Walter Powers Murphy and Rebecca Srader

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Husband Walter Powers Murphy ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 19 Jul 1841 - Murphy Island, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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         Father: Benjamin Murphy (1805/1815-1889) 1 4 5
         Mother: Jane Green (      -      ) 1 4 5

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       Marriage: Dec 1862 3

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Wife Rebecca Srader ³

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           Born: 1840 - Armstrong Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1906 - Ridgway, Elk Co, PA 3
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         Father: Andrew Srader (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Neff (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Samuel Murphy ³

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           Born: 20 Apr 1870 - Freeport, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Daisy Kime (      -      ) 3

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2 F Elizabeth Murphy ³

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3 F Kathryn Murphy ³

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General Notes: Husband - Walter Powers Murphy

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He was educated in the public schools, and grew to youthful manhood on the home farm. At age of sixteen years he began learning the carpenter's trade, working in Butler, Armstrong, and Allegheny counties. At the age of nineteen years he had completed his years of apprenticeship and had acquired so thorough a knowledge of the business that he at once began contracting in the before mentioned counties, continuing until 1862. He then located at Freeport, Pennsylvania, continuing as contractor and builder four years. He then operated a planing mill, manufacturing sash, doors and blinds at Freeport until 1884. In that year he moved to Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania, forming a partnership with J. S. Hyde & Son, under the firm name Hyde, Murphy & Company. They continued under that style and title until 1901, when they incorporated as The Hyde Murphy Company. This company was one of the largest of its kind, manufacturing bank and office fixtures, cabinet trimmed hardwood mantles, stairs, panel wood grilles, veneered doors and hardwood inside finish. They were also jobbers of plate window and art glass. They had a branch office in New York City and shipped their product to all the principal points in the United States.
He was a Republican in politics, and in 1906 was appointed by Governor Stuart associate judge of Elk County. He was a member of the Masonic order and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 815.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 855.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 463.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 462.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 854.