Benjamin Lewis Murrow[1, 2, 3, 4]
1802 - 1878 (75 years)-
Name Benjamin Lewis Murrow Birth 29 Aug 1802 Fleming, Letcher, Kentucky, USA 
Gender Male Death 13 Apr 1878 Union, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States - Age: 76
Burial Union Twp, Mahaska, Iowa, USA Person ID I282 Murrow Last Modified 16 Oct 2026
Father James Murrow, b. Abt 1762, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA d. 1843, Parke County, Indiana, USA (Age 81 years)Mother Rebecca Wallingford, b. Abt 1766, Berkeley, James, Virginia, USA d. 1828, Mason County, Kentucky, USA (Age 62 years)Marriage Between 1783 and 1784 Virginia, USA Notes - 8 children per 1942 book GROUP 111; 5 more sons (Samuel, David, Michael, Thomas, Richard) per Skaggs files, unverified. Rebecca is the great-grandmother line: her dau. Amy Blue m. Charles Murrow Sr - double cousins with the Blue line below.
Family ID F77 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Sarah Blue, b. 17 Apr 1807, Mason Co., Kentucky d. 13 Jun 1879, Jefferson, Poweshiek County, Iowa. (Age 72 years) [5]Notes - 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.)
Children 1. James R. Murrow, b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown 2. Thomas A. Murrow, b. Yes, date unknown d. 1912 3. Benjamin F. Murrow, b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown 4. John M. Murrow, b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown 5. Nancy A. Murrow, b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown 6. William A. Murrow, b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown 7. Mary E. Murrow, b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F135 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Oct 2026
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Birth - 29 Aug 1802 - Fleming, Letcher, Kentucky, USA 
Death - 13 Apr 1878 - Union, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States 
Burial - - Union Twp, Mahaska, Iowa, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - * 1880 MAHASKA COUNTY ESTATE TRIAL (Session 7-8, Sep 10 2026): the Weekly
Oskaloosa Herald (15/22/29 Jan, 5 Feb 1880) ran his estate notices - Gorsuch
v. Murrow heirs partition suit + contested will of widow Sarah Murrow, Feb
1880 circuit court term. Heir shares sum exactly 45/45ths: James R. 6,
Thomas A. 6, Benjamin F./John M./Nancy A./William A./Mary E. (Arnold) 1
each, 5 McClure grandchildren 1 joint, Gorsuch plaintiffs 27. Administrator
Thomas Alexander Murrow (1839-1912, Wayne Co. IA, FaG 38088556; obituary:
came with parents from Indiana to Mahaska 1850). Death 13 Apr 1878, place
[LIKELY] Mahaska Co. IA (estate venue). Children family (BF1) built from
the notice. Sources: murrow/MURROW-1909-MURDER-AND-1880-TRIAL.md.
DISTINCT from nephew Benjamin Lewis Murrow (1834-1868, record I272787601573). - BIRTH: Wallingford Family website has birth in Mason County, Kentucky.
- * 1880 MAHASKA COUNTY ESTATE TRIAL (Session 7-8, Sep 10 2026): the Weekly
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Sources - [S57] Hermes Agent for Rob Murrow, Extension research reports (Sep 2026), ~/Desktop/genealogy/reports/extension-{dutch,scottish,colonial,ontario,michigan}.md, (8 Sep 2026), extension-colonial.md.
- [S500003] Joyce Murrow, Murrow Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV6PJL3YB7TVECMIPPYRRZSIKVELY-1501217/benjamin-lewis-murrow (Reliability: 3).
Added by confirming a Smart Match - [S500012] Judi Lewis, Lewis Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV6ODU2YYSRL62A5DMYGWV3CWDHQQ-7007590/benjamin-lewis-murrow (Reliability: 3).
Added by confirming a Smart Match - [S500010] Bob Blue, WALLINGFORD Web Site, 3 Oct 2026, Benjamin Lewis MURROW (Reliability: 3).
Added via a Smart Match - [S59] 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).
- [S57] Hermes Agent for Rob Murrow, Extension research reports (Sep 2026), ~/Desktop/genealogy/reports/extension-{dutch,scottish,colonial,ontario,michigan}.md, (8 Sep 2026), extension-colonial.md.