Peter Murphy (1818 - 1885)

Born 1818 in County Wexford, Ireland

Husband of Lavinia (O' Harra) Murphy — married 12 Jun 1850 in Vernon Township, van Buren County, Iowa

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1885 at about age 67 in Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

Biography

Eloped to Van Buren county early 1850 with Louvina O'harra and married June 12, 1850.

Marriage: married in home of Absolom Robinson and mother Susan Hawk

Date: June 12, 1850

Place: Vernon township, Van Buren county, Iowa^[1][2]

Listed as head of household in 1856 Iowa census for Monroe county.

Burial at St. Patricks Cemetery in Georgetown, Guilford township, Monroe county, Iowa.

Listed in 1863 militia roll as 44 year old farmer.

• Fact: Residence (1860) Guillford Township, Monroe, Iowa, United States^[3]
• Fact: Residence (1870) Guilford Township, Monroe, Iowa, United States^[4]
• Fact: Residence (1880) Guilford, Monroe, Iowa, United States^[5]
• Fact: Burial (1885) Georgetown, Monroe, Iowa, United States of America^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2123918778
2. ↑ Source: #S-2123918779
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M821-YK4 : 19 March 2020), Peter Murphey, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVG-PCF : 18 March 2020), Peter Merphy, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL7-XJR : 7 September 2017), Peter Murphy, Guilford, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 137, sheet 157D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,357.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL4-8LSD : 13 December 2015), peter murphy, 1885; Burial, Georgetown, Monroe, Iowa, United States of America, Saint Patricks Cemetery; citing record ID 89744714, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 May 2020, 18:47), entry for Peter Murphy(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LQ5B-ZJB); contributed by various users.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ4R-2LD : 4 November 2017), Peter Murphey and Louvina O'Harra, 13 Jun 1850, Vernon Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 967,640.
• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-W1MY : 8 November 2017), Peter Murphy in entry for Mary Ellen Cotter, 17 Mar 1929, Albia, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #681635, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784577.

• Source: S-2123918778 Title: iowa marriages, early to 1850
• Source: S-2123918779 Note: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Murphy-2986 created through the import of nicholson.ged on Nov 16, 2012 by Jimmy Nicholson.’