U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy, Benjamin Franklin (b. 1868) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 425-426 Benjamin Franklin Murphy, M. D., born 1868 near Burnersville, son of Isaac R. and Nancy (VanGilder) Murphy, was married at the resi- dence of Albert G. Wilson, Philippi, August 3, 1898, to Alice C, daughter of Albert and Jennie (Jones) Wilson. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, an Odd Fellow, in politics a Democrat, and by profession a physician. Dr. Murphy attended school at the West Virginia Conference Seminary at Buckhannon; and then took up the study of medicine in the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, remaining two years and gradu- ating in April, 1895. He located in Philippi, where he built up an extensive and lucrative practice, being frequently called into other counties. Drs. Murphy and Williams performed the first operation in Barbour County for the restoration of double hairlip, being so successful as to greatly relieve the deformity and to establish speech. Dr. Murphy has been especially successful in his treatment of fever, having lost but one case during his practice. On his father's side his ancestors were Irish, aud on his mother's side German. His grandfather, Marshall Murphy, came from Virginia. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1900 Census, Barbour County, WV Philippi, ED:5, Sheet 10B Lines 99-100, Enum-Dwelling #225, Enum-Family #225 MURPHY, Franklin B. (head) born-June-1868, mar-1yr, WV-WV-WV, M.D. ", Alice C. (wife) born-Aug-1877, mar-1yr, WV-WV-WV ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------