Husband John Dillard MURRELL 166,387
Born: 11 Nov 1870 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Father: F. Thomas MURRELL (1830-1902) 387
Mother: Amanda PREWETT (1839- ) 387
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Wife Lucille Bernadette McBRIDE 166,387
Born: 10 Feb 1881 - Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA
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Died: 17 Mar 1973 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Henry Dallas McBRIDE (1844-1911) 166
Mother: Marie Louise PERRODIN (1848-1930) 166
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1 F Marie Alma MURRELL 166,387
Born: 8 Aug 1900 - Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA
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Spouse: Harlan HEWITT ( - ) 166
Marr: 15 Jan 1923
2 M Joseph Rodney MURRELL 166,387
Born: 22 Dec 1901 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Spouse: Myrtle BAROUSSE (living)
3 M Leonard Colton MURRELL 166,387
Born: 29 Jan 1904 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Died: 8 Nov 1988 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Spouse: Carrie DAIGLE (1904-1999) 166
4 F Ruby MURRELL 166,387
Born: 2 Jul 1905 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Died: 6 Jan 2000 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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5 F Lorraine MURRELL 166,387
Born: 16 Mar 1907 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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6 F Sarah Grace MURRELL 166,387
Born: 13 Sep 1908 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Died: 3 Oct 1967 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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Spouse: Abe DAIGLE (1910-1992) 166,387
7 F Edith MURRELL 166,387
Born: 7 Apr 1912 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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8 M Curtis Joffre MURRELL 166,387
Born: 18 Aug 1918 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Died: 15 Dec 1993 - New Iberia, Iberia, Louisiana, USA
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General Notes: Husband - John Dillard MURRELL
During the formative years of Acadia Parish the establishment of schools was one of the high priority projects undertaken by leaders of the Parish.
The first school board was set up in 1887. One of the board members to serve between this time and 1920 was John Dillard Murrell of Church Point.
In 1902 he was elected mayor of Church Point, Louisiana and served in this office until 1909.
He was an officer of Deville's Iron Works which was charted in 1901 as the Church Point Mfg. Co.
About 1906 he and his brother built a new hardware store on the main street. After the railroad came to Church Point, many new homes were built and many businesses were updated to improve their business. This was the case with the hardware store. That building is still there today.
Great excitement prevailed in Church Point in 1901 when 20 of the towns most prominent citizens formed a company to mine gold near the town.
The organization of the mining company was effected after a substance, found on Homer Barousse farms, was analyzed as gold. About the time of the Civil War a well had been dug on the property: at about 28 feet down a substance resembling slate laced with something that appeared to be gold had been brought up. Apparently the substance had been kept until it was again analyzed and declared to be gold.
J.D. was one of the officers of the Church Point Gold Mining Co. The company issued 20 shares of stock at $100 a share.
The well where the substance was found was boarded up and armed guards posted around it day and night. Despite some scoffing editorial comments in several southwest La. newspapers, the investors evidently had faith in the mine. Two weeks after the analysis report, one share holder refused a ten-to-one offer for his share. However, subsequent news reports from Church Point made no mention of the gold mine. The thought was that the analysis may have been made by some unqualified person.
John married Lucille Bernadette McBride, daughter of Henry David McBride and Marie Louise Perrodine.
They had eight children
John is buried CPCI #29 Lucille is probably buried in Lafayette Cemetery . I find her plot but no burial in Church Point.
Henry David is a brother to Mary Ann McBride, our grandmother.
Source: Acadia Parish, Louisiana Vol. II
A History to 1920
Mary Alice Fontenot
MURREL, JOHN D. NOTICE OF SALE: JOHN D. MURREL VS. JEAN
BAPTISTE MURREL: . A WRIT OF FI FA (FIERI FACIAS) ISSUED BY J.M.A FRANCOIS,
JUSTICE OF the P EACE 6TH JUSTICE COURT IN FAVOR OF JOHN D.
MURREL - SALE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18, 1899.
Murell Hardware
J. D. Murrell, a Church Point mayor , had the first hardware store in Church Point. He married Lucy Mcbride, daughter of Henry McBride. Henry Murrell was his uncle's first employer. Later, the Murrell sons, Rodney and Leonard "Happy" Murrell, helped out.
