Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

Herbert Benton Murphy

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 26 
  • Father:
  • Hugh M. Murphy 
  • Mother:
  • Olive Prentiss   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Oct 1877 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rocky Creek, Burnet, Texas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Aug 1951 
  • Death Location:
  • Sheppard Memorial Hospital, Burnet, Burnet Co., Texas 
  • Burial Date:
  • 28 Aug 1951 
  • Burial Location:
  • Live Oak Cemetery, Brady, McCullough, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lillian Trussell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Jun 1901 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Burnet County, Texas 
  • Child:

  Rosa Mae Murphy (Ahnentafel No:13 )

• Sources for Herbert Benton Murphy

  • ¹ Federal Census, TX, McCullough County, 1910, Justice Precinct 1, E.D. 189, Sheet 6A, Image 11 of 13.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/03/2018).
  • ³ Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935, Birth certificate for daughter Rosa Mae Murphy.
  • ⁴ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for Herbert Benton Murphy.
  • ⁵ Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, Marriage record for H B Murphy and Lillian Trussell.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for Herbert Benton Murphy.

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