Bio of MURPHY, Dr. Ignatius J. (b.1884), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 531
IGNATIUS J. MURPHY, M. D.
The medical profession of Minneapolis numbers among its representative members
Dr. Ignatius J. Murphy, who is engaged in active practice and is operating
radium, X-ray and clinical laboratories. He was born in Victor, Iowa, on the 1st
of February, 1884, a son of Francis and Mary (O'Connor) Murphy. Francis Murphy
'was born in Cleveland, Ohio, has engaged in farming for many years, and is
active and enjoying the best of health at the age of seventy. His wife was a
daughter of John O'Connor, who lost his life in an accident at the age of fifty.
The O'Connors originally resided in Rutland, Vermont.
In the acquirement of his early education Ignatius J. Murphy attended the public
schools of Sioux Valley, Iowa, and completed his grade school education at Heron
Lake, Jackson county, Minnesota. He attended high school at Lakefield and
enrolled in the University of Minnesota in 1903. There he took both an academic
and medical course and was graduated with the degrees of A. B. and M. D. in
1909. He took a seven-years course in six years and graduated with honors. After
receiving his degree he spent one year in St. Barnabas Hospital here and one
year in the City Hospital. He then went to Duluth, where he practiced from 1911
to 1915. In the latter year he was appointed executive secretary by the board of
directors of the Minnesota Public Health Association, which position he held
from 1915 to 1918. In 1918 he entered Harvard for a year's postgraduate work. In
1919 he opened his present office in the Besse building, where in addition to
his general practice, he operates radium, X-ray and clinical laboratories.
Dr. Murphy holds to the highest of professional ethics and enjoys the confidence
and esteem of his professional brethren, and an extensive patronage is accorded
him. Dr. Murphy is the majority stockholder in the Murphy Radium Service, which
has a capital of two hundred thousand dollars.
Prior to the World war the Doctor was a member of the National Guards Health
Corps, and upon the entrance of the United States into the war he received a
commission in the Medical Corps and served until the signing of the armistice.
Since attaining his majority Dr. Murphy has followed an independent course in
politics, giving his support to the man he thinks best fitted for the office
without regard for party principles. His religious faith is that of the Catholic
church and fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Columbus. The Doctor
finds recreation in outdoor sports, plays a fine game of golf and is an
excellent swimmer.