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<span style="color:#006400">'''MURPHY, Levin Graham'''</span> (1841-1925) | <span style="color:#006400">'''MURPHY, Levin Graham'''</span> (1841-1925) was born in Shelby County, Ohio on October 1, 1841, the fourth of five children born to George G. and Margaret Arbuckle Murphy. On September 11, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served as Corporal until December 9, 1864. He took part in a number of engagements: Battle of Shiloh; siege of Corinth; Stone River, in which he received a slight wound in the left shoulder and head; battle of Tullahoma; and with his brigade was the first to enter Chattanooga. His next battles were Mission Ridge; Knoxville; and Buzzard Roost Gap where he was wounded in the leg; the battle of Resaca; New Hope Church; and Kenesaw Mountain in the charge of June 27, 1864, where he received a wound in the left eye, blinding the eye, and ending his military career. | ||
After the war Murphy engaged in the lumber business. On January 1, 1872 he married Mary C. Slocum, and they had one daughter, Ethel, born January 19 1875. Mrs. Murphy is a native of Huron County, Ohio, born February 7, 1846. Her parents are George and Eliza (Pierce) Slocum, natives of Peru, the father born July 3, 1823, and the mother March 12, 1825. They removed to Wabash County, Indiana, in the fall of 1846, where the father died January 20, 1860. The mother is still living and resides in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are among the best citizens of Xenia. He is a Republican and a member of the G. A. R.” | |||
Mary G. S. Murphy (1846-1904) | Mary G. S. Murphy (1846-1904) | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 15 May 2017
MURPHY, Levin Graham (1841-1925) was born in Shelby County, Ohio on October 1, 1841, the fourth of five children born to George G. and Margaret Arbuckle Murphy. On September 11, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served as Corporal until December 9, 1864. He took part in a number of engagements: Battle of Shiloh; siege of Corinth; Stone River, in which he received a slight wound in the left shoulder and head; battle of Tullahoma; and with his brigade was the first to enter Chattanooga. His next battles were Mission Ridge; Knoxville; and Buzzard Roost Gap where he was wounded in the leg; the battle of Resaca; New Hope Church; and Kenesaw Mountain in the charge of June 27, 1864, where he received a wound in the left eye, blinding the eye, and ending his military career.
After the war Murphy engaged in the lumber business. On January 1, 1872 he married Mary C. Slocum, and they had one daughter, Ethel, born January 19 1875. Mrs. Murphy is a native of Huron County, Ohio, born February 7, 1846. Her parents are George and Eliza (Pierce) Slocum, natives of Peru, the father born July 3, 1823, and the mother March 12, 1825. They removed to Wabash County, Indiana, in the fall of 1846, where the father died January 20, 1860. The mother is still living and resides in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are among the best citizens of Xenia. He is a Republican and a member of the G. A. R.”
Mary G. S. Murphy (1846-1904)
Murphy died on December 26, 1925. He is buried in Converse Cemetery, Converse, Indiana.
In 1905 L. G. Graham caught the year's record for a black sea bass at 436 pounds.
In the News~
July 12, 1909 [LAH]: “Avalon, July 11. A. W. Hopper of Boston today caught a gold button yellowtail while fishing off the west end of San Clemente Island. The fish weighed forty-three pounds and was brought to gaff in thirty-one minutes. With Mr. Hooper, who fished in the launch Swastika, was the veteran angler, L. G. Murphy of Converse, Indiana. Both anglers are members of the Catalina Tuna Club…”
