Wind River Mountaineer no. 21
April 14, 1905
Page 3
Funeral Services of the Hon. Mike Murphy
The remains of the late Mike Murphy will arrive in Lander sometime tonight and be placed in charge of Undertaker Firestone who will prepare them for burial.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m., at the Catholic church at Lander. Rev. Fr . Kennedy, D. D. will celebrate Requiem High Mass and conduct the services.
Following are the pall bearers:
Acting Pall Bearers
J. B. Heenan
W. G. Johnson
S. A. D. Keister
Ben Evans
E. Hainworth
M. N. Baldwin
Honorary Pall Bearers
*The rest of the article was ripped out of the paper.
Wind River Mountaineer no. 22
April 21, 1905
Page 2
Hon. Mike Murphy
The remains of Hon. Mike Murphy reached Lander Friday evening and were taken to the residence of Hon. M. N. Baldwin, where they remained until 10 a.m., Saturday, when funeral services were held at the Catholic Church, with Father Kennedy officiating, after which they were laid to rest in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, a large concourse of friends being in attendance from both town and country.
Mr. Murphy had gone to Omaha some time in December to visit with his brother, the late Frank Murphy, and his sisters, Mrs. A. J. Cuming and Mrs. W. H. Hamilton, who also reside in Omaha. Soon after his arrival there he underwent an operation in one of the Omaha hospitals from which he recovered sufficiently to be able to go about the streets and, during the time he was able to walk about the streets he walked to the residence of his sister on a very cold day and suffered an acute attack of heart trouble from which he never fully recovered, finally succumbing on reaching Casper, Wyoming, while on his way home to Lander. At the time of his death he was accompanied by a physician and trained nurse and his nephew, Fred Hamilton, and George Pritchett, of Omaha. Dr. A. C. Godfrey and James B. Heenan, of Lander had gone to Casper to accompany the party home and, after the death of Mr. Murphy, returned with the remains to Lander.
He was born January 6, 1835, in West Virginia, and was the son of John C. and Maria (Tiernan) Murphy. When he was but a child his parents moved to Illinois and later to Iowa. He received his education in those states and, after leaving school, began life as a surveyor in Nebraska, going there before Omaha was founded, as a deputy on the U.S. survey under John Calhoun. After rendering valuable service in sectionizing that part of the Territory he settled in Douglas county and was elected to represent that county two terms in the Territorial Legislature.
In 1859 during the Pike's Peak excitement he removed to Colorado where for a time he followed mining, later spending some time in New Mexico, Arizona and California and in Boise Basin, Idaho, where in 1862 he was appointed by Governor Wallace the first county clerk of Boise County. In 1865 he removed to Montana where he engaged in mining in different parts of the state, coming to South Pass City, Wyoming, in 1868. In 1871 he engaged in the mercantile business in Rawlins, Wyoming, and after serving one term in the Territorial Legislature from Carbon county, he sold out his interests there and joined an expedition to the Black hills, which were attacked by the Indians while on Hat Creek and some of the party killed, which changed their plans and he went to Arizona, where he remained until 1888 when he returned to Wyoming and in partnership with his brother, Frank, began the development of the Lander Oil Fields. After the development of his oil properties here , having drilled several flowing wells with a capacity of 200 barrels daily, he sold his oil interests to the Henderson company and has devoted his time to ranching and stockraising.
While a resident of Fremont county he was elected and served our county's interests faithfully and well in the last Territorial Council.
He was also one of the Democratic candidates for presidential elector in 1900. In his death, not only has our county lost a valuable citizen but the state as well has lost one who has ever labored for its development and progress. As a citizen he looked to the upbuilding of the community and the welfare of its interests wherever he resided. As a neighbor, he always stood ready to do a favor and render assistance when needed. As a friend he consulted and considered their interests and wishes before his own. As a public official he was a public servant in the fullest sense of the term, believing in "Equal rights to all, special privileges to none," trying to accomplish the thing which would do the most good for the greatest number of people. So it was, all through life, characteristic of the man to be thoroughly democratic in his tastes, living a life of simplicity and indulging in philanthropic acts from time to time as the occasion would seem to justify. In the personal tribute very feelingly and appropriately paid him by Father Kennedy nothing truer could have been said than "he was like all true pioneers, with a heart and nature full of all the tenderness of a woman, yet rugged of body, and courageous of mind, making him intrepid to danger and giving him endurance to undergo the hardships incident to pioneer life, which he loved best." It was but natural, that when he felt that his race of life had been rund and that his days on earth were but few, that he should urge that he be brought back and laid to rest in the mountains he loved so well in life.
April 14, 1905
Page 3
Funeral Services of the Hon. Mike Murphy
The remains of the late Mike Murphy will arrive in Lander sometime tonight and be placed in charge of Undertaker Firestone who will prepare them for burial.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m., at the Catholic church at Lander. Rev. Fr . Kennedy, D. D. will celebrate Requiem High Mass and conduct the services.
Following are the pall bearers:
Acting Pall Bearers
J. B. Heenan
W. G. Johnson
S. A. D. Keister
Ben Evans
E. Hainworth
M. N. Baldwin
Honorary Pall Bearers
*The rest of the article was ripped out of the paper.
