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| Birth: | 3 OCT 1798 in Frederick Co., VA |
| Death: | 25 FEB 1890 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Hugh Murphy b. 5 MAY 1756 in County Down, Ireland |
| Mother: | Mary Beatty b. 1764 in Burlington Co., NJ |
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Burial: FEB 1890 in Slagel Cemetery, Jasper Co., IA (Lot #16)
Census: 1880 in Living with daughter Clarissa
Located: 1857 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA
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Jasper County Biography 1912:
The first Murphy of which we have record in the direct, line was John, who lived and died in Ireland. He married Mary Campbell, a Scotch highland lassie and a Presbyterian, he being a Catholic. After they were married they compromised their differences in religion by joining the Church of England . . . Hugh Murphy, second son of this union, born May 5, 1746, came to this country on the "Three Brothers," a sailing vessel, being three months on the way on account of rough weather, finally landing in Philadelphia in January 1782. He was a sympathizer of the American colonists and while back in Ireland refused to fight in the king's army against them. After coming to this country he worked at odd jobs, freighting, etc., finally settling in Virginia, where he was united in marriage to Mary Beatty.
Daniel, third son of this pair, born October 3, 1798, was the: father of the subject of this sketch, John W. Murphy. Soon after the birth of Daniel, the Murphy family removed to Fayette Co., PA. Later, in 1817, they again moved to Highland Co., OH, settling there in a thick woods, the son, Daniel, helping to clear the land and working in the collier works in KY.
June I, 1824, he united in marriage with Cynthia Wildman, daughter of John and Rebecca (Townsend) Wildman, a native of Fayette Co., PA, born July 24, 1796. To this union were born seven children, namely: John Wildman Murphy, the subject of this review, born May 12, 1825, and died August 20, 1911; James, born November 20, 1826, died a few years prior to this writing at Pittsfield, IL; Catherine, born April 30, 1830, died in January, 1834; Clarissa, wife of James Zink, born January 7, 1833, died in Jasper Co., IA; Townsend, born May 22, 1835, (un-married) resides in Jasper Co., IA; Cynthia A., wife of John Trevitts, born October 11,1838, resides in Newton, IA; Daniel W., born November 16, 1841, resides in Jasper Co.,.. He enlisted in an Ohio regiment in the great Civil War conflict, and was honorably discharged at its close. All the children were born in the same log cabin, in a forest in Highland Co., OH, where nightly was heard the scream of the panther, the howl of the wolf, and other weird and primitive sounds of the wilderness. The mother died March 5, 1862, in Highland Co., OH, and Daniel Murphy, a few years later, married a Mrs. Nancy Fenner. She died in 1871, and then Mr. Murphy came to live with his children, who had all preceded him to Iowa. He died in Jasper Co., February 25, 1890, at the: age of eight-two years.
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