OBIT: John MURPHY, 1915, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm DEATHS OF A DAY JOHN MURPHY John Murphy, an aged and respected resident of the Second ward and for some years sexton at St. Mark's Roman Catholic church, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cecilia Burke, 823 Crawford avenue, of diseases incident to old age. He was sick but a few hours. Deceased was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in June, 1827, being aged 89 years. He came to America in 1853 and first located in Cambria county where he followed farming for a time. He then came to this city and had since resided here. He was for some years in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad company and for ten years had been sexton at St. Mark's church. He was a member of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic church and by those who shared his acquaintance was respected and esteemed. His wife preceded him to the grave in September, 1903, and he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Cecelia Burke, Mrs. Catherine Clark and Mrs. Thomas E. Kearns, of this city, and one son, James Murphy, of Harrisburg. The funeral will leave the house at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning and proceed to Mount Carmel church where mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock. Interment will be made in St. John's cemetery. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, June 1, 1915, page 16 1900 United States Federal Census Name: John Murphy Age: 71 Birth Date: 1829 Birthplace: Ireland Home in 1900: Altoona Ward 2, Blair, Pennsylvania Ward of City: Second Street: Crawford Avenue House Number: 823 Sheet Number: 13 Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 48 Family Number: 277 Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1852 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital status: Married Spouse's name: Mary Murphy Marriage Year: 1851 Father's Birthplace: Ireland Mother's Birthplace: Ireland Years in US: 48 Naturalization: Na Can Read: No Can Write: No Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: O Home Free or Mortgaged: F Farm or House: H John Murphy 71 Mary Murphy 78 Cecelia Burke 40 Mary Burke 6 Cecelia Burke 3