BIO:  T. Z. H. Murphy, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 125

T. Z. H. MURPHY, born in Chanceford Township, February 9, 1840, is a son of 
George and Rebecca (Hughs) Murphy, natives respectively of York County, Penn., 
and Hartford County, Md.  He entered his father’s store as clerk at the age of 
seventeen, and remained eleven years; at the age of twenty-eight formed a 
partnership with Robert Reed, and opened a store at Collinsville; bought his 
partner’s interest in that store, and continued the business at that place until 
1872; in 1875 went into business at Woodbine, his present location, dealing in 
general merchandise, grain, coal, fertilizers, etc.; has been postmaster at 
Woodbine since 1878; is a school director in Lower Chanceford Township, and a 
trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Chanceford Township; was married June 29, 
1868, to Margery McVey, daughter of Henry McVey, of Lancaster County, and they 
have seven children:  Eugene, Harry, William, Hughs, Charley, Elizabeth and 
Margery.