Merchant survived by wife Lula Andrews Murphy (married 1936). He was the son of Henry H. and Sarah Jane Dawson Murphy. His first wife was Emma Florence Friend (married Jan. 26, 1894). Benjamin and Emma had five sons and four daughters. He died of myocordial changes and coronary thrombosis.
-Credit/Source: Men of West Virginia, 1903
BENJAMIN F. MURPHY, a justice of the peace, and a leading merchant of Clay Court House, West Virginia, was born July 29, 1873, at Gould, Clay County, West Virginia, and is a son of Henry H. and Sarah J. (Dawson) Murphy.
The first settler in the Elk River Valley prior to the Revolution was Patrick Murphy, our subject's great-greatgrandfather, who came with his wife from Ireland and took out a patent for 160 acres of land on Strange Creek.
Henry H. Murphy and his wife still reside at Gould, Clay County, being substantial farmers of that locality.
Mr. Murphy was born in Clay County in 1853, and 1872 married Sarah J. Dawson, who was born in 1855, a daughter of Richard H. Dawson. Their family consisted of nine sons and four daughters, viz. : Benjamin F. ; Eustace G. ; Marion ; Oscar W. ; Edison E. ; Robert Roy; Arlie F. ; Leonard Russell; Cora, who died at the age of 17 years; Glendora, at home; Virginia, at home; and Muriel, who died at the age of six years. Mr. Murphy was reared a Democrat, but has favored prohibition legislation all his life, even before it became a party issue.
Benjamin F. Murphy was educated in the common schools and spent two years at the Concord Normal School. He then began teaching, which profession he followed for 13 years in Clay County, teaching in the Clay Normal School at Clay Court House in connection with Professor Hickman, and was principal of the schools of that town for two years. He has always been a man of pronounced literary tastes and ability, and has contributed many articles to the press. His work has received special attention in the West Virginia School Journal and the magazine Popular Education, of Boston. Many of his articles have won prizes and his name is a very familiar one to students. He has also been in much demand as an educational lecturer, in institute work.
Mr. Murphy has been in active political work for a considerable period, and has been a leader in Republican ranks for some years. His first vote was cast for the late President McKinley. He has been a delegate to State conventions which met at various points and in July, 1900, at Charleston supported Horan for State Senator. In 1900 he was elected a justice of the peace for four years, and he has absorbed about all of the business in the justice line since his election, having tried 258 cases, his decisions giving universal satisfaction. He is popular with lawyers and clients alike. In addition to his duties as justice of the peace, he carries on a very successful mercantile business. In 1902 he was elected recorder for the town of Henry.
On January 11, 1892, Mr. Murphy was married to Emma F. Friend, who is a daughter of Mellville E. Friend, a native of Braxton County, who settled in Clay County some years ago. Four children have been born to this marriage, three of whom survive.
Mr. Murphy is one of the leading citizens and will probably be heard from in the councils of the State at a later period. Beside his other qualifications, he has a wide acquaintance and is universally popular personally. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is superintendent of the Sunday-school. Fraternally, he is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
-Credit/Source: Men of West Virginia, 1903
BENJAMIN F. MURPHY, a justice of the peace, and a leading merchant of Clay Court House, West Virginia, was born July 29, 1873, at Gould, Clay County, West Virginia, and is a son of Henry H. and Sarah J. (Dawson) Murphy.
The first settler in the Elk River Valley prior to the Revolution was Patrick Murphy, our subject's great-greatgrandfather, who came with his wife from Ireland and took out a patent for 160 acres of land on Strange Creek.
Henry H. Murphy and his wife still reside at Gould, Clay County, being substantial farmers of that locality.
Mr. Murphy was born in Clay County in 1853, and 1872 married Sarah J. Dawson, who was born in 1855, a daughter of Richard H. Dawson. Their family consisted of nine sons and four daughters, viz. : Benjamin F. ; Eustace G. ; Marion ; Oscar W. ; Edison E. ; Robert Roy; Arlie F. ; Leonard Russell; Cora, who died at the age of 17 years; Glendora, at home; Virginia, at home; and Muriel, who died at the age of six years. Mr. Murphy was reared a Democrat, but has favored prohibition legislation all his life, even before it became a party issue.
Benjamin F. Murphy was educated in the common schools and spent two years at the Concord Normal School. He then began teaching, which profession he followed for 13 years in Clay County, teaching in the Clay Normal School at Clay Court House in connection with Professor Hickman, and was principal of the schools of that town for two years. He has always been a man of pronounced literary tastes and ability, and has contributed many articles to the press. His work has received special attention in the West Virginia School Journal and the magazine Popular Education, of Boston. Many of his articles have won prizes and his name is a very familiar one to students. He has also been in much demand as an educational lecturer, in institute work.
Mr. Murphy has been in active political work for a considerable period, and has been a leader in Republican ranks for some years. His first vote was cast for the late President McKinley. He has been a delegate to State conventions which met at various points and in July, 1900, at Charleston supported Horan for State Senator. In 1900 he was elected a justice of the peace for four years, and he has absorbed about all of the business in the justice line since his election, having tried 258 cases, his decisions giving universal satisfaction. He is popular with lawyers and clients alike. In addition to his duties as justice of the peace, he carries on a very successful mercantile business. In 1902 he was elected recorder for the town of Henry.
On January 11, 1892, Mr. Murphy was married to Emma F. Friend, who is a daughter of Mellville E. Friend, a native of Braxton County, who settled in Clay County some years ago. Four children have been born to this marriage, three of whom survive.
