Newaygo-Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Murphy, William L. 
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WILLIAM L. MURPHY, farmer, section 9, Big Prairie Township was born in 
Hastings Co., Canada West, and is 

the son of William and Betsy (O'Bryan) Murphy.  The father was born in 
Ireland, 12 miles from the city of 

Dublin, about the year 1800.  The mother was born at Hastings about 1820.  
They were the parents of three 

children, of whom Mr. Murphy of this sketch is the eldest.

He came to Michigan in the fall of 1865, first stopping at Grand Rapids, and 
until the year 1874 was 

exclusively occupied in lumbering, plying his vocation the entire length of 
the Big Muskegon River.  He 

resided nine years at Big Rapids.  In 1874 he purchased his farm of 120 acres 
on which he has since 

resided and has 80 acres under cultivation, with good buildings and 
improvements.  He is a Democrat in 

political principles.

Mr. Murphy was married Sept. 2, 1867, to Mrs. Loretta (Haight) Doyle.  One 
daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, was 

born of their marriage Nov. 8, 1868, and died Oct. 31, 1878.

Mrs. Murphy is the daughter of Hiram and Sarah (Swaine) Haight, and was born 
Oct. 15, 1832, in Bradford 

Co., Pa.  She was married March 13, 1854, to William Doyle.  He was born of 
Irish parentage March 13, 

1829, in Canada.  He became a citizen of the United States and accepted the 
responsibilities of his 

adopted nationality by enlisting in defense of its imperiled flag.  He 
enrolled Aug. 10, 1862, in Co. K, 

Third Mich. Vol. Inf, was wounded at Fredricksburg May 2, 1863, and died Oct. 
15, 1863, in Lincoln 

Hospital, Washington, from the consequence of his injury.  Mr. and Mrs. Doyle 
became the parents of six 

children, three of whom are living, as follows:  William Edwin, Lillie Loretta 
and Stephen Douglas.  Mrs. 

Murphy's mother was born Nov. 8, 1804, in Plymouth, Chenango Co., N.Y., and 
died March 18, 1877.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait and Biographical Album of Newaygo Co.


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