Robertson County TN Archives Biographies.....Murphey, Samuel O. 1872 - 
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Author: Will T. Hale

   CAPT. SAMUEL O. MURPHEY. An active, wide-awake journalist, S. O. Murphey,

editor and publisher of the Springfield Herald, is devoting his time and

energies to make his paper bright and readable, and above all, clean and

reliable. A son of Robert H. Murphey, he was born January 5, 1872, in

Springfield, which has always been his home. He comes of pioneer stock, his

paternal grandfather, George Murphey, having migrated from Virginia to Tennessee

at an early day. Settling in Robertson county, he took up land from the

government, and was there resident during the remainder of his life.



   Robert H. Murphey was a life-long resident of Robertson county, his birth

occurring in 1814, and his death in 1881. Soon after the breaking out of the

Civil war he offered his services to the Confederate government, enlisting in

the Thirtieth Tennessee Regiment, of which he was subsequently commissioned

lieutenant colonel, and fought most valiantly in many engagements of importance.

Captured at the siege of Fort Donelson, he was imprisoned for a year, and his

health became so seriously impaired that his army service was afterwards very

limited. Returning home, he resumed his duties as county clerk of Robertson

county, to which he had been previously chosen, and served in that position for

thirty consecutive years. During his earlier life he was identified with the

Whig party, but after the close of the Civil war he became one of the

influential members of the Democratic party. Prominent in Masonic circles, he

was a member of Western Star Lodge No. 9, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of

Masons. Religiously he belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, South, while

his wife was a member of the Christian church.



   The maiden name of the wife of Robert H. Murphey was Ann E. Braden. She was

born in Springfield, Tennessee, in 1840, and died in the same city August 22,

1910. She was of New England ancestry, her father, D. P. Braden, having come

from there to Robertson county, Tennessee, when a young man, and settling in

Springfield, where he served as the first postmaster, and where he gained

prominence in fraternal circles, at the time of his death having been the oldest

Mason in the state. To R. H. Murphey and wife six children were born, as

follows: Cora A., wife of R E. Polk, of Hampton Station; Lizzie M., wife of W.

I. Sadler, of Robertson county; Minnie, wife of J. R. Posey, a banker in

Alvarado, Texas; Georgia, wife of J. T. Featherston, of Earlington, Kentucky;

Braden, of Nashville, is connected with the Nashville Banner, and S. O., with

whom this sketch is chiefly concerned.



   Having received his educational training in the city schools of Springfield,

S. O. Murphey entered a publishing office, where he mastered the mechanical

details of the printer's trade, and acquired a genuine love for journalism. In

1895 he established the Springfield Leader, now the Robertson County News, which

he managed successfully until the breaking out of the Spanish-American war, in

1898. Enlisting then in Company K, First Tennessee Regiment, he served as

captain of the company until honorably discharged after two years' duty, one of

which was in the Philippine Islands, rendering excellent service as a gallant

soldier. Buying the Springfield Herald in 1902, Captain Murphey has met with

eminent success as its editor and manager, the circulation of the paper, which

upholds the principles of the Democratic party, having largely increased, its

list of subscribers containing upwards of two thousand names. In connection with

his newspaper work, Captain Murphey also does job printing, his patronage in

that line being extensive.



   Mr. Murphey married, December 6, 1892, Miss Annie Allen, a daughter of

William Allen, who was born in Wilson county, Tennessee, but for the past thirty

years has been engaged in the mercantile business at Springfield. Mr. and Mrs.

Murphey are the parents of three children, namely: Allene B.; S. O., Jr.; and

Anne Braden. Politically Captain Murphey is a steadfast Democrat, active in

party ranks. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order

of Masons, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously he belongs

to the Christian church.



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