Photo of the Month. National Reunion. Cousin Voices. In Lasting Memory. Our Mission and Values. Annual Review. Favorite Links. Contact Us. Marcellus Murray Marcellus Murray was born on Sept. He was 11 years old when both his parents died, leaving him an orphan. Who may have raised him to adulthood is not yet known. In a short period of time, in and '94, Marcellus broke through the hazy mists of recorded history.
Just before Christmas , the Connellsville Courier reported that:. Marcellus Murray met with an accident, Monday, while unloading some heavy timbers. It was thought first that his arm was broken, but an examination showed that he was only badly bruised about the arm and shoulder. In , the Courier said he and his brother in law Nelson Kern were living near Reagantown, Fayette County, and were visiting at Normalville.
When the census was taken in , when Marcellus was age 26, he was residing with the elderly Sarah Whipkey near Normalville. Marcellus' employer, the U. Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry in Scottdale, billed as "the largest pipe mill in the world". Her first husband, Albert Wilson, died of typhus circa He resided in Scottdale at that time.
He was employed as a laborer for the U. Another cousin who worked for U. Tragedy struck the family when Bertha was pregnant in the spring of at the age of She attempted an abortion, which led to a deadly septic shock. Unable to recover, she passed away at age 42 on May 3, in Mount Pleasant.
The wedding occurred on Dec. Cleveland was 12 years younger than Marcellus. Cleveland's first husband Franklin "Frank" Stillwagon April 13, had died tragically at the age of 28 when cleaning a shotgun in a cornfield near Murphy's Siding.
