Simon J. Murphy Jr.

Simon Jones Murphy Jr. was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Biography

Murphy was born Simon Jones Murphy Jr. on March 27, 1851 in Maine.[1] His father was Simon J. Murphy Sr., a prominent lumberman. He attended primary school in Bangor, Maine and moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan in 1866 before graduating from the Lawrence Scientific School. Murphy married Helena Bogardus Platt and the couple had five children. Murphy moved to Green Bay in 1886. He died on September 1, 1926.

Career

Murphy was Mayor from 1899 to 1901. He made a living by running a sawmill.

gollark: You know, using the debug API you can actually get the native versions of things...
gollark: Ah yes, that would work. xdotool type or something on Linux.
gollark: I guess convince the admins to turn it on. I'm sure HTTP is enabled by default.
gollark: Well, if your server doesn't allow HTTP access you're doomed.
gollark: pastebin.

References
  1. "Simon Jones Murphy Jr. (1851–1926)". City of Green Bay. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2011-11-30.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.