File contributed for use on USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Heritage Page by Beth Rengers Talken, 1 November 1998.  Link change or update: 1 Nov 1998

Obituary for Nicholas Murphy (1818-?)
No. 100 - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.

Nicholas W. MURPHY, brother of Felix G. MURPHY, Sr., of this place, died at his home at Princeton, Minn., last month. Mr. MURPHY was acquainted in Moab, having visited with his brother about seven years ago. The Princeton Union says:

"Nicholas W. MURPHY, one of the most amiable old gentlemen who ever lived to make this world better by his presence, passed peacefully away at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac MARTIN, in this village on Sunday evening last, April 13. Mr. MURPHY had been ailing for some time, more in consequence of a fractured leg, which he sustained before coming to Princeton, than from his advanced age, although at the time of his death he had reached his ninety-fifth milestone on his life's journey.

"He came of sturdy Kentucky stock, having first seen the light of day in that state in 1818. He was married in Wisconsin in 1845 to Marie FERREL and came to Minnesota in 1856, settling near Plainview. In May, 1912, he and his wife came to Princeton to pass their declining years with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac MARTIN, where Mrs. MURPHY, now 85 years of age, is still cared for by loving hands. A large family were born to this good old couple and there are 105 persons living today who reverently call them either father and mother or grandfather and grandmother."

Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection":  Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO.  She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records. 

File contributed for use on USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Heritage Page by Beth Rengers Talken, 1 November 1998.  Link change or update: 1 Nov 1998

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