Harrison Gaines Murphy 
Harrison Gaines was born on October 11th, 1836 in Rutherford County ,TN. Harrison Gaines' father was Ezekiel Murphy and his mother was Louisa Parrish Jones. His paternal grandparents were Miles Murphy and Amey Norman. He had two brothers and a sister, named Samuel Houston, Ezekiel "Ike" and Louisa Victoria. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named John, Wayne William, Annie and Caroline. He died at the age of 91 on December 19th, 1927 in Confederate Home in Austin, Texas.General Notes
Originally had him listed as born in 1837.
In 1889, the Texas Confederate Home for Men was established where the present day University Housing is located on West Sixth Street. After the Civil War, the Union Soldiers were provided pensions and care, but the Confederate Soldiers were left to fend for themselves. Through a large community effort, the John B. Hood Camp of Veterans, in conjunction with the Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, raised funds that enabled them to build several brick cottages for Confederate soldiers. Capt. Ben McCullough was superintendent of the home around 1912 and lived there with his wife, who was the widow of R.C. Barton. Mrs. McCullough’s granddaughter remembers visiting the home and being fascinated by the wires that existed between the dining room and the cabins. These wires allowed the blind veterans to hook their walking canes on them and safely navigate around the grounds. In 1920, Hobby Memorial Hospital was completed and with dwindling numbers of veterans in residence, the 48th Legislature decided that it was appropriate to transfer mental patients to the Confederate Home. The Home was demolished in 1970, but residents of the Clarksville area still remember the home.
Taken From - http://www.main.org/owana/history/
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1725
- b.1725 in Northern Ireland d.06 Apr 1821 in Rockingham County, North Carolina
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- b.1774 d.1843 in Rutherford County TN
- b.~ 1645 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia d.1686 in Gloucester County, Virginia
- b.01 Feb 1682 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia d.07 Apr 1748 in Culpeper, Virginia
- b.~ 1663 d. in Gloucester County, Virginia
- b.1705 in Culpepper County, Virginia d.12 Mar 1770 in Culpeper, Brumfield Parish, Virginia
- b.1640 in Virginia d.1698 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia
- b.17 Jan 1686 in Spotsylvania, Gloucester, Virginia d.1752 in Culpeper, Virginia
- b.~ 1646 in Virginia or England
- b.1738 in Virginia d. in Rockingham County, North Carolina
- b.~ 1675 in Cecil County, Maryland d.Apr 1768 in Culpeper County, Virginia
- b.~ 1700 in St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia d.21 Jan 1775 in Culpeper County, Virginia
- b.~ 1673 in Cecil County, Maryland
- b.~ 1721 in Orange County, Virginia d.20 Aug 1770 in Culpeper, Virginia
- b.1680
- b.1704 in Maryland d.> 1740 in Culpeper County, Virginia
- b.1682 in Virginia
- b.11 Oct 1836 in Rutherford County ,TN d.19 Dec 1927 in Confederate Home in Austin, Texas
- b.1801 in Virginia
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Details of Harrison Gaines' family with Louisa Miles
Details of Harrison Gaines' family with Tennessee Miranda Hendrix
Sources/Citations
Margret Murphy, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3168395&id=I034
Margret Murphy, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3168395&id=I034
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