Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....William MURPHY, 1902
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The Herald, Piedmont, West Virginia, 17 Jan 1902: 
"William Murphy, of Westernport n Thursday Jan. 9, 1902, aged 27 
years. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery, last Sunday. Mr 
Murphy leaves a widow, he having been married but five months. 
The immediate cause of death was gangrene, he having had a foot 
mashed in the C&P yards at Westernport some time ago and 
notwithstanding the fact the he was taken to the St Joseph 
Hospital at Baltimore, the result was above stated. The 
CUMBERLAND TIMES pay the following tribute: The funeral of Mr. 
William P. Murphy who died at St. Joseph Hospital, Baltimore last 
Thursday took place last Sunday in Westernport. The burial 
services were at St. Peter's Catholic church where Rev. Michael 
Riordan of St. James Church, Pikesville, Md., a cousin of the 
deceased, was assisted by Rev. Thos. E. Lyons of Westernport. He 
was a brakeman for two years from Piedmont to Lonaconing, then he 
was changed from Cumberland to Lonaconing, making his home at Mt. 
Savage for the past four years. On the 17th day of last July, he 
married Miss Minnie Murphy, adopted daughter of Mr. Frank 
McDermitt, a well known C&P engineer, which makes Mr. Murphy's 
death doubly sad, being a young man only 28 years old and leaving 
a bride of six months who is heart broken. Mr. Murphy was a man 
who made many friends among his fellow workmen and also his 
employers, being very conscientious, upright, and always ready to 
help a fellowman, but always ready to condemn a cowardly act and 
by his kind manner and winning ways has made many friends. He was 
a life-long member of St. Patricks Total Abstinence and Benevolent 
Society, and A. O. H. Society and Catholic Legion, who all 
attended, it being the largest funeral seen in Piedmont for years. 
Besides his widow, he leaves a mother and Miss May and John Murphy 
of Cumberland, who is one of the oldest engineers on the W. Va. 
railroad, Jerry, who stays at home with his mother and sister 
Maggie."


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