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I AM NOT RELATED TO THIS FAMILY IN ANY WAY. I JUST HAD THIS INFORMATION AND THOUGHT I WOULD POST IT.
HENRY B. MURPHY, the popular and efficient postmaster of Johnstown is on the of the pioneers of Grand Forks County, and has been an importatn factor in the development and progress of the best interests of the county.
Mr. Murphy was born in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, September 22, 1848, the only child of Henry and Amelia (Bushnell) Murphy, who were also natives of Vermont. The father was a millwright by trade, and died when our subject was but two and a half years old. The mother died in Ogle County, Illinois. The grandfather, John Murphy, a moulder by trade, was a native of Ireland, and came to the United States at the close of the Revoluntionary war. He died in Vermont.
Henry B. Murphy was reared and educated in Vermont and Illinois. In 1875 he made a trip to California, spending two years there, and then returning to Vermont. He remained in Vermont one year, then he went to Linn County, Missouir. In the fall of 1879 he came to Grand Folks County, and filed a homestead claim to a tract of land in section 7, Johnstown township, and the following spring removed his family to this farm. He was thus one of the earliest settlers to make a permanent home in Johnstown Township. He improved his land and added buildings, fences and other concenieces, and did a general farming business until 1889. In June, 1891, he opened a general store in Johnstown, which he still conducts with success. He was appointed postmaster in 1892, and still serves in that capacity.
Mr. Murphy was married, on the 14th day of December, 1884, to Lois A. Smith, a native of the state of New York, born in Troy. To this union two children have been born, namely Harry F. and Gordon B. In political faith Mr. Murphy is a Republican, and has been active in local public affairs. He assisted in the organization of Johnstown township, and is now township treasurer and also clerk. He is the owner of valuable porperty in the county, and is respected and esteemed by all, without regard to party line.
Compendium of History and Biography of North Dekota
conating a History of North Dekota.
1900
page 1149
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