Thomas Murphy
History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys,
embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder,
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...
Edited by F. Ellis and A. N. Hungerford.
Published in Philadelphia by Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886
Pages 740-741
Thomas Murphy.
By A. L.
Guss
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Thomas Murphy is of Irish descent, his grandfather having emigrated from
Ireland to America, and
settled in Franklin County, Pa. To his wife, Hannah Work, were born children,--
Patrick, Alexander,
Andrew, Hannah, (Mrs. John Akins) and Mrs. James McMullen. The birth of
Andrew occurred in Franklin
County, from whence he removed to Juniata County, where, having purchased a
farm, he remained until his
death, on the 17th of November, 1860. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas
Wherry, of Tuscarora
township, Juniata County, who was born August 12, 1792, and died November
14, 1883. Their children are
Alexander B., born September 8, 1815, who died November 30 , 1882; John,
born April 10, 1818, who died
July 8, 1883; Andrew W., born August 7, 1820 who died July 22, 1851; James,
born July 14, 1823, who
died February 17, 1880; Mary, born December 25, 1826, wife of William Kinzer;
Thomas, born May 21,
1830; Joseph I., born January 9, 1835, who died February 3, 1866. The birth of
Thomas Murphy occurred
on the homestead in Juniata County, located about three-quarters of a mile from
his present home. Here
until the age of eighteen his youth was spent in active labor or in the pursuit of
his studies at the common
schools. Deciding then upon acquiring a trade, he repaired to McCoysville and
began work in the shop of a
cabinet-maker and chair-maker, remaining four years thus employed; he then for
two years followed the
trade of a carpenter throughout the country, and spent the winter of 1854-55 in
Indiana, where he was
likewise industriously occupied. Returning home, he continued his vocation, and
on the 18th of November,
1856, was married to Margaret P., daughter of James Lauther, of the same
township, whose birth occurred
August 6, 1832. Their children are Alexander W., born October 2, 1857; Sylvia
Jane, wife of George
Thompson, born September 26, 1860; James L., born September 26, 1863;
Samuel C., born August 11,
1866, who died January 24, 1869; Anna Blanche, born July 13, 1870, and Mary
W., born February 16,
1874. Mr. Murphy, one year after his marriage, purchased the farm on which he
now resides, in Lack
township, and has since been engaged in the employment of an agriculturist. His
political sentiments are in
accord with the principles of the Democracy. Though frequently pressed to
accept office, he has declined
all positions other than those connected with the township, his attention being
chiefly devoted to matters
connected with his farm. He is an elder in the Peru Presbyterian Church, of which
his wife and the eldest
children are also members.
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