Hazel Kerk Murphy 
Hazel Kerk was born on July 4th, 1891 in Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana. Hazel Kerk's father was Nathan Archibald Murphy and her mother was Mary E. "Mollie" Venard. Her paternal grandparents were William Kerr Murphy and Sarah Elizabeth Slane; her maternal grandparents were Milton Venard and Frances Maria Borders. She had two brothers named Clancy Kerr and Chase Venard. She was the second oldest of the three children. She died at the age of 63 in July 1954 in Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana. She was buried in Winamac Cemetery, Pulaski County, Indiana.General Notes
Hazel Kerk Murphy Wiesjahn (1891-1954) left a handwritten history of the Pulaski County, Indiana Murphy family. The black, leather-bound, composition notebook is replete with sketches of their houses; the Mooresburg store, church, and school; the Mill Creek Bridge; and even the phaeton of which Aunt Rachel was so fond. Hazel also recorded Fannie Graffis’ reminiscences of the Murphys. Fannie, born in 1868, was the granddaughter of Nathan Hunt Murphy & Martha Barbara Kerr. Hazel, Fannie’s first cousin once removed, was the great-granddaughter of Nathan & Martha Barbara.
A transcription of Hazel Kerk Murphy's "Across the Years, A Story of Our Ancestors" can be found at Blue River Genealogy: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rennemurphy/
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Family lore: Aunt Hazel and "Almy" (Alma Conn Murphy) died within hours of each other. The two "girls" had been best friends throughout life. The sisters-in-law shared viewing hours at the mortuary in Winamac and are both buried in Winamac Cemetery. Hazel's widower, Henry, remarried -- another Hazel.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1804 in Michigan d.20 Oct 1860 in Pulaski County, Indiana
- b.15 May 1835 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio d.26 Nov 1901 in Pulaski County, Indiana
- b.~ 1807 in Rockbridge County, Virginia d.16 Feb 1887 in Pulaski County, Indiana
- b.31 Jan 1859 in Mooresburg, Pulaski County, IN d.03 Jul 1929 in Winamac, Pulaski County, IN
- b.09 Jan 1835 in Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana d.18 Nov 1873 in Pulaski County, Indiana
- b.04 Jul 1891 in Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana d.Jul 1954 in Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana
- b.25 May 1830 in Ohio d.1897 in Indiana
- b.28 Nov 1865 in Indiana d.23 Feb 1955 in Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana
- b.23 Oct 1837 in Indiana d.02 Mar 1935 in Indiana
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Details of Hazel Kerk's family with Henry E. Wiesjahn
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