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��James Orin Murfln (died Mar. 8, 1883); cMldren: Judge James OrIn Murfln, b. Jan. 7, 1875; Clay Bannon Murfln, b. Jan. 11, 1881 (died Pe*. 8, 1900). Identified with hospital and charitable interests; sec. of King'6 Daughters and Sons of Washtenaw Ck)unty; first State sec. of King's Daugliters; later appointed county sec.; custodian for the hospital funds in the State endowment work for the King's Daughters. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Third vice-pres. of Drama League Ladies' Library; mem. Washtenaw Co. Country Club, D.A.R., Woman's Literary Club; hon. vice-pres. of Nurses Alumni Ass'n.

MURFREK, Mary NoalUes ("Charlea Egbert Craddock"). 40S North High St., Murfrees- boro, Tenn.

Author; b. "Grantlands," near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 24, 1S50; dau. William L. Murfree (lawyer) and F. Priscilla (Dickinson) Murfree; great-granddaughter of Colonel Hardy Murfree of Revolutionary fame, who received a large grant of land in Tennessee from the Government, and after whom Murfreesboro was named; ed. at home and in private schools in Nashville, Tenn., and Philadelphia, Pa. In 1S56 family removed to their new home on Vauxhall St., in Nashville, where she resided until 1872, when they returned to Murfreesboro and built a modern dwelling on "Grantlands," the old mansion having been de- stroyed during the Civil War. In 1881 the family removed to St. Louis, Mo., where she resided nine years; spent much time in Mississippi, where her parents owned cotton plantations, and at their summer home among the Tennessee mountains, near Beersheba, and also at moun- tain resorts in East Tennessee, where she made studies of the character of the mountaineers, which she afterward used in her books. Began writing short stories, published in the Atlantic Monthly, under the name "Charles Egbert Crad- dock,'' the first being The Dancin' Party at Har- rison's Cove, and others following quickly. These were published in book form in 1884 (In the Tennessee Mountains). Had attained much literary prominence as "Charles Egbert Crad- dock" before her sex and real name became gen- erally known. Author: In the Tennessee Moun- tains; Where the Battle Was Fought; The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains; The Phantoms of the Footbridge; His Vanished Star; Down the Ravine; In the Stranger-People's Country; The Despot of Broomsedge Cove; The Story of Keedon Bluffs; In the Clouds; The Mys- tery of Witch-Face Mountain; The Juggler; "The Young Mountaineers; The Story of Old Fort Loudon; The Bushwhackers and Other Stories; The Champion; A Spectre of Power; Storm Cen- tre; The Frontiersman; The Amulet; The Wind- fall; The Fair Mlssissippian; The Ordeal a Mountain Romance of Tennessee; The Raid of the Guerilla and Other Stories. State Regent (Tenn.) D.A.R.

MrRTNGER, Lydle Vlrgr^nie, 1880 Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Instructor of languages and elocution; b. Philadelphia; dau. Caspar and Eva Salomfi (de Rothan) Muringer; ed. in France by private in- structor at home. Instructor langacges Y.W.C.A., New Century Guild; Instructor in reading and elocution, Ogontz School, E;k:ns Park, Pa.; in languages Mt. Gretna (Fa.) and Mountain Lake Park (Md.) Chautauquas. Trans- lator. Prominent in social life; mem. New Century Guild, Browning Soc. ; vice-pres. Pa. Women's Press Ass'n; mem. Y.W.C^A.; Interested in Kensington Hospital for Woman's Diseases. Protestant Episcopalian.

MIRKL.'VNI). Charlotte Marie, 117 Bowers St., Lowell, Mass.

Educator; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '93; student of psychology and pedagogy, Harrington Norm.il and Training School, 1894-95; English, Radciiffe Coll., 1904-05. Teacher in New Bedford (Mass.) public schools, 1895-98; since 1898 teacher of Eng- lish and supervisor of practice sctiool for State Normal School, Lowell, Mass.

MURPHV, Agatha, 2336 Brown St., Upper Alton, 111.

Teacher; b. Upper Alton, Mar. 4, 1862; dau. Thomas R. and Mary J. (Herrln) Murphy; ed.

