Hermes Agent for Rob Murrow
Session 7-8 extension reports (Sep 10, 2026): murrow/MURROW-1909-MURDER-AND-1880-TRIAL.md; reports/extension-{nc-ermurrow,iowa-cousins,sc-orangeburg}.md
10 Sep 2026
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- Hermes Agent for Rob Murrow
- Title
- Session 7-8 extension reports (Sep 10, 2026): murrow/MURROW-1909-MURDER-AND-1880-TRIAL.md; reports/extension-{nc-ermurrow,iowa-cousins,sc-orangeburg}.md
- Publication
- 10 Sep 2026
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People cited in this source
Each entry links to the person. The locator chip shows the citation's own PAGE value, verbatim from the GEDCOM. 60 carry research notes, shown inline.
Wife of Nicholas Wallingford Murrow Jr (1882-1952). Surname/m dates pending 1930 census image (paid closer). [LIKELY]
Descended from painter Joseph Badger; mother was Hahnbaum (German element). [LIKELY - compiled]
m(2) 17 Dec 1873 Polk Co. IA (sister of Phoebe). Children: Albert Alfonso 1874-1954, David Blue 1876-1963, Amy Ann 1878-1963, Thomas Grant 1880-1962, Nicholas W. Jr 1882-1952 (H7 in this file), Leroy Asa 1884-1965, Mary Elizabeth 1886-87, Etta Mae 1888-1926, Emily Ethel 1891-1963. [LIKELY]
m(1) of Nicholas Wallingford Murrow Sr., 5 May 1864 Polk Co. IA. Children: Charles Milton 1867-1923, John c1869, John Salter 1871-72, Roxie Eva. [LIKELY - Skaggs Files/geocities DB]
Husband of Mary Amy Murrow; given name unresolved on free sources (d. before her May 1958 obituary). [UNVERIFIED - name unknown]
Manager of the Penn-Dixie plant at Winterset. [DOCUMENTED - 1958 obituary]
Wife of John Bushrod Murrow; FS profile fuses 'Susannah Lucinda Hubbard' - identity unresolved pending New Garden MM minutes/estate file. [LIKELY]
of Weldon IA; d/o Bert West Keeler + Della May Hall. [DOCUMENTED - DMR obit]
Wife of Dr. John Adams Murrow. [DOCUMENTED - WikiTree Murrow-207]
d/o William Knox + Sarah Jane (Harvey) Knox; brother Edward Knox in the 1900 household. [DOCUMENTED - FaG 37880792; WikiTree Knox-7113]
m. 17 Oct 1908 Des Moines (Iowa marriage, FHL Film 1014489). The 1909 murder article calls her 'Etta Lowe' - newspaper error/nickname, flagged. [DOCUMENTED - marriage record]
m. Alfred Douglas Murrow. [DOCUMENTED - FaG 38265851 + census]
Centre Friends Meeting; Underground Railroad conductor with Isaac Stanley (false-bottom wagon now at Mendenhall Homeplace). Foster-raised by Joshua + Abigail Stanley. m. Miriam Hodgin 4 Sep 1845. FaG 18153290 (Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery). Sources: WikiTree Murrow-115, FS KD17-97D [DOCUMENTED]
Heir 1/45 in the 1880 partition suit. [DOCUMENTED - notice]
'DR. CECIL MURROW' - Des Moines Register 6 Oct 1978 (IAGenWeb Decatur Co obit board). MA Drake University. Earlier pastor Quindaro Blvd Christian Church, Kansas City MO. m. Lois (Keeler) of Weldon IA. Services Dunn's FH. [DOCUMENTED]
m. Moses Wilson Griner 23 Feb 1888 Bryan Co.; buried Greenwood Cemetery Atlanta. 1870 census indexed 'Clara Monroe' - variant. CORPUS CORRECTION: daughter of Dr. John Adams Murrow, NOT William J. [DOCUMENTED - Murrow-207]
The broadcaster. Born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; Quaker stock, Centre Friends Meeting tradition. CONVERGENCE VERDICT vs Rob's line: NOT DEMONSTRATED [UNVERIFIED] - no shared named individual; geographies (KY->IN vs Guilford NC) and religious communities disjoint. Y-DNA (FTDNA Morrow/Murrow project) is the closer. Sources: extension-nc-ermurrow.md [DOCUMENTED]
Edward R. Murrow m. Janet Huntington Brew (1922-2010) 1934 - wife not built this pass; add at next GEDCOM session.
