The Murphree surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,021 people carried this name — #8,242 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,050 in 2000.

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In print

Murphree in American newspapers,
1913–1927.

Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Murphree
New Britain Herald 1927-11-18
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Murphree
Evening Star 1924-01-14
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Murphree
The Topeka State Journal 1913-02-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Murphree,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Albert Alexander Murphree
    Albert Alexander Murphree 1870–1927 · university teacher
  • Dennis Murphree
    Dennis Murphree 1886–1949 · politician
  • Albert Murphree 1908–1985 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Murphree,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States190 records

190 records of the Murphree name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 164
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Calvin B. Murphree

    Born 1932; from Jefferson County, Alabama. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clarence M. Murphree

    Born 1926 in Georgia. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina; farmer from Oconee County, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Clara Elizabeth Day Murphree

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1961, died 1999; buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 190 records for Murphree in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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