- JAMES D. MURPHY, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Footville; born March
27, 1833, in County Cork,
- Ireland; came to America in March, 1853, and located in Orange
Co., N.Y., where he worked at various occupations; came to Wisconsin
in 1856, and settled in Plymouth Township, buying his farm of
100 acres; built his present homestead in 1876; he raises corn,
oats, potatoes, horses, cows, hogs and poultry. Married Miss
Ellen COLLINS, of Plymouth Township, Jan. 27, 1856; had eleven
children - John, born Nov. 27, 1856 (died Oct. 12, 1861); Mary,
born Jan. 3, 1858; William, April 10, 1859; John, Dec. 23, 1860;
Honora, Feb. 20, 1862; James, Oct. 20, 1863; Ellen, March 20,
1865; Julia, Oct. 20, 1866; Michael, Feb. 20, 1868; Dennis, June
10, 1869; Richard, April 28, 1871. The family are members of
the Catholic Church.
-
- Taken from "History of Rock County, Wis.," (c)1879,
p. 875.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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