Mr. Murphy is one of the leading citizens and will probably be heard from in the councils of the State at a later period. Beside his other qualifications, he has a wide acquaintance and is universally popular personally. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is superintendent of the Sunday-school. Fraternally, he is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
Merchant survived by wife Lula Andrews Murphy (married 1936). He was the son of Henry H. and Sarah Jane Dawson Murphy. His first wife was Emma Florence Friend (married Jan. 26, 1894). Benjamin and Emma had five sons and four daughters. He died of myocordial changes and coronary thrombosis.
-Credit/Source: Men of West Virginia, 1903
BENJAMIN F. MURPHY, a justice of the peace, and a leading merchant of Clay Court House, West Virginia, was born July 29, 1873, at Gould, Clay County, West Virginia, and is a son of Henry H. and Sarah J. (Dawson) Murphy.
The first settler in the Elk River Valley prior to the Revolution was Patrick Murphy, our subject's great-greatgrandfather, who came with his wife from Ireland and took out a patent for 160 acres of land on Strange Creek.
Henry H. Murphy and his wife still reside at Gould, Clay County, being substantial farmers of that locality.
Mr. Murphy was born in Clay County in 1853, and 1872 married Sarah J. Dawson, who was born in 1855, a daughter of Richard H. Dawson. Their family consisted of nine sons and four daughters, viz. : Benjamin F. ; Eustace G. ; Marion ; Oscar W. ; Edison E. ; Robert Roy; Arlie F. ; Leonard Russell; Cora, who died at the age of 17 years; Glendora, at home; Virginia, at home; and Muriel, who died at the age of six years. Mr. Murphy was reared a Democrat, but has favored prohibition legislation all his life, even before it became a party issue.
Benjamin F. Murphy was educated in the common schools and spent two years at the Concord Normal School. He then began teaching, which profession he followed for 13 years in Clay County, teaching in the Clay Normal School at Clay Court House in connection with Professor Hickman, and was principal of the schools of that town for two years. He has always been a man of pronounced literary tastes and ability, and has contributed many articles to the press. His work has received special attention in the West Virginia School Journal and the magazine Popular Education, of Boston. Many of his articles have won prizes and his name is a very familiar one to students. He has also been in much demand as an educational lecturer, in institute work.
Mr. Murphy has been in active political work for a considerable period, and has been a leader in Republican ranks for some years. His first vote was cast for the late President McKinley. He has been a delegate to State conventions which met at various points and in July, 1900, at Charleston supported Horan for State Senator. In 1900 he was elected a justice of the peace for four years, and he has absorbed about all of the business in the justice line since his election, having tried 258 cases, his decisions giving universal satisfaction. He is popular with lawyers and clients alike. In addition to his duties as justice of the peace, he carries on a very successful mercantile business. In 1902 he was elected recorder for the town of Henry.
On January 11, 1892, Mr. Murphy was married to Emma F. Friend, who is a daughter of Mellville E. Friend, a native of Braxton County, who settled in Clay County some years ago. Four children have been born to this marriage, three of whom survive.
Mr. Murphy is one of the leading citizens and will probably be heard from in the councils of the State at a later period. Beside his other qualifications, he has a wide acquaintance and is universally popular personally. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is superintendent of the Sunday-school. Fraternally, he is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
-Credit/Source: Men of West Virginia, 1903
BENJAMIN F. MURPHY, a justice of the peace, and a leading merchant of Clay Court House, West Virginia, was born July 29, 1873, at Gould, Clay County, West Virginia, and is a son of Henry H. and Sarah J. (Dawson) Murphy.
The first settler in the Elk River Valley prior to the Revolution was Patrick Murphy, our subject's great-greatgrandfather, who came with his wife from Ireland and took out a patent for 160 acres of land on Strange Creek.
Henry H. Murphy and his wife still reside at Gould, Clay County, being substantial farmers of that locality.
Mr. Murphy was born in Clay County in 1853, and 1872 married Sarah J. Dawson, who was born in 1855, a daughter of Richard H. Dawson. Their family consisted of nine sons and four daughters, viz. : Benjamin F. ; Eustace G. ; Marion ; Oscar W. ; Edison E. ; Robert Roy; Arlie F. ; Leonard Russell; Cora, who died at the age of 17 years; Glendora, at home; Virginia, at home; and Muriel, who died at the age of six years. Mr. Murphy was reared a Democrat, but has favored prohibition legislation all his life, even before it became a party issue.
Benjamin F. Murphy was educated in the common schools and spent two years at the Concord Normal School. He then began teaching, which profession he followed for 13 years in Clay County, teaching in the Clay Normal School at Clay Court House in connection with Professor Hickman, and was principal of the schools of that town for two years. He has always been a man of pronounced literary tastes and ability, and has contributed many articles to the press. His work has received special attention in the West Virginia School Journal and the magazine Popular Education, of Boston. Many of his articles have won prizes and his name is a very familiar one to students. He has also been in much demand as an educational lecturer, in institute work.
Mr. Murphy has been in active political work for a considerable period, and has been a leader in Republican ranks for some years. His first vote was cast for the late President McKinley. He has been a delegate to State conventions which met at various points and in July, 1900, at Charleston supported Horan for State Senator. In 1900 he was elected a justice of the peace for four years, and he has absorbed about all of the business in the justice line since his election, having tried 258 cases, his decisions giving universal satisfaction. He is popular with lawyers and clients alike. In addition to his duties as justice of the peace, he carries on a very successful mercantile business. In 1902 he was elected recorder for the town of Henry.
On January 11, 1892, Mr. Murphy was married to Emma F. Friend, who is a daughter of Mellville E. Friend, a native of Braxton County, who settled in Clay County some years ago. Four children have been born to this marriage, three of whom survive.
Mr. Murphy is one of the leading citizens and will probably be heard from in the councils of the State at a later period. Beside his other qualifications, he has a wide acquaintance and is universally popular personally. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is superintendent of the Sunday-school. Fraternally, he is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
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