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Raymond George Murphy

Birth	:	28 Jul 1896
Death	:	21 May 1917
Burial	:	High Prairie Cemetery, Leavenworth County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2724991, -95.0168991
Plot	:	Section 7, Row 5
Inscription	:	CI 262 5th Aero Sqd SC
Description	:	BIO: Son of Alpheus and Clara Murphy; born in 1897 (date and month not given). Occupation: Farmer. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army on April 17, 1917 at Rochester, Indiana. Sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio; transferred to Fort Sam Houston, Texas; assigned to 3rd Aero Squadron, Signal Corps. Transferred to 5th Aero Squadron. Died of spinal meningitis on May 21, 1917 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester, Indiana. BIO Provided by: Friends of Falls Cemetery ----- Published in The Rochester Sentinel Monday, May 21, 1917 Raymond MURPHY, 20, a graduate of the Rochester high school, class 16, son... Read More	BIO: Son of Alpheus and Clara Murphy; born in 1897 (date and month not given). Occupation: Farmer. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army on April 17, 1917 at Rochester, Indiana. Sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio; transferred to Fort Sam Houston, Texas; assigned to 3rd Aero Squadron, Signal Corps. Transferred to 5th Aero Squadron. Died of spinal meningitis on May 21, 1917 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester, Indiana. BIO Provided by: Friends of Falls Cemetery ----- Published in The Rochester Sentinel Monday, May 21, 1917 Raymond MURPHY, 20, a graduate of the Rochester high school, class 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus MURPHY who live three miles northeast of Rochester, died at the army hospital at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, Monday morning. He had enlisted in the army here April 5th. The parents are prostrated. They had barely finished reading a letter from Raymond Monday morning in which he said that he was getting along fine when they received the following telegram: "Raymond Murphy died here this morning. Shall we ship the body home or have it buried in the National cemetery?" The body will be shipped to Rochester at once. Arrangements are being made by local citizens for a public funeral service in Rochester when the Citizens band will be asked to march as well as the members of the G.A.R. The lad is Rochester's first contribution to the great war. The local recruting officer said that he might have been killed in a fall from an aeroplane as he enlisted in the aviation corps. While in school here young Murphy was active on the track team and in basket ball. He leaves a father and mother, four brothers and four sisters. ----- Published in The Rochester Sentinel Tuesday, May 22, 1917 Raymond MURPHY, young Rochester soldier who died at Ft. Sam Houston Texas, Monday, will be given a semi-military funeral here, under the direction of the city and county officials. The family Tuesday morning left all arrangements to Mayor BRINKMAN who has appointed the following men to look after details: Superintendent A. L. WHITMER, school children; Rev. A. S. WARRINER, Boy Scouts and Recruiting Officer RICHARDSON and Bernard CLAYTON, order of procession. Persons who can furnish automobiles are requested to notify Mayor Brinkman or Bernard Clayton. Contributions of flowers are also sought. The funeral will be held at the Evangelical church, probably Sunday afternoon, but if the body arrives Wednesday, the services may be conducted Friday. No further details concerning the cause of death have been learned but a detail of soldiers will probably accompany the body. A number of Rochester members of the national guard will march as well as city and county officials and Boy Scouts will act as pall bearers. As Raymond Murphy is the first Rochester lad to die with the colors, Mayor Brinkman has issued a proclamation asking all stores to close during the funeral if held Friday, and requesting all flags half masted. McClung Post, G.A.R. Tuesday agreed to attend the funeral in a body. SOURCE: Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1917 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh

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Latitude: 39.2724991
Longitude: -95.0168991

Family Members:

Parent

Alpheus Murphy

(1855 - 1939)

Clara Ralston Murphy

(1862 - 1933)

Siblings

Emma Gertrude Murphy Beck

(1883 - 1965)

Elba May Murphy Hall

(1886 - 1949)

Jesse Fred Murphy

(1887 - 1959)

Benjamin Harrison “Ben” Murphy

(1888 - 1968)

Russell Dewey Murphy

(1898 - 1959)

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