Francis Parnell Murphy (1877 - 1958)

Born 16 Aug 1877 in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Husband of Mae Belle (Herrick) Murphy — married 25 Jun 1902 in Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States

Died 19 Dec 1958 at age 81 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Preceded by 63rd Governor Styles Bridges

Francis P. Murphy 64th Governor of New Hampshire 1937-1941

Succeeded by 65th Governor Robert O. Blood

Biography

Francis Murphy is Notable.

Francis Parnell Murphy was born 16 Aug 1877 at Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.^[1] He was the son of Patrick Murphy and Ellen Lambert. Francis P. Murphy died 19 Dec 1958 at his home in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.^[2]

Francis P. Murphy married 25 June 1902 at Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire to Mae Belle Herrick.^[3] She was the daughter of Timothy Herrick and Mary Maria Hobin.

Children of Francis P. Murphy & Mae Belle Herrick:

1. Madeline Gertrude Murphy, born 2 February 1903 Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; died 1977; married Edward F. O'Brien
2. Walter Wyman Murphy, b 4 November 1907, Newport NH; died 1939 in an automobile accident.
3. Kathryn/Katherine Murphy, born 6 March 1911 Newport NH, died Oct 1991; married John Walden Bryant
4. Eleanor Mae Murphy, b 7 November 1916 Newport NH; died 1979 Nashua NH; married Donald Walter Erion
5. Francis P. Murphy Jr., b. 31 March 1919 Newport NH; died 1973 Florida

Education

He completed high school level classes in the local schools of Winchester New Hampshire and Hudson, Massachusetts. He held honorary degrees from Boston College, Dartmouth College (Hanover NH), St. Anselm College (Goffstown, NH) and the University of New Hampshire.

Occupation(s)

Politician, Shoe manufacturer, Television station owner (founder of WMUR-TV). From farm work to employed at the Child-Chamberlin Shoe Company in Hudson, Massachusetts after finishing high school. In 1898, at age 21, after the Hudson shoe factory burned down, he was sent to their Newport, New Hampshire factory to supervise the packing department. In 1902 that company was bought out by the W.H. McElwain shoe company. When WWI ended, the company merged with the International Shoe Company, when he became general superintendent of the company. In 1921 that company merged and grew into the J.F. McElwain Shoe Company. and he became part owner, with the factory moving to Nashua, New Hampshire where it grew and flourished, making Francis P. Murphy a wealthy man.

Interests

Enthusiastic about baseball, he is credited with building up the local Newport Polar Bears baseball team. He became president of the Twin-State League (Vermont vs New Hampshire). During World War I he is credited with helping to solve an electric energy problem in his area, using local water power.

Politics and Civic Activities

Republican, later Democrat. Governor of NH, 1936-40; NH Executive Councilor. His first elected position was that of the Newport School Board, notable the he was the first Catholic to do so.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM7-6BSL : 10 February 2023), Francis P Murphy.
2. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM7-6BSL : 10 February 2023), Francis P Murphy.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL8G-HPC : 1 August 2022), Francis P. Murphy and Mae B. Herrick, 1902.

• Biography. "Guard, Samuel R., 1889-, and Lloyd Graham. Francis Parnell Murphy, Governor of New Hampshire: Biography of an American. East Aurora, N.Y.: The Roycroft shops, 1940. At HathiTrust. (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059452501&seq=15)
• Birth and Death. "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM7-6BSL : 10 February 2023), Francis P Murphy.
• Marriage. "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL8G-HPC : 1 August 2022), Francis P. Murphy and Mae B. Herrick, 1902.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YJ-57H : Fri Aug 04 15:26:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Francis Murphy, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH8P-8H6 : Wed Jul 26 01:34:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Francis P Murphy and Mae B Murphy, 1920.

Also SEE:

• Find A Grave Memorial# 10949776
• Francis P. Murphy on Wikipedia