| In office November 12, 1857 – November 7, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | William A. Tarlton[1] |
| Succeeded by | Eli Harris Baxter Jr.[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1824 or 1826 Democratic |
| Spouse | Sue Taylor |
Pendleton Murrah (1824/1826 – August 4, 1865) was the
Career
Murrah's birth date and birth location vary from source to source. Some have him born in 1824;[3] others give his birth year as 1826.[4] According to his 1850 and 1860 entries in the U.S. Census, Murrah was a native of Alabama. His birthplace is sometimes listed as South Carolina, but more recent sources[citation needed] indicate he was born in Bibb County and was the illegitimate son of Peggy Murrah, a daughter of Charles and Avarilla Jones Murrah. He was raised and educated in a Baptist orphanage, and graduated from Brown University in 1848. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Texas and opened a law practice in Marshall.
After losing a race in 1855, Murrah won election to the
As governor during the American Civil War, Murrah emphatically supported the Confederate cause, although he ended up in a controversy over the conscription of Texas militia troops into the Confederate Army. Still, even after Robert E. Lee surrendered in 1865, he encouraged Texans to continue the fight.
When he learned that
The trip to Mexico took a toll on Murrah's health, and he died in Monterrey on August 4, 1865. His grave is located in the Panteon Municipal of Monterrey, Mexico.
Family
Charles Murrah, the grandfather of Pendleton Murrah, was born in 1775 in Warren County, North Carolina. He traced his ancestry through his parents Charles and his Margaret (Peggy) Murrah, and through them to his grandparents Lodowick and Mira Ann Jeter Murrah of Caroline County, Virginia.
In 1850 Murrah married Sue Ellen Taylor, daughter of a prominent Texas plantation owner. According to the 1860 census, they had no children.
See also
External links
- Pendleton Murrah from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Entry about Pendleton Murrah from the Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas published 1880, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
References
- ^ "William A. Tarlton". Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ "Eli Harris Baxter, Jr". Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ Texas Biographical Dictionary
- ^ American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection
- ^ "STOCKDALE, FLETCHER SUMMERFIELD," Handbook of Texas Online [1], accessed May 19, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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