Missouri Family Group Sheet for the Cornelius MURPHY Family
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Submitted by: Laura McBride
Email address: laura049@centurytel.net
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Husband: Cornelius MURPHY
Birth date: abt 1820
Birthplace: County Cork Ireland
Death date: 1881
Place of death: Rolla, Mo
Burial: Rolla Cemetery, Murphy Plot
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Marriage date: abt 1857
Marriage place: Possibly Illinois
Wife: Margaret HARTNETT
Birth date: abt 1830
Birthplace: Ireland
Death date: Oct. 2, 1895
Place of death: St. Louis, Mo
Burial: Rolla Cemetery, Murphy Plot
Father: John HARTNETT
Mother: Ellen CASHMAN
Note: Margaret married again to James J. Horgan on Nov. 1, 1883, after Cornelius
died.
Death notice found in the "Rolla Herald" : October 10, 1895, (MRS. JOHN HORGAN,
AKA. MRS. CORNELIUS MURPHY) died on Wednesday, October 2, 1895, in St. Louis,
Mrs. John Horgan, better known in Rolla as Mrs. Cornelius Murphy, aged about 64
years. Two years ago she was injured from a fall while in St. Louis from the
effects of which she never recovered. Mrs. Horgan came to Rolla with her first
husband in 1859, and until a few years ago lived on a farm on the Licking road
four miles south of town. Four children are left to mourn her death, Daniel and
Edward Murphy, Miss Maggie Murphy, and Mrs. Johanna Wallace of St. Louis. The
remains were brought to Rolla thursday and after services at the Catholic Church
by Rev. Father O'Laughlin, were placed at rest in the family lot in the Rolla
Cemetary.
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CHILDREN
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Child No. 1: Margaret MURPHY
Sex: F
Birth date: abt 1858
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: Before 1860
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:
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Child No. 2: Mary MURPHY
Sex: F
Birth date: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: Before 1895
Place of death: Rolla, Mo.
Burial: Most likely the family plot in Rolla Cemetery
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Child No. 3: Daniel MURPHY
Sex: M
Birth date: January 10, 1859
Birthplace: Rolla, Missouri
Death date: Nov. 29, 1919
Place of death: St. Louis, Mo.
Burial: December 2, 1919
Marriage date: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Lula Boothe
Note: According to Daniels death certificate, his place of residence at the time
of his death was Lincoln, Arkansas, where he had lived less than 6 months.
However, the disease that he contracted, which contributed to his death, was
contracted in Oklahoma.
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Child No. 4: Thomas MURPHY
Sex: M
Birth date: Jan 23, 1863
Birthplace: Rolla, Mo
Death date: Before 1866
Place of death: Rolla, Mo
Burial: Most likely in the Murphy Plot in Rolla Cemetery
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Child No. 5: Cornelius MURPHY
Sex: M
Birth date: July 22, 1864
Birthplace: Rolla, Mo
Death date: Before 1885
Place of death: Rolla, Mo.
Burial: Most likely in the Murphy family plot in Rolla Cemetery
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Child No. 6: Thomas MURPHY
Sex: M
Birth date: May 31, 1866
Birthplace: Rolla, Mo.
Death date: Before 1895
Place of death:
Burial: Most likely the Murphy family plot in Rolla Cemetery
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Child No. 7: Johanna MURPHY
Sex: F
Birth date: March 31, 1868
Birthplace: Rolla, Mo.
Death date: Before 1877
Place of death: Rolla, Mo
Burial: Most likely the Murpgy family plot in Rolla Cemetery
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Child No. 8: Margaret MURPHY
Sex: F
Birth date: January 1870
Birthplace: Rolla, Mo
Death date: Before 1874
Place of death: Rolla, Mo
Burial: Most likely the Murphy family plot in Rolla Cemetery
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Child No. 9: Edward MURPHY
Sex: M
Birth date: June 17, 1871
Birthplace: Rolla, Mo.
Death date: after 1920
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 1910
Marriage place: St. Louis, Mo.
Spouse's name: Therese K.Grieser
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Child No. 10: Margaret MURPHY
Sex: F
Birth date: 1874
Birthplace: Rolla, Mo
Death date: June 10,1931
Place of death: St. Louis, Mo.
Burial: June 12, 1931
Burial Place: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: ? She was married and is listed as a widow on her death
certificate, but her last name is still Murphy.
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Child No. 11: Johanna MURPHY
Sex: F
Birth date: 1877
Birthplace: Rolla, Mo
Death date: September 4, 1948
Place of death: St. Louis, Mo
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Marriage date: January 19, 1895
Marriage place: St. Patricks Church, Rolla, Mo.
Spouse's name: Thomas Francis Wallace
Children: Aline Frances Wallace, born Feb. 26, 1897, and Thomas Joseph Wallace,
born Oct. 26, 1898. Both were born in St. Louis, Mo.
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Documentation: Burial information: Rolla Cemetery and the "Rolla Herald". Birth
dates: St. Patricks Catholic Church in Rolla, MO, death certificates and census
information. .