Oscar Landry worked in the machine shop as repairman.
Later, when a jewelry shop was added to the business, J. D. employed H. M. Ruger as watch repairman.
The following advertisement appeared in a 1909 newspaper;
"J. D. Murrell and Bros., Ltd.---Everything for the Hunter----Dealers in Builder's hardware, Tools, Farm Implements, Buggies, Surries, Wagon, Harness, Stoves, Carriage and Wagon repairs, Paints, Oils, Etc."
Mr. And Mrs. Murrell were the parents of eight children, Alma, Ruby, Grace, Lorraine, Edith, Rodney, Leonard "Happy" and Joffree.
Mrs . Murrell was 92 when she died in March, 1973. Until she was pass 90 she did her own housework, cooking and sewing, and worked in her yard. She was noted for her alert mind and keen sense of humor
La Pointe de l'Eglise
A History of Church Point, Louisiana
1800--1973A
Author---Anita G. Guidry
General Notes: Child - Marie Alma MURRELL
Birth Recorded Church Point Church v5- p. 174
General Notes: Child - Joseph Rodney MURRELL
Buried Church Point Cemetery #1 # 29 Sec. K
General Notes: Child - Leonard Colton MURRELL
Birth Recorded Church Point Catholic Church --V6--p. 6
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Wife Marie Cinderella McBRIDE 166
Born: 22 Jun 1878 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Father: Edwin Russin McBRIDE (1855-1950) 166
Mother: Anastasie CLEMENT (1861-1881) 166
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Wife Marie Eleonore McBRIDE 166
Born: 14 Apr 1895 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Wife Marie Henriette McBRIDE 166
Born: 14 Jun 1884 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Wife Marie Idolia McBRIDE 166
Born: 4 Sep 1897 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Wife Marie Mathilde McBRIDE 166
Born: 6 Nov 1889 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Wife Marie Sydalise McBRIDE 166
Born: 19 May 1887 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Mother: Marie Louise PERRODIN (1848-1930) 166
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Husband William Thomas MURRELL 387
Born: 20 Mar 1860 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Father: F. Thomas MURRELL (1830-1902) 387
Mother: Amanda PREWETT (1839- ) 387
Marriage: 14 Jan 1880 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
Wife Mary Ann McBRIDE 387
AKA: ANN
Born: 20 Oct 1858 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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• Unknown, Church Point, Acadia Par., Louisiana, 14 Jan 1880
• Death of One Spouse, Church Point, Acadia Par., Louisiana, 23 Oct 1923
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1 F Effie MURRELL 166,387
Born: 7 Mar 1885 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
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Spouse: Honore COMEAUX (1888-1960) 166,387
Marr: 17 Dec 1908 - Church Point, Acadia, Louisiana, USA
General Notes: Husband - William Thomas MURRELL
Guilliam [William] Thomas Murrell married Mary Ann McBride, daughter of Walter McBride and Judith Higginbotham, in Our Lady 0f the Scared Heart Church, Church Point, Acadia Par. La., January 14, 1880.
The Priest was Rev. C.A. Vialleton.
Wit: Robin MacBride, Joseph Lyons , Joseph Higginbotham
b. March 20, 1860 Opelousas, St. Landry Par., La
bt. St. Landry Catholic Ch, Opel.La. v.6 p. 112.
Rev. Gilbert Raymond Sponsors: J.A. Gehrun, Elodie Delbourg
He was a farmer and bought 142.83 acres of land in the Parish of Acadia between the small town of Church Point and the settlement of Branch. There were ten children in this family.
Mary Ann died Oct. 23, 1923. William Thomas died Sept. 13, 1927 leaving an estate of $5,288.00 to be divided among six heirs and six children of deceased heir, Oliver Owen. Each heir received $652,36. The heirs of Oliver each received $108.72. Probate was done Dec. 23, at Crowley, La. Attorney was H. Gordon Brunson, Mayor of Crowley, La.
This probate was contested by some of the heirs. A lawyer was obtained to examine the proceedings, with a view to opposing the account and the discharge of the administrator. There seemed to be a disagreement about a few hundred dollars that had been charged by the administrator, Joe Murrell, and land in Texas, [four lots in Port Arthur]some hogs and chickens, value about $250.00, plus the value of the land.
