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John V Murphy

Birth	:	10 Aug 1853
Death	:	29 Jul 1916
Burial	:	O'Neill Cemetery, O'Neill, Holt County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4634200, -98.6560600
Plot	:	Calvary
Description	:	Aug 3,1916 The Frontier DEATH OF JOHN V MURPHY Another Holt County pioneer has passed to the Great Beyond. While his passing was not in our midst his thoughts were always of the town where he met his first joys and sorrows and where he desired his body to rest when he had joined the Army of those who had passed to the Great Beyond. The subject of this sketch was born in Keenasaw Co, Mich, at the Cliff Mine on Aug 10,1853. The family resided there for several years... Read More	Aug 3,1916 The Frontier DEATH OF JOHN V MURPHY Another Holt County pioneer has passed to the Great Beyond. While his passing was not in our midst his thoughts were always of the town where he met his first joys and sorrows and where he desired his body to rest when he had joined the Army of those who had passed to the Great Beyond. The subject of this sketch was born in Keenasaw Co, Mich, at the Cliff Mine on Aug 10,1853. The family resided there for several years where his father died. After the lapse of a few years his mother was married to Patrick Murphy and they moved to this county in the spring of 1879. John Murphy was a boy at that time, as was the writer of this obituary, and our folks having come down from the same part of Michigan, as well as the same part of Ireland, we were friends from the moments we first met, although John Murphy was 6 years older than we were. The Murphy family settled upon a quarter of land four miles northeast of this city and there the family lived for many years. John Murphy figured he was never cut out for a farmer and he came to this city and entered the store of his brother-in-law, M M Sullivan, who at that time ran the largest general mercantile business in this section of the state. John’s natural ability soon won him a place and it was but a short time until he was at the head of the largest mercantile business in this section of the state. To be an employee of others, however, was not satisfactory to him, and he shortly engaged in business for himself and conducted a store in the building now occupied by Mr McManus and used as a grocery store. John was very prosperous in his business, but the hard times coming along, he imaged he could do better and he left for Utah in the dark and dreary days of 1894. He was not satisfied, however, and returned to O’Neill, where he remained for two years and then finally left for Park City, where he remained up to the time of his death. When he first went to Park City he entered the employee of the Hennessey Stores and he was in their employee for several years, but he finally accumulated enough of this world’s goods to start alone and he done so and met with marked success and at the time of his death he was head of the largest mercantile establishment in Park City. He labored for success and found it, and those of us who knew him in the days that are gone rejoice in the fact that he made himself an important factor in the town in which he elected to make his home. John Murphy and Mary Gibbons and the writer knew them both well, were united in marriage by Father Cassidy on the 26th day of Nov, 1890, and no couple ever entered the martial harness under more favorable auspices. One is gone and the other lives, and we want to remember the many fine qualities of the one that has gone, forget his faults, if he had any. As we knew him in his youth, he was a good man, he was a good husband, father , brother, friend. Peace to his ashes. John Murphy leaves to mourn his death, besides his loving wife, three sons, the majority of whom have grown to manhood and knew the loving father who had passed beyond. He was a good father, good citizen, and what man could be more. The remains were shipped to this city and the funeral was held from the Catholic Church. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery besides those of his loved children who had gone before. The pallbearers were old time friends of the deceased, men who knew him in the days of long ago, but on whom the side of time is now fastening its claws.

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John V Murphy's memorial is located at: O'Neill Cemetery, O'Neill, Holt County, USA.
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John V Murphy death on 29 Jul 1916 in
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Latitude: 42.4634200
Longitude: -98.6560600

Family Members:

Parent

Bridget Dwyer Murphy

(1839 - 1896)

Spouse

Mary G Gibbons Murphy

(1866 - 1949)

Siblings

Abbie Murphy Sullivan

(1861 - 1902)

Margaret Murphy Enright

(1880 - 1943)

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