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07-Millie Ann Garriott
Birth: 15 Dec 1866, Iowa
Home: Halfrock, Mercer Co, MO & Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS in 1903
Death: 22 Nov 1928, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS- age 61
Burial: Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS
Father: John Milton Garriott

Marriage: 19 Nov 1884, Princeton, Mercer Co, MO
Spouse: Samuel Wayne MURRAY
Birth: 10 Oct 1859, Bolivar, Polk Co, MO
Death: 25 Apr 1938, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS- age 78
Burial: Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS
Occupation: Minister of the Gospel
Education: Baptist Seminary, Bolivar, MO
Father: Jesse Howard MURRAY (1820-1885)
Mother: Sarah KEENE (or Shackleford) (1821-)

     CHILDREN: Millie Ann and Samuel had eight children:
08----LEVY HOWARD MURRAY [b. 1886, listed below];
08----ALVA MILTON MURRAY [b. 1888, listed below];
08----OTTO MURTON MURRAY [b. 1889, listed below];     
08----CHELLA EDITH MURRAY [b. 1892, listed below];
08----CLAUDE ALLEN MURRAY [b. 1896, listed below];
08----MAUD BASHIE MURRAY [b. 1898, listed below];
08----NOVA WAYNE MURRAY [b. 1900, listed below]; and
08----LENA MAE MURRAY [b. 1904, listed below].

     CENSUS:
     1900 Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS census: has Samuel W Murray 40, b. MO, Preaching; Millie N Murray 33, b. IA; Lewis Howard Murray 13, b. MO; Alva M Murray 12, b. MO; Otto Milton Murray 10, b. MO; Clella E Murray 8, b. MO; Claudy Allen 3, b. MO; Maudy B Murray 2, b. MO; and Nova W Murray 4/12, b. MO.
     The family next door in this census is John Garriott 59; and Mary Garriott 54; and four of their children.
     1910 Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS census: has Samuel W Murray 50, b. MO, Preacher-Baptist; Millie Murray 43, b. IA; Otto Murray 20, b. MO, Glass Blower; Claud Murray 13, b. MO; Maud Murray 12, b. MO; Nova Murray 10, b. MO; and Lena Murray 5, b. MO.
     1920 Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS census: has Samuel W Murray 60, b. MO, Retired-Minister; Millie A Murray 53, b. IA; Claude A Murray 23, b. MO, Salesman-Grocery Store; Beulah B Murray 21, b. VA (Daughter-in-Law), Operator-Telephone; Nora W Murray 19, b. MO, Laborer-Oil Refinery; and Lena M Murray 15, b. MO.
     1930 Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS census: has Samuel W Murray 70, b. MO, Widow, Clergyman-Baptist w/ $500 RE; Mary A Dunnigan 66, b. IA, Widow, Lodger; Ed Thompson 57, b. KS, Lodger, Machinist-Railroad; Elsie Dixon 15, AR, Lodger; and Charles Cole 65, b. MO, Lodger.

    1887 ORDAINED: Samuel (at 28 years old) went to the Baptist Seminary at Boliver, MO, was converted and joined the Baptist Church in 1886. On 25 Oct 1887 was ordained to the Ministry at Halfrock, MO. It is said he felt the call of Jesus while plowing. He stopped the horses, knelt down there in the field and promised to follow and dedicate his life to God. He moved his family west to Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS in Nov 1906. The three older sons had gone on before to find the jobs in the new industries.