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1870 U.S. Census, Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana; Post Office: Monterey; 23 July 1870
Line 29: h/h 164/142
Benedict Meeks, 31, Farmer, $6300/$1000, b. Ohio <1839>
Martha [nee Murphy] Meeks, 27, Keeping House, b. Ohio
William Dunn, 10, b. Indiana
Leroy Meeks, 9, b. Ohio
Lewis Meeks, 2, b. Indiana
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1880 U.S. Census, District 148, Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana; 08 June 1880
Line 8: h/h 63/66
Benjamin D. Meeks, 41, Farmer, b. Ohio; father b. Pennsylvania; mother b. Ohio <1839>
Martha E. [nee Murphy] Meeks, 37, wife, Keeping House; b. Ohio; father b. Ohio; mother b. Virginia
Elroy B. Meeks, 18, son, single, Laborer, b. Ohio <1862>
Lewis H. Meeks, 12, son, single, at home, b. Indiana <1868>
Hattie M. Meeks, 3, Daughter, single, at home, b. Indiana <1877>
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1900 U.S. Census, District 90, Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana; 14, 15 June 1900
Line 6: h/h 149/149
Dye Meek, Head, b. April 1836, 65, married 33 years, b. Ohio; father b. Pennsylvania; mother b. Ohio; Farmer; owns farm
Martha E., wife, b. May 1843, 57, married 33 years; 5 children, 2 living, b. Ohio; father b. Ohio; mother b. Virginia
Robert H., son, b. April 1868, 32, single, b. Indiana; parents b. Ohio; school teacher
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1904 Pulaski County Vintage News
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpulask/VintageNews/1904-PulaskiCo.html
Feb. 04, 1904
Mrs. Meeks died Saturday shortly before noon. Paralysis, coupled with uraemic poisoning caused her death. Her age was sixty years, eight months and sixteen days. She came to this county during the forties, and has lived here ever since except a few years in Illinois. Her first husband, James Dunn, died in 1865, and she was married in 1867 to Dye Meeks, who died a couple of years ago. She leaves two children, Rev. W. M. Dunn of Rosedale and R. H. Meeks of this county. The funeral was held Monday at the M.E. church, services there by Rev. A. J. Waller being followed by burial on the hill.
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"The Murphys According to Fannie Graffis"
Early History by Hazel Kerk Murphy Wiesjahn

The author, Hazel, is the daughter of Nathan Archibald "Arch" Murphy and Mary E. "Mollie" Venard. She is the granddaughter of William Kerr Murphy and Sarah Elizabeth Slane; and the great granddaughter of Nathan Hunt Murphy and Martha Barbara Kerr.

AUNT MARTHA

Aunt Martha was not here very often. She had married young to James Dunn who soon died leaving one son Will. Aunt M brought him home to live with G.G. and Aunt Mary untill he was old enough to go to college. He worked his way through DePaw and became the only Methodist preacher in the family.

His mother remarried but did not live near the rest of the folks. She was small and had curly bangs.

One summer she came home to visit the relatives spending two or three weeks at each home. After she left we didn’t hear anything about her untill her death.