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Murdock, James – Murphy, John

Murdock, James

clergyman, author,. was born Feb. 16, 1776, in Westbrook, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman and educator of New Haven. He was the author of Sketches of Modern Philosophy, and translator of Mosheim's.

Ecclesiastical History, and other works, as well as of a Literal Translation of the New Testament from the Ancient Syriac.

He died Aug. 10, 1856, in Columbus, Miss..

Murfree, William H

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Hertford county, N. C. He served in the North Carolina state legislature in 1805; was a representative in congress from 1813 to 1817; and was a presidential elector in 1813. He died in Nashville, Tenn.

Murfree, William Law

lawyer, author, was born July 19, 1817, in Murfreesboro, N. C. In 1881 he edited the Central Law Journal; and is the author of A Treatise on the Law of Sheriffs; Official Bonds; and Practice before Justices of the Peace. He died Aug. 23, 1892, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Murphy, Charles

congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from 1851 to 1853.

Murphy, Edgar Gardner

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 31, 1869, in Fort Smith, Ark. He now fills a pastorate in Kingston, N. Y. He is the author of The Larger Life; Words for the Church; and has contributed extensively to current literature:

Murphy, Edward

JR., state legislator, United States senator, was born Dec. 15, 1836, in Troy, N. Y. He was elected to the New York state legislature in 1875, and re-elected in 1877, 1879 and in 1881.

He was elected United States senator to fill a vacancy, and took his seat March 4, 1893. His term of service in the senate will expire March 3, 1899.

Murphy, Everett J

state legislator, congressman, was born July 24, 1852, in Nashville, Ill. In 1886 he was elected a representative to the general assembly of Illinois, and in 1889 was appointed warden of the Southern Illinois penitentiary, which position he held until 1892, when he removed to East St. Louis, where he now resides. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.

Murphy, George Arthur

lawyer, state senator, was born Dec. 25, 1858, in Starke county, Ind. In 1888 he moved to Beatrice, Neb. In 1890 he was chosen attorney; and in 1896 was elected a memattorney; and in 1896 was elected a member of the Nebraska state legislature.

Murphy, Isaac

governor. He was governor of Arkansas from 1864 to 1868.

Murphy, James A

lawyer, was born June 21, 1862, in Clermont, Iowa. He attended the Commercial college of Dubuque, Iowa; was postmaster of Carrington, N. D., for two years; has been clerk of the district court; and in 1893-95 was deputy commissioner of insurance for North Dakota. He has a large practice in Jamestown, N. D.; and takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his county and state.

Murphy, Jeremiah H

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 19, 1835, in Lowell, Mass. He was mayor of Davenport, Iowa, in 1873; and was a state senator from 1874 to 1878. He was again elected mayor of Davenport in 1880. He was elected a representative from Iowa to the forty-eighth congress; and was reelected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.

Murphy, John

congressman, governor, was born in 1786, in Columbia, S. C. He moved to Alabama in 1817; was governor of Alabama from 1825 to 1829; and a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1835. He died Sept. 21, 1841, in Clarke county, Ala.