J. T. Murphy Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Bloomington, Biographical Sketches, Page 950

J. T. MURPHY, Sec. 21; P. O. Bloomington; owns 200 acres of land, valued at $45 
per acre; born in Indiana in 1818; came to Wisconsin in 1835, and settled in 
this county in 1845. He located on this farm, and married Sarah Cantrell, a 
native of Indiana. They have four children - Frank, Warren, Virgil and Dora. Mr. 
Murphy has been Chairman of the Town Board, and also Town Treasurer.