Benton Co., AR - Biographies - William M. Murphy

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William M. Murphy is a native of Green County, Ky., where he was born 
May 5, 1827, and is a son of Philip and Sarah (Hale) Murphy. The 
former was born in Kentucky, and continued to live there until 1856, 
when he moved to Texas County, Mo., where he resided until his death, 
at about eighty years of age. The following were his children: Eliza 
(deceased), Nancy, Mary Ann (wife of Julius Scaggs), Elizabeth (who 
married David Scaggs, and is deceased), Henry, James, William M. and 
Philip (deceased). William M. Murphy was married in 1848 to Miss Lydia 
Ratliff, of Kentucky, and two years later he and his wife moved to 
Indiana. Here they lived until 1870, when they moved to Tarrant 
County, Tex.; five years later he located on his present fertile farm 
of 587 acres, on Osage Creek. Mr. Murphy affiliates with the 
Democratic party, and cast his first presidential vote for James 
Buchanan. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church; they became 
the parents of the following children: Sarah, wife of David Smith; 
Alice, wife of Charles Pittman, and James; four children are deceased. 
The mother of these children died June 20, 1863, and October 24, 1863, 
Mr. Murphy married Mrs. Catherine James.