She married Thomas Murphy on April 3, 1878 in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan. Thomas had been born on August 15, 1843 in Tullynuey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland . He came to America in 1867 and became a U.S. citizen on October 28th., 1895.

They had children:

1. James Alonzo Murphy
2. Lizzie May (Murphy) Feldman
3. Anna Florence (Murphy) Gibson
4. Thomas Earl Murphy
5. Ella Agnes (Murphy) Boyd

Jennie died in Tecumseh on January 16, 1928 at the age of 81. Thomas passed away on July 18, 1937 at the age of 89.

"In June, 1907, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy and their daughter, Ella, made a trip to the native land of their parents and visited Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland . They also visited the Irish International Exhibitions in Dublin, the city of Belfast, Londonderry, Giant's Causeway, and all the large cities. They enjoyed the trip very much. Mr. Murphy hardly knew his old home, or the people, as everything had changed for the better in the thirty nine years since he had left his native hearth. The return trip to America was made in the month of September."  Taken from a Biographical Album of Lenawee County, Michigan, published 1888.