Capt. James P. Murphy

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Husband Capt. James P. Murphy ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Sep 1796 - Sharpsburg, PA 1
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         Father: Capt. Samuel Murphy (1756-1850) 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Powers (1766-1820) 2 3 5

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. James P. Murphy

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He was reared in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and lived at home to the age of twenty-five years, after which he be-came a river man, being employed as such, in different capacities, for twenty odd years. He piloted the first steamer of the Allegheny, in 1828. In 1850 he went overland to Califor-nia, walking the greater part of the way. He was out there about a year, upon his father's death returning home and settling on his father's farm, where he and his sisters Mar-garet and Nancy, and his brother John, all of whom like himself remained unmarried, lived together. He was killed on the Valley railroad.

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

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

3 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 402x.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 814.

5 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 815, 959.