Biographical Sketch of John B. Murphy, Johnson County, Missouri, Montserrat Township. >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** John B. Murphy was born February 4, 1854, in New York City. He is a son of John Murphy, Sr., and Eliza (Shinn) Murphy, both of whom were natives of Cork county, Ireland. John Murphy emigrated from Ireland in 1848. He was born in 1823. Mr. Murphy came to the United States, where he settled after many years in Missouri, landing first in Boston and from that city going to New York about 1851, where he resided for nearly three years following his trade of stonemason, thence to Chicago where he remained one year and from that metropolis to Jefferson City, Missouri. Mr. Murphy remained in Jefferson City two years and then re- sided in Syracuse a brief time and in Knob Noster, whence he came to Warrensburg in the spring of 1860, where his home was located next door to the residence of Senator Francis M. Cockrell. Eliza (Shinn) Murphy and John Murphy, Sr., were reared in the same district in the old coun- try and were friends in childhood. They were separated in youth and then met again in America. The Shinn family emigrated from Ireland in 1847 and located in New York, where the daughter was married in 1852 to Mr. Murphy. To John Murphy, Sr., and Eliza Murphy were born the foll- owing children: John B., of this review; Thomas, deceased; Mrs. Eliza- beth Sheedy, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Hannah Mannias, Warrensburg, Missouri; Richard, Portland, Oregon; Dan, Kansas City, Missouri; and Kate, deceased. Until the time of the outbreak of the Civil War, John Murphy, Sr., was engaged in the work of stone masonry. He enlisted in the war, serving throughout the conflict with the First Missouri Infan- try. He took a prominent part in a number of the chief engagements of the war and was mustered out and honorably discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas. After the war, he returned to Missouri and lived in Warrens- burg until 1868, when he moved on a farm of 130 acres of land, where he spent the rest of his life raising cattle, horses, hogs and sheep. He was justice of the peace at the time of his death in 1904, which office he had held for many years. John Murphy, Sr., was a genial, kindheart- ed, industrious citizen, a man of many sterling qualities, who possess- ed countless friends wherever he made his home. In 1908, John B. Murphy and Katie B. Bare were united in marriage. Katie B. (Bare) Murphy was born in 1871 in Gentry county, Missouri, near Albany. Both Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are members of the Catholic church and fine, up- right, Christian people. They are enrolled among the county's good citizens and best families. Mr. Murphy is a member of the Knights and Ladies of Security. The Murphy place comprises 180 acres of land ten miles southeast of Warrensburg in Montserrat township. Mr. Murphy is devoting most of his attention to stock raising, having at the time of this writing, in 1917, nearly 40 head of fine grade Hereford cattle, part of the herd being pure-bred, and five head of splendid horses. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================