Hickory County, Missouri Biographies--Alexander Murphy

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 601, 602

Alexander Murphy, county school commissioner of Hickory County, Mo., was born 
in Randolph County, Ind., in 1849, being a son of Alexander and Eliza (Quigg) 
Murphy, both of whom were born in the "Keystone State."   The father first 
removed from his native State to Ohio, thence to Indiana, his time being spent 
in following mechanical pursuits.  His death occurred when his son Alexander 
was a small lad, and his widow still survives him, and resides in Hickory 
County, Mo., with our subject.  The latter is the youngest of the family, and 
has been a resident of Missouri since his early boyhood, and has always had 
the welfare of his county at heart.  His rudimentary education was obtained 
in the common schools, and this he supplemented by a course in the graded 
schools of Urbana and Weaubleau, obtaining thereby an excellent education.  
He then began teaching in the public schools of Hickory and adjoining counties, 
continuing this occupation for twenty years, and is one of the most successful 
and popular educators of the county.  In 1879 he was elected to his present 
position, re-elected in 1881, and again re-elected in 1889, being a candidate 
of the Republican party, of which he has long been a member.  He has taken 
great interest in improving and raising the standard of schools, and in this 
respect great progress has been made since his first election.  He has been 
quite successful in the accumulation of this world's goods, and is the owner 
of 120 acres of good land in the county.

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