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 MURPHY

MURRAY

1866-68; taught classics in Boston college and at Holy Cross college, Worcester, Mass., 1868-72, anJ completed his theological course in Wood- stock college, Md., in 1874. He was ordained priest bj' Bishop Gibbons of Richmond, Va., June 20, 1874; was prefect and lecturer on Christian doctrine at Georgetown college, D.C., 1875; a teaclier of rhetoric at Frederick, Md., 1876; professor of sacred scripture at Wood- stock college, Md., 1877, and rector of Holy Trinity church. Georgetown, D.C.. 1878. He was professor of philosophy and prefect of studies at Holy Cross college, Worcester, Mass., 1879-81; professor of rhetoric, Frederick, Md., 1881-82; president of Gonziiga college, Washington, D.C., 1882-85; iiresident of St. Francis Xavier college, New York city, 1885-88; visited Europe in 1888; was v/^ .§iZ^ ^ <^v, professor of plnlosophy in 1(5 -^V^^ 5\; Georgetown college, 1889; 51^^ yj^^ *lt Philadelphia, Pa., 1890-91, and was rector of Holy Trinity church at Georgetown, D.C., 1891-92. He became a mem- ber of the staff of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart in 1889 and contributed to that and to the Georgetoirn College Jouriiah He died in George- town. D.C., March 4, 1892.

MURPHY, Nathan Oakes, governor of Arizona, was born in Jefferson, Maine, Oct. 14, 1849; son of B F. and Lucy A. Murphy, and grandson of John ilurphy. He attended the public school; taufht school in Wisconsin, 1866-69, and in 1870 remo\ed to California, where he was engaged in mining, law practice, railroad building and mer- cantile pursuits. He settled in Prescott, Arizona Territory, in 1883, and engaged in mining. He was married Aug. 6, 1884, to Sarah E., daughter of G. W. Baughart of Prescott. He was appointed secretary of Arizona Territory in 1889; was governor of the territory, 1892-94; a delegate to the Republican national convention at Minneap- olis, Minn., June 7, 1892; delegate to the 54th congress. 1895-97, and again territorial governor, 1898-1902.

MURPHY, Thomas, clergyman, was born in Randalstowi). county Antrim, Ireland, Feb. 6, 1824; son of William and Mary (Rollins) Murphy. His parents removed to the United States in 1834, and settled in New Hartford. N.Y. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, with second honors. A.B., 1845. A.M., 1848. and at the Princeton Theological seminary, B.D., 1848. He was licensed by the presbytery of New Bruns- wick, Feb. 2. 1848, and ordained by the second presbytery of Pliiladelphia, Oct. 11, 1849. He was pastor of the Frankford Presbyterian church, Philadelphia. Pa., 1849-94, and pastor emeritus, 1894-1900. He was a delegate to the general as-

sembly of the Presbyterian church ten times; a commissioner to the general assemblies of Scot- land and Ireland in 1873, and in tiie Irish assem- bly offered the resolution whicii was the first step toward the liolding of the Pan-Presbyterian council. He took the lead as chairman in organ- izing twenty-two new churches in the presbytery of Philadelphia; was a member of the Presby- terian board of publication fourteen years, and was instrumental in organizing the Sabbath- school work of that board. He also presided at the "Log College " anniversary, Sept. 5, 1889. He received the degrees D.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1872 and LL.D. from Washington college, Tenn., in 1891. He was married, June 15, 1848, to Ann Sortor, of Blawenburgh, N.J. He is the author of: Messages to the Seven Churches of Asia; Cradle of the Presbyterian Church in America; A History of the Frankford Presbyterian Church (1870); Pastoral Theology (1877); Pastor and People (1886); Duties of Churcli Members to the Church; Reminiscences of a Pastor; The Pi-esbytenj of the Log College, and Memoirs of the Rev. J. C. Ralston. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 26, 1900.

MURPHY, Thomas Edward, educator, was born in New York city, Jan. 27, 1856. He at- tended the public schools and St. Francis Xavier college, New York; studied at Sault-au-Recollet, Canada, 1875-76; West Park-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1876-79; took a course in philosophy at Wood- stock college, Md., 1879-82, and a course in the- ology there, 1887-90. He was professor of Latin and Greek at Georgetown university, D.C., 1882-87; vice-president of Georgetown univer- sity, 1891-93, and president of St. Francis Xavier college, 1894-1900. He was chosen prefect of studies at Holy Cross college, Worcester, Mass., Aug. 1, 1900.

MURRAH,William Belton, educator, was born in Pickensville. Ala., May 19, 1852: son of the Rev. William and Mary Susan (Cureton) Murrah, and grandson of William Murrah and of James Cureton. He was graduated from Southern uni- versity, Greensboro, Ala., 1874, and joined the North Mississippi conference of the M.E. church south in 1876. He was stationed at Oxford, 1877-81, Winona, 1881-85, and Aberdeen, 1885-86, and was vice-president of Whitworth college, Brookhaven, Mass., 1886-90. He was elected president of Millsaps college, Jackson, Miss., in -1892. He was married in February. 1881, to Beulah Fitzhugh of Oxford. The honorary de- gree of D.D. was conferred on him by Centenary college. La., in 1887, and that of LL.D. by Wof- ford college, S.C., in 1897. He published many sermons, ad'lresses and religious articles.

MURRAY, Alexander, naval officer, was born near Chestertown, Md., July 12, 1755; sou of Dr.