William Minett Murphree ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1880 census, Minett was a laborer on the farm in Blount County, Alabama. At the time of the 1900 census, he was a merchant of dry goods in Hoods, Blount County, Alabama. He owned his farm free of mortgage. At the time of the 1910 census, Minett was a general farmer in Jefferson County, Alabama. He owned his farm free of mortgage. His household included 5 children by his first wife, 1 child by his second, and her 2 daughters from a previous marriage. There was also a boarder, Henry Goodwin. Minett was shown as married, but not listed with Mattie, at the time of the 1930 census. Only his son William Claud was shown with him. They were farming in Hoods, Blount County, Alabama.

William married Eliza J. Tidwell, daughter of Uriah Tidwell and Amanda E. Calvert, about 1892. (Eliza J. Tidwell was born on 21 Mar 1866 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States,⁶ died on 17 Mar 1906 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁶ and was buried in Mount Ebell Cemetery, Rosa, Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁶.)

William next married Mattie Killough about 1907. (Mattie Killough was born about 1876 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States and died in 1930 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States.)