��Shurtleff Coll. Ph.B. '82 (salutatorian). Prlvata teacher, Chester, 111., 1883-84; teacher m^The- matics, Bettie Stuart Inst., Sprlngflela, ill., 1884- 88; preceptress, Plllsbury Acad., Owatonna, Minn., 1888; lady principal, Synodlcal Coll., Pul- ton, Mo., 1889-98. Presbyterian. Mem. Vigilant Improvement Ass'n, 1907—; Missionary Soc, 1905—; Mission Study Club, 1911-13. Pres. Upper Alton Woman's Club, 1911; mem. Exec. Com. seven years; pres. Shakespeare Club, 1901-05; pres. Conservatory Art Club, 1901-06; All College Club, 1901-03. Has done some reeearch work In preparing club calendars; special student of his- tory of art for past ten years.

MURPHY, Anna Elizabeth, Street Dep't, City

Hall, Chicago, IIL

Ward superintendent; b. Hancock, Mich., Mar. 3, 1866: dau Thomas and Julia (Supple) Murphy; ed. Chicago public schools. Was newspaper cor- respondent; society editor Chicago Chronicle; In 1900 became employee of City of Chicago under Civil Service; appointed ward superintendent in 1910 and took charge of street cleaning dep't; only woman occupying position In public work as ward sup't in the U.S. Interested in philan- thropic work. Has written short stories and poems for magazine and newspapers. Mem. Welfare League of Chicago, Woman's City Club of Chicago. Recreations: Walking, photography, art and literature. Roman Catholic. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat.

MURPHY, Emily (Mrs. Arthur Murphy), 614 Twelfth St., Edmonton, Alberta, Can. Born Cook-town, Ont., Can.; dau. Isaac and Emily (Gowan) Ferguson; ed. Bishop Strachan School, Toronto (winner of Alexander Manning medal for general proficiency); m. Cookstown, Aug. 24, 1887, Rev. Arthur Murphy, M.A. ; chil- dren: Kathleen Ferguson, Evelyn Gowan. Con- vener on laws for better protection of women and children, Edmonton Local Council of Women; was succer.sful in getting a bill through the Alberta Legislat^ire respecting the rights of married women in the estates of their deceased husbands; addressed the school trustees of Al- berta on Medical Inspection of Schools. Favors woman siitlra.ge. Author: Janey Canuck in the West, ISlC; Open Trails, 1912; contributor to Canadian and American magazines. Mem. Church of England. Honorary pres. Women's Hospital Aid; vice-pres. Edmonton Ladles' Curl- ing Club; pres. Edmonton Women's Press Club, ArchcBological Soc. of America, Canadian Arts and Crafts Soc; pres. Women's Canadian Club of Edmonton. Recreations: Riding, curling.

MURPHY, Eva Morley (Mr«. Eugene F. Mur- phy), Goodland, Kan.

Author; b. Macomb, 111., Nor. 22, 1856; dau. William and Orpha Amelia (Hibbard) Morley (descendant of Nathaniel Perry of Revolutionary fame, and of Roger Williams); ed. Cambridge (111.) High School; m. Cambridge, III., Dec. 20, 1877, Eugene F. Murphy; children: Elizabeth. Maude, Lois Amelia. Public school teacher for five years. An active worker in church and Sunday-school; State recording sec. Kansas W.C.T.U., also one of vice-presidents for four years; mem. Public Library Board of Goodland, Kan. Favors woman suffrage; as an organizer for the Kansas Ekjual Suffrage Ass'n helped organize women of Kansas for work during the campaign for amendment, 1911-12. Author: The Miracle on the Smoky and Other Stories; Lois Morton's Investment. Congregationalist. Mem. Kansas Historical Soc, Order of Eastern Star, W.C.T.U. Mem. Athena Club (Goodland, Kan.), Woman's Kansas Day Club, Kansas Fed. of Women's Clubs. Active temperance worker for many years. Recreation: Kodaking.

MURPHY, Katherine Ward (Mrs. D. Francis IMurphy), Hotel Latham, Fifth Av. and Twenty-eighth St., N.Y. City. Daughter James C. and Katherine (Gibbons) Ward; ed. Mt. St. Vincent, Cincinnati (with Sis- ters of Charity); m. by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, Md., to D. Prancls Murphy. Writer ot poetry, religious and secular, published In newspapers of U.S., notably by N.Y. Globe. Has given readings of her own material. Romaa

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