Mary Amelia Louisa Badger^{[1, 2]}

1793 - 1867  (73 years)

• Name	Mary Amelia Louisa Badger
  Birth	29 Sep 1793	Charleston, South Carolina, USA
  Baptism	26 Jan 1794
  Gender	Female
  Death	1867	Effingham, Georgia, United States
  Burial	1867	Pembroke, Bryan, Georgia, United States
  Person ID	I451	Murrow
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	John William Murrow,   b. Feb 1787, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA d. 1867, Bryan County, Georgia, USA (Age 79 years)  [1]
  Marriage	Abt 1815
  Notes	Seven children per FaG 17213117: Mary Amelia (Pate Downs), Rev. William J., Oliver H., Rev. Joseph Samuel, Rev. Jonathan Badger, Elizabeth R. (Van Brackle), Dr. John Adams (SC12, family SCF4). Also: 'John Murrow and three of his brothers were Baptist preachers' (OK pioneer source) - the preacher brothers are unnamed leads for Georgia Baptist records. Joseph Samuel b. Louisville Jefferson Co. GA 1835; Mary Amelia b. Effingham 1823 - family moved SC -> GA by 1823.
  Children	1. Mary Amelia Murrow,   b. 10 Nov 1823, Effingham County, Georgia, USA d. 19 Mar 1875, Bryan County, Georgia, USA (Age 51 years)   2. Oliver H. Murrow,   b. Abt 1824, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States d. 20 Oct 1873, South Carolina, United States (Age 49 years)   3. Jonathan Badger Murrow,   b. 9 May 1826, Georgia, United States d. 14 Mar 1880, Georgia, United States (Age 53 years)   4. Elizabeth R. Murrow,   b. 1829, Effghm Co., Ga d. 17 Dec 1861, Fort Stewart, Bryan, Georgia, United States (Age 32 years)   5. John Adams Murrow,   b. 1829, Effghm Co., Ga d. 1912 (Age 83 years)   6. Joseph Samuel Murrow,   b. 7 Jun 1835, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA d. 1939, Atoka, Oklahoma, USA (Age 103 years)   7. William James Murrow,   b. 12 Oct 1822, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA d. 30 Jan 1892, Jenkins, Georgia, United States (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Sep 1793 - Charleston, South Carolina, USA Death - 1867 - Effingham, Georgia, United States Burial - 1867 - Pembroke, Bryan, Georgia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Descended from painter Joseph Badger; mother was Hahnbaum (German element). [LIKELY - compiled]

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S500005] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage) (Reliability: 3). Mary Amelia Louisa Murrow (born Badger) Birth names: M. A. L.Mary Amelia BadgerMrs Mary MarrowMrs. Mary Marrow Gender: Female Birth: Sep 29 1793 - Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Christening: Jan 26 1794 - Independent Congregational (Circular) Church,Charleston,Charleston,South Carolina Marriage: Circa 1815 Residence: 1850 - Effingham, Georgia, United States Residence: 1860 - Bryan, Georgia, United States Death: 1867 - Effingham, Georgia, United States Burial: 1867 - Pembroke, Bryan, Georgia, United States Parents: Jonathan Badger, Mary Amelia Dorothea Badger (born Hahnbaum) Husband: Rev. John William Murrow Children: Rev. William James Murrow, Oliver H. Murrow, Rev. Jonathan Badger Murrow, Elizabeth R. Van Brackle (born Murrow), Elizabeth Marrow, John Marrow, Josephine Pate (born Marrow), William Marrow Brother: Samuel James Badger Additional information: LifeSketch: Information in Find a Grave: Mary Amelia Louisa Badger Murrow was born September 29, 1793 in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, the daughter of Jonathan Badger (who was the son of Joseph Badger, Jr. and grandson of Joseph Badger, Sr.) and Mary Amelia Dorothea Hahnbaum Badger. Her brother was Samuel James Badger. She married Rev. John William Murrow, a Baptist minister, and they had seven children: Mary Amelia Murrow Pate Downs, Rev. William J. Murrow, Oliver H. Murrow, Rev. Joseph Samuel Murrow, Rev. Jonathan Badger Murrow, Elizabeth R. Murrow Van Brackle, and Dr. John Adams Murrow. She and her husband also partly raised two of their grandchildren, Edna Josephine Pate Downs and William James Pate, after their daughter's divorce. In their old age she and her husband lived with their son Dr. John Adams Murrow. She died at age 74 in 1867 in Bryan County, Georgia and is buried at Old Hopeful Cemetery (also known as Hopeful Cemetery or Stevens Grove Cemetery) near Pembroke, Bryan County, Georgia. Her tombstone is badly in need of repair. I hope one of her descendants will add her photo to this site. Family tradition says one of her grandfathers was given Sullivan Island, near Charleston, South Carolina by King George III. (Sullivan Island, South Carolina, at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, was the largest slave port in North America. It is estimated that nearly half of all African Americans have ancestors that passed through Sullivan Island.) Mary was the great-granddaughter of the famous 18th-century portrait artist Joseph Badger. Mary's heritage was Irish. I hope one of her descendents will add her photo to this site. Thanks so much to Murrow family researchers for much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. Can anyone read the inscription at the bottom of the tombstone?