Michael Murphy

Michael was born on December 15th, 1868 in ,,Illinois.¹   Michael's father was Dennis Murphy and his mother was Martha Jane Bell.  His paternal grandparents were Morris Murphy and Catherine; his maternal grandparents were John Bell and Prudence Yates. He had two brothers and four sisters, named John Morris, James Daniel, Catherine, Ella, Margaret and Louisa Laura.  He was the second youngest of the seven children.