Murfree, William H – Murray, David
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.
Murphey, Abner Goff
educator, college president, was born Oct. 18, 1831, in Knox county, Ohio. He is the president of Logan Female college of Russellville, Ky.
Murphey, Archibald Debow
lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1777 in Caswell county, N. C. He was the author of numerous law works, and a history of his state. He died Feb. 3, 1832, in Hillsborough, N. C.
MURPHY, LADY BLANCHE ELIZA-
Murphy, Lady Blanche Eliza-
author, was born about 1850 in England.
She is the author of On the Rhine, and Other Sketches. She died March 22, 1881, in North Conway, N. H.
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, Franklin
manufacturer, state legislator, was born Jan. 3, 1836, in Jersey City, N. J. In 1865 he founded the firm of Murphy and state legislator, was born Jan. 3, 1836, in Jersey City, N. J. In 1865 he founded the facturers of Newark.
Since then, his time, energies and great business capacity have been devoted, in the main, to the promotion of this trade. The Murphy in the main, to the sold all over the world, and the Murvarnishes are now which succeeded the firm in 1891, and of which Mr. Murphy is president, has factories in Newark, Chicago, St. Louis, and Cleveland, and transacts an enormous business. He has served as member of the Newark common council and of the New Jersey legislature; is now chairman of the republican state committee, and is active in each campaign.
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, Henry Cruse
lawyer, state legislator, state senator, congressman, author, was born July 5, 1810, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was at one time attorney for the city of Brooklyn; and was elected mayor of that city in 1842. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1843 to 1849; and was appointed minister to The Hague. On his return from Europe he was elected to the legislature of New York, serving in both the assembly and senate. He was again elected to the state senate in 1868 and 1869. In 1868 he published a translation from the Dutch entitled Journal of a Voyage to New York in 1679-80. His land; and Anthology of the New Nethland; and Anthology of the New Netherlands. He died Dec. 11, 1882, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
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.
Murphy, John
publisher, was born March 12, 1812, in Ireland. In 1855 he March 12, 1812, in Ireland. In 1855 he the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, for which Pope Pius IX sent him a gold medal. He died May 27, 1880, in Baltimore, Md.
Murphy, John Albert
clergyman, poet, was born Jan. 24, 1837, in Rich Fork, N. C. He received his education at the Catawba college, N. C., from which institution he received his degree of D. D.; and the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by Trinity college. In 1857 he joined the St. Louis conference of the methodist episcopal church south; and in 1879 was transferred to the northwest Texas conference. 1879 was transferred to the northwest Texas conference. painter, was born Dec. 11, 1853, in Oswego, N. Y. In 1885 he received the second Hallgarten prize for his painting Tints of a Vanished Past, and he took the Webb prize at the Society of American Artists in 1887. His works include Sunny Webb prize at the Society of American Artists in 1887. His works include Sunny Slopes; Upland Cornfield; October; Late Afternoon; April Weather; Woodland; The Yellow Leaf; Indian Summer; Sundown; and Brooks and Fields.
Murphy, John L
lawyer, jurist, was born in Tennessee. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States. court for the territory of Montana, residing in Virginia City.
Murphy, John Mcleod
civil engineer, was born Feb. 14, 1827, in North-- castle, N. Y. He entered the United States.. navy as midshipman in 1841; was promoted past midshipman in 1847; and resigned in 1852. He died June 1, 1871, in New York city.
Murphy, Nathan O
congressman,.. governor, was born in 1849, in Lincoln county, Maine. He settled in Prescott,.
Ariz., in 1883. The governorship was ten-- dered to him and he took his seat in 1892..
He was the unanimous nominee of his party for delegate to the fifty-fourth congress, and was elected by a large plurality.
Murphy, Robert S
soldier, publicofficial, legislator, was born April 15, 1840, in Paulding county, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in company E, thirtieth Indiana regiment volunteer infantry; was continuously in the service, and participated in the bat-- tle of Shiloh, the siege of Vicksburg, and numerous other until engagements 1865; and was commissioned first lieutenant of marines May 9, 1864. He has filled numerous pub-- lic positions of trust in Mandale, Ohio; has been justice of the peace and county auditor; and was elected to the seventysecond general assembly of the Ohio state: legislature as a republican.
Murphy, Thomas
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 6, 1823, in Ireland. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Philaand the author of Pastoral delphia; Theology; Pastor and People; and Duties of Church Members.
Murphy, Thomas F
lawyer, was born Aug. 19, 1850, in Syracuse, N. Y..
In 1876 he was admitted to the bar, and is now a prominent lawyer in his native city.
He has filled various public positions of honor in Syracuse; and has always taken an active part in political affairs. was born in Alabama. He was governor was born in Alabama. He was governor of Texas from 1863 to 1865. He died Sept. 23, 1865, in Monterey, Mexico. man, college president, was born in May, MURRAH, WILLIAM BELTON, clergyman, college president, was born in May, 1851, in Pickensville, Ala. He attended the Southern university of Greensboro, the Southern university of Greensboro, Ala. He is an eminent clergyman, and has filled pastorates in a number of important churches. For many years he was vice-president of the Whitworth Female college; and is now president of Millsops college, Jackson.
Murray, Alexander
naval officer, was born in 1816 in Philadelphia. He entered the United States navy in 1835; became commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral on the retired list in 1876. He died Nov. 10, 1884, in Washington, D. C.
Murray, Ambrose S
congressman, was born in New York. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses.
Murray, David
educator, author, was born Oct. 15, 1830, in Bovina, N. Y.
He is an educator of New York city, foreign adviser to the Japanese government. en education; and the author of Manual on education; and the author of Manual Japanese Education; and The Story of Japan.