The estate was settled and money was appropriated to the heirs.
The money for the heirs of Oliver was put in the Farmers Bank and Trust Co. in the town of Church Point. When Cora wanted to withdraw the money to deposit in a Crowley bank she had to go to the courts in order to do this. H. Gordon Brunson was the lawyer she got to petition the court and the courts approved the transfer. However, upon presentation of the order to the Farmers Bank she was informed that the funds were deposited in a times deposit represented by certificates and held by F.M. Fontenot, Clerk: and that it was necessary that she secure the certificates of deposit. Mr. Brunson received the order for the certificates and received them on the 4th day of Aug. 1930.
In April, 1931 a petition was filed asking disbarment of Mr. Brunson,from the practise of law in Louisiana, charging dishonest acts and sites nine counts.
In one specification it is charged that in handling the estate of W.T. Murrell and Mary McBride, he withdrew $652.36 from the bank at Church Point which had been on deposit for minor children saying he had been directored by Mrs. O.O. Murrell to deposit it in another bank and did not return the money until under pressure of demand, at the insistence of the mother, with aid of counsel. The disbarment committee says the unauthorized withdrawal of the funds of the minors constituted a gross fraud not only upon the court, but upon the mother of the children.
"The defendant, contriving to obtain the moneys of the minors for his own uses, presented on Aug. 2, 1930 a petition, on the behalf of Mrs. Murrell and minor children, that she to have the funds removed from Church Point and deposit in some institution of her choice. He asked for an order directing the bank to turn over the money to the mother or her attorney, H. Gordon Brunson. He deposited the money to his own account in
the Bank of Commerce in Crowley and thereafter appropriated said funds to his own use".At the time this was done the mother had not been appointed tutrix and he knew that she had not authorized him to make such application on her behalf, the petition stated.
Mayor Brunson died from complications of an appendix operation in 1931. He was serving the first year of a second term as Mayor. He was first elected to the post of chief executive of Crowley in April 1928 and took over as mayor in July for a two year term. In 1930 he was re-elected to the post for a four year term, and he had not completed the first year.
He was buried from the First Baptist Church. Rev. H.J. McCool delivered the funeral service.
He was 31 years of age.
Sources : Article in Crowley Daily Signal
Court Records, Acadia Parish Courthouse
Ellender Murrell Boudreaux, Granddaughter
General Notes: Wife - Mary Ann McBRIDE
Mary Ann b. Oct.20, 1858 -d. Oct.23, 1923 bur. McB1 #27
M. William Thomas Murrell b.Mar.20, 1860 -d. Sept.13, 1927 bur. McB1 #27
[He died 2 1/2 months after his son Oliver
January 4, 1880 bt. Our Lady of the Scared Heart , C.P. La. (v. 4 p. 108)
January 14, 1880 m. William T.Murrell(CP Ch. v.4 p.61)
October 24, 1923, died buried in McBride Cemetery # 1 site 27
General Notes: Child - Effie MURRELL
Mrs Honore Comeaux, the former Effie Murrell, aged 46, died at her home Saturday morning following an illeness of several months duration. She had just returned from New Orleans where she had gone for treatment when her condition became worse.
Funeral services were at the Methodist church, with the Rev. J.H. Hoffpauir of Crowley officiating and interment followed in the McBride cemetery in Church Point, Louisiana.
She was survived by three sons, Roger, Larry, and Eldridge "Buster" and four daughters, Roberta, Cinderella, Barbara and Mary Ann.
The pallbeares were her sons, Roger and Larry, George West, brother-in-law, Albert Murrell, brother, and Andrew Constantine.
Source: The Crowley Signal.
Funeral services for Joseph Roger Comeaux, age 57, of Pineville were held at the Funeral Home in Alexandria on Monday . Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Louisiana.
He died at his home on Sunday morning. He was a salesman for Brown-Roberts Hardware Co.
Source: Pineville Paper Obituaries
"Buster" died in Alexandria from a heart attach and is buried there.
Larry died at his home in Sunset from a self inflicted gunshot wound.
Roberta died in Beaumont, Texas about 1992. She is emtombed in Forest Lawn Mausoleum , Beaumont, Texas