Bio for MURPHY, Ichabod (b.1841), Wright Co., MN

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414 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 



Ichabod Murphy, a prominent and substantial farmer residing in section 1,

Watertown township, Carver county, this state, has long been associated 

with the early pioneers of Wright county, among whom his father was one 

of the earliest. He was born in Decatur county, Indiana, August 10, 1841, 

son of James and Hannah (Palmeter) Murphy, who brought him to Minnesota 

in 1856. He was reared to manhood in a log cabin in Franklin township, and 

as a youth experienced all the privations of pioneer life. He attended a 

log schoolhouse and learned agricultural pursuits from his father. Even as 

a boy he took a deep interest in live stock, and beginning at an early age 

he has been an extensive dealer. In 1871 he secured a part of his present 

farm by purchasing 134 acres. No buildings had been erected thereon and 

only a few acres had been cleared. He erected comfortable buildings, 

developed the land and was very successful in his operations. The house 

that he built has been covered with pebble dash, its interior has been

remodeled and renovated, and it is now a model home in every particular. 

Mr. Murphy has added to his original tract until he now has 340 acres of 

rich land, well cultivated. He is one of the heavy patrons of the Lindale 

Creamery Association and has been very successful, both as a dairyman and 

as a raiser of good stock and diversified crops. Mr. Murphy is a member of 

Watertown lodge, No. 50, A.F.&A.M. Mr. Murphy is an honored veteran of the 

Civil War. September 23, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, First Regiment 

Mounted Rangers, and served in the Northwest against the Indians for some 

thirteen months. In June, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, Eleventh 

Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, was sent south to Kentucky and Tennessee and 

served some eleven months. Ichabod Murphy was married in April, 1870, at 

Minne-



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apolis, to Rhoda Stewart, born in Ohio, June 16, 1843, daughter of Calvin 

and Delana (Whelpely) Stewart.  Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have six children:  

James, born August 22, 1872; Ira, born November 4, 1874; Hannah, born 

December 15, 1876; Maude, born August 23, 1879; Richard, born August 18, 

1881, and Viola, born September 22, 1883.

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