Susan (Colby) Murphy (1810 - 1915)

Born 1810 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1915 at about age 105 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Biography

Susan (Colby) Murphy is a part of US Black heritage.

Susan (Colby) Murphy was a Marylander.

Susan was born in 1810. She passed away in 1915.

Her son, John Henry Murphy, would become the publisher of Afro American newspapers. Her grandson would be a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4C-1D9 : 22 December 2020), Susan Murphy in household of Benjamin Murphy, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M698-DXT : 11 November 2020), Susan Murphy in entry for Benjamin Murphy, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQC-MMG : 15 August 2017), Susan Murphy in household of Benjamin Murphy, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district ED 124, sheet 324D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,501.