m. VAN BRACKLE per FaG; but Bryan Co. marriage shows 'E. R. Murrow m. Thomas A. Inman 10 Apr 1887' - Van Brackle vs Inman needs reconciliation. [LIKELY; CONFLICT flagged]
Corpus datum (1848-1914). [DOCUMENTED - 1860 census + WikiTree]
'Hal' Noyes Murrow. Iowa SSN 478-34-4119. NASA Langley career 1958-1991. Wife Jean Ann Short; siblings Marilyn Sneller, Wayne Murrow, Marjorie Knight. NOT Harold Stanley Murrow (1894-1975) and NOT the George Kenneth line. First cousin twice removed of Rob via Nick Sr. Sources: Daily Press/legacy.com obituary; extension-iowa-cousins.md [DOCUMENTED - obituary]
Son of Nick Jr. Father of Harold Noyes Murrow. [LIKELY - obituary-derived] Direct 1930/1940 census image confirmation pending (Ancestry, Rob's Chrome).
m. PAYNE; living Lansing MI at John C.'s 2006 death. [DOCUMENTED - obituary]
Heir 6/45 in the 1880 partition suit. Wife Katurah. [DOCUMENTED - notice]
DR. JOHN ADAMS MURROW of Pembroke, Bryan Co. GA. CORPUS CORRECTION: father of Clara J. Murrow Griner (1869-1956), previously mis-attributed to William J. [DOCUMENTED - WikiTree Murrow-207 + Bryan census]
Terminal DOCUMENTED generation of Edward R. Murrow's paternal line. m. Susannah/Lucinda Hubbard (1792-1824); 7 orphans parceled to Quaker families. 1820 Guilford census (FS ark XHGS-63Z); New Garden MM minutes; 1826 estate file (FS ark Q2Z7-QM61). Parents: unnamed pre-1770 Virginia Murrow [UNVERIFIED - family memory says Andrew's grandfather, not father]. 'Lunenburg Parish, Richmond way' per Sperber; corpus's old 'Mecklenburg/ Kaley Quin' claim flagged UNVERIFIED (likely conflated). Sources: extension-nc-ermurrow.md [LIKELY]
Grew up Des Moines; Brookfield/LaGrange IL, Tupelo MS; US Army WWII. m. Alice Conahan 1942 (d. 1993). Daughter Pam Murrow Stiltjes (Las Vegas). Chicago Tribune obituary 2006. [DOCUMENTED]
REV. JOHN WILLIAM MURROW, Baptist minister of Irish descent, son of William Murrow (Rev. War, Marion's brigade per family obituary - tradition grade). Father of William J. Murrow (1822-1892), founder of the Burke Co. GA line. Wife: Mary Amelia Louisa Badger (1793 Charleston - 1867 Bryan Co. GA). Children: Mary Amelia (Pate Downs), William J., Oliver H., Rev. Jonathan Badger, Dr. John Adams, Rev. Joseph Samuel (1835-1939, Oklahoma missionary). Sources: FaG 17213117/17213186; okhistory.org MU016; extension-sc-orangeburg.md [DOCUMENTED]. The Orangeburg line is IRISH-BAPTIST - NOT German/Swiss, NOT the upstate Morrow DNA groups.
REV., Baptist minister. [LIKELY - FaG 17213117]
'Father of Oklahoma Masonry'; sent by Rehoboth Baptist Assn 1857; ordained 1857. OK Historical Society Encyclopedia MU016. m. Clara Burns 1859. His obituary: grandfather William Murrow served under MARION - the lowcountry Rev-War candidate (distinct from the SC849 upstate farrier man). [DOCUMENTED]
Guilford County Republican state senator (~1891) tied to the NCA&T approval. m. Roella Coltrane 30 Aug 1877. Sources: WikiTree Murrow-114/Coltrane-119; Greensboro History Museum via WFDD [DOCUMENTED]
m(1) Joseph Samuel Pate Sr 7 Jun 1838 Twiggs Co. GA; m(2) DOWNS. Children: Edna Josephine Pate Downs + William James Pate. NOT the corpus's 'Mary (Murrow) Parker b. ~1833 SC' (Abbeville Co., unproven maiden) - DO NOT MERGE. [DOCUMENTED - FaG 17213044]
Heir 1/45 in the 1880 partition suit; married William Arnold. [DOCUMENTED - notice]
NICHOLAS WALLINGFORD MURROW Jr (1882-1952), son of Nicholas W. Murrow Sr. (1842-1929). DISTINCT from Nick Murrow (1877-1968, son of John Salter) and from Nick Sr. Three same-named men - DO NOT MERGE. Father of Harry Murrow (1904-1988); great-grandfather of Harold Noyes Murrow. DO-NOT-MERGE flag: GEDCOM record I272787601542 carries NSFX 'Jr' in error for the 1877 son. Sources: extension-iowa-cousins.md; geocities dalemorrow DB; Skaggs files.
