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Murdock family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0613

Scope and Contents

The Murdock family papers (1850s-1970s) contain information on four generations of the Murdock family. The first generation is of Joseph and Sally Stacey Murdock. Their eldest son, Joseph Stacey Murdock (1822-1899) and his five wives [Eunice Sweet (m. 1842), Eliza Clark (1830-1898; m. 1852), Jane Sharp (m. 1854), Elizabeth Hunter (m. 1854), and Pernetta (m. 1859; d.1877) Murdock] are the second generation represented. John Heber Murdock (1854-1941), eldest son of Joseph Stacey and Eliza Clark Murdock, and his two wives [Mary Gallagher (m. 1873; d. 1890) and Emily Ann Bond (m. 1895)] represent the third generation. Finally, Paul B. Murdock (b. 1900), the son of John Heber and Emily Ann Bond, represents the fourth generation. Information is usually in the form of histories, many written by Paul Murdock. Some letters, diaries, and other records are also included.

Dates

  • 1850s-1970s

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Joseph and Sally emigrated from Nauvoo to Utah in 1847 as part of the Ira Eldridge Company. Their son Joseph Stacey emigrated with his wife Eunice in the same company. In 1860, Joseph Stacey with his wives moved to the Heber City vicinity where Joseph was appointed Bishop. Between 1867 and 1870 Joseph Stacey served a mission in the South to study cotton cultivation. In 1889 Joseph Stacey was sentenced to one month in the Utah State Penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds Law. Eunice, the first wife, was already dead but Joseph Stacey refused to marry again one of his other wives and repudiate the others. When Joseph Stacey died in 1899 he had fathered 32 children, 7 of which preceded him in death.

John Heber Murdock married Mary Gallagher in 1873 and she and their children accompanied him on his first mission in 1884 to St. John's, Arizona. Mary died in childbirth shortly before the family left Arizona in 1890. John Heber returned to Heber City and lived in his mothers' house. He married a second time in 1895 to Emily Ann Bond. He had thirteen children by the two wives. After completing a second mission to Virginia in 1907-1908 he returned to Heber City. In 1920 he moved his family to Pleasant View on the east bench of Provo and then in 1930 moved into Provo. He moved once more in 1933 to Orem where he died in 1941.

Further biographical information on the family can be found in the collection.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Abstract

The Murdock family papers (1850s-1970s) contain genealogical and biographical information on four generations of the Joseph Stacey Murdock family. Joseph Stacey Murdock and wife emigrated from Nauvoo to Utah in 1847 and settled in the Heber City, Utah, area.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Kege D. Murdock in 1991.

Processing Information

Title
Inventory of the Murdock family papers, 1850s-1970s
Author
Finding aid created by Janet Smoak
Date
© 1991 (last modified: 2019)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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