Polk County, Missouri Biographies - D. A. MURPHY
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri  1889, published by Goodspeed, Pg. 683
Polk County Biographies Section

    D. A. Murphy, ex-assessor of Polk County, Mo., was born in
Greene County, of the same State, in 1859, and is the son of D. R.
and Lucy A. (Gore) Murphy.  The father was born in Knox County, 
Tenn., November 24, 1802, and grew to manhood in that State.  
He was married there, and reared a large family of children.  
He emigrated to Missouri in 1839, locating in Cedar County, where
he lost his first wife.  He was then married to Mrs. Lucy A. 
(Gore) Allen, who was the mother of four children by Mr. Allan.  
By her second marriage she became the mother of five children, 
D. A. Murphy being second in order of birth.  Mrs. Murphy is 
still living, and resides near Fowler City, Kan., with her 
youngest son.  D. R. Murphy was a minister in the Missionary 
Baptist Church, was one of the pioneer preachers of the county, 
was a Union man during the late way, and at that time served as 
chaplain in the Federal army.  He died August 28, 1875.  The 
paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland, and was an officer 
in the Revolutionary War.  He died in Polk County at an advanced 
age.  D. A. Murphy has been a resident of Polk County since the 
spring of 1869, when his father moved to Humansville.  During 
the early days he received a common school education, and later 
engaged as clerk in the mercantile establishment of Barnett & 
Paxton, and remained with the firm seven years.  He then embarked 
in the boot and shoe business for himself, and followed the same 
for three years, and, subsequently, was nominated for assessor on 
the Republican ticket in 1886, and was elected.  In order to 
attend to his office, he closed out his boot and shoe business 
in the spring of 1887, and has since devoted himself to duties 
of assessing.  He received the nomination for this position 
without seeking it.  He was married to Miss Emma Barnett, 
December 23, 1883, and the fruits of this union are two children:
Leslie B. and Bessie Lee.  Mr. Murphy is a Republican, as could 
have been guessed with out adding this, by the above statements.  
He is a member of Modern Lodge No. 144, A.F. & A.M.; also of 
Bolivar Royal Arch Chapter No. 5.
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