School teacher, alone in 1850 Burke Co. census p287A dwelling 343 - the ONLY Murrow in the 1850 Burke index. Post-1850 trail untraced. [DOCUMENTED]
Farmer/logger; m. Ethel Lamb; moved family to Washington state. DISTRACTORS: a 1902 'Roscoe Murrow of Greensboro' prison/pardon case is a different man; 1852 'Joshua Murrow' NY Tribune and 1853 'Andrew Murrow of Pittsburgh' hits are unrelated namesakes. Sources: WikiTree Murrow-107/Lamb-6852 [DOCUMENTED]
= Thomas Alexander Murrow (1839-1912), administrator of his father Benjamin's estate (1880 notices); d. Wayne Co. IA, Confidence cemetery, FaG 38088556; obituary: came with parents from Indiana to Mahaska 1850. [DOCUMENTED]
Corpus datum. Buried Blythe Baptist Church Cemetery, Blythe GA, FaG 63416739. [DOCUMENTED]
Founder of the Burke County GA Murrow line. Baptist minister (1860 Burke census). Parents now identified: Rev. John William Murrow + Mary Amelia Louisa Badger. 1860 Burke children: William F., Mary A., Madison A., Rufus E. + wife Cyntha Wallace. CORPUS CORRECTION: Clara J. Murrow Griner (1869-1956) is a daughter of his BROTHER Dr. John Adams Murrow, not of William J. Sources: extension-sc-orangeburg.md [DOCUMENTED]
s/o Reason Porter Shivers Sr + Lucinda J. Thompson. [DOCUMENTED - FS KCWT-MJ7; WikiTree Shivers-692]
d/o William Wallace (1789-1856) + Mary Belcher (1788-1860) of Burke Co. 'Syntha' in 1860 census. [DOCUMENTED - WikiTree Wallace-14729]
Families cited in this source
Citations attached to a household rather than an individual, usually for a marriage.
Children named from the 1880 Gorsuch v. Murrow heirs notice (Oskaloosa Herald 15/22/29 Jan, 5 Feb 1880). Heir-share structure documented in MURROW-1909-MURDER-AND-1880-TRIAL.md. Katurah (wife of James R.) and Eveline (wife of Thomas A.) named as spouses. Mahaska descendants on WikiTree: Kiturah Cline (1876-1959), Minerva Holder (1874-1965), Nancy Bright (1852-1925).
Benjamin Murrow and Sarah Blue are double first cousins: his mother Rebecca Wallingford and her mother Phoebe Wallingford are sisters. (Former duplicate family record NF23, which carried no children, merged into BF1 15 Sep 2026 - Ancestry's 'multi ple relationships' flag resolves.)
Obituary (Winterset Madisonian 28 May 1958): 'two sons, Lloyd (Pete) Ellis and Phillip Ellis; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.'
Census indicates one child (unidentified) - 1900/1910 census images needed. NOTE: George Kenneth Murrow (1937-2017, Indianola) descends from a DIFFERENT Nicholas Wallingford Murrow (m. Ruth Knox) - parallel cousin line, tentative parent link pending 1930 census. Do not merge.
2nd marriage. Nick Jr's FAMC link goes here (his mother Eolian).
Also: Amelia S. Murrow m. Reuben S. Burgess 24 Apr 1888 Bryan Co. [LIKELY their daughter - both in Pembroke 1930]; John Murrow, attorney (b. 31 Dec 1858 Bryan Co., 'Memoirs of Georgia' 1895, UGA law, Tifton).
Seven children per FaG 17213117: Mary Amelia (Pate Downs), Rev. William J., Oliver H., Rev. Joseph Samuel, Rev. Jonathan Badger, Elizabeth R. (Van Brackle), Dr. John Adams (SC12, family SCF4). Also: 'John Murrow and three of his brothers were Baptist preachers' (OK pioneer source) - the preacher brothers are unnamed leads for Georgia Baptist records. Joseph Samuel b. Louisville Jefferson Co. GA 1835; Mary Amelia b. Effingham 1823 - family moved SC -> GA by 1823.
1860 Burke census dwelling 124 (occupation Baptist Minister, $3,000 realty): 'Syntha' 33 + Francis L. 12 / William F. 10 / Mary A. 8 / Vergil J. 5 / Madison A. 3 / Rufus E. 1. Wife = CYNTHA (SYNTHA) WALLACE (21 Apr 1827 Burke - 12 Jul 1882 Alexander), d/o William Wallace + Mary Belcher, m. 1846 [DOCUMENTED - WikiTree Wallace-14729]. WikiTree adds daughters India Ann Gertrude (Legare), Nina, Carrie. His will: FamilySearch Burke Co. Wills image 49/620 (free w/ account). Death notice: The True Citizen (Waynesboro GA) 6 Feb 1892 'Lawtonville Dots'. 1850 Burke family 340 (farmer, $700).
Children unknown - 1900/1910 census images needed (WikiTree lists none).