Wind River Mountaineer no. 22
April 21, 1905
Page 2
Hon. Mike Murphy
The remains of Hon. Mike Murphy reached Lander Friday evening and were taken to the residence of Hon. M. N. Baldwin, where they remained until 10 a.m., Saturday, when funeral services were held at the Catholic Church, with Father Kennedy officiating, after which they were laid to rest in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, a large concourse of friends being in attendance from both town and country.
Mr. Murphy had gone to Omaha some time in December to visit with his brother, the late Frank Murphy, and his sisters, Mrs. A. J. Cuming and Mrs. W. H. Hamilton, who also reside in Omaha. Soon after his arrival there he underwent an operation in one of the Omaha hospitals from which he recovered sufficiently to be able to go about the streets and, during the time he was able to walk about the streets he walked to the residence of his sister on a very cold day and suffered an acute attack of heart trouble from which he never fully recovered, finally succumbing on reaching Casper, Wyoming, while on his way home to Lander. At the time of his death he was accompanied by a physician and trained nurse and his nephew, Fred Hamilton, and George Pritchett, of Omaha. Dr. A. C. Godfrey and James B. Heenan, of Lander had gone to Casper to accompany the party home and, after the death of Mr. Murphy, returned with the remains to Lander.
He was born January 6, 1835, in West Virginia, and was the son of John C. and Maria (Tiernan) Murphy. When he was but a child his parents moved to Illinois and later to Iowa. He received his education in those states and, after leaving school, began life as a surveyor in Nebraska, going there before Omaha was founded, as a deputy on the U.S. survey under John Calhoun. After rendering valuable service in sectionizing that part of the Territory he settled in Douglas county and was elected to represent that county two terms in the Territorial Legislature.
In 1859 during the Pike's Peak excitement he removed to Colorado where for a time he followed mining, later spending some time in New Mexico, Arizona and California and in Boise Basin, Idaho, where in 1862 he was appointed by Governor Wallace the first county clerk of Boise County. In 1865 he removed to Montana where he engaged in mining in different parts of the state, coming to South Pass City, Wyoming, in 1868. In 1871 he engaged in the mercantile business in Rawlins, Wyoming, and after serving one term in the Territorial Legislature from Carbon county, he sold out his interests there and joined an expedition to the Black hills, which were attacked by the Indians while on Hat Creek and some of the party killed, which changed their plans and he went to Arizona, where he remained until 1888 when he returned to Wyoming and in partnership with his brother, Frank, began the development of the Lander Oil Fields. After the development of his oil properties here , having drilled several flowing wells with a capacity of 200 barrels daily, he sold his oil interests to the Henderson company and has devoted his time to ranching and stockraising.
While a resident of Fremont county he was elected and served our county's interests faithfully and well in the last Territorial Council.
He was also one of the Democratic candidates for presidential elector in 1900. In his death, not only has our county lost a valuable citizen but the state as well has lost one who has ever labored for its development and progress. As a citizen he looked to the upbuilding of the community and the welfare of its interests wherever he resided. As a neighbor, he always stood ready to do a favor and render assistance when needed. As a friend he consulted and considered their interests and wishes before his own. As a public official he was a public servant in the fullest sense of the term, believing in "Equal rights to all, special privileges to none," trying to accomplish the thing which would do the most good for the greatest number of people. So it was, all through life, characteristic of the man to be thoroughly democratic in his tastes, living a life of simplicity and indulging in philanthropic acts from time to time as the occasion would seem to justify. In the personal tribute very feelingly and appropriately paid him by Father Kennedy nothing truer could have been said than "he was like all true pioneers, with a heart and nature full of all the tenderness of a woman, yet rugged of body, and courageous of mind, making him intrepid to danger and giving him endurance to undergo the hardships incident to pioneer life, which he loved best." It was but natural, that when he felt that his race of life had been rund and that his days on earth were but few, that he should urge that he be brought back and laid to rest in the mountains he loved so well in life.
Wind River Mountaineer no. 21
April 14, 1905
Page 3
Funeral Services of the Hon. Mike Murphy
The remains of the late Mike Murphy will arrive in Lander sometime tonight and be placed in charge of Undertaker Firestone who will prepare them for burial.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m., at the Catholic church at Lander. Rev. Fr . Kennedy, D. D. will celebrate Requiem High Mass and conduct the services.
Following are the pall bearers:
Acting Pall Bearers
J. B. Heenan
W. G. Johnson
S. A. D. Keister
Ben Evans
E. Hainworth
M. N. Baldwin
Honorary Pall Bearers
*The rest of the article was ripped out of the paper.
Wind River Mountaineer no. 22
April 21, 1905
Page 2
Hon. Mike Murphy
The remains of Hon. Mike Murphy reached Lander Friday evening and were taken to the residence of Hon. M. N. Baldwin, where they remained until 10 a.m., Saturday, when funeral services were held at the Catholic Church, with Father Kennedy officiating, after which they were laid to rest in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, a large concourse of friends being in attendance from both town and country.
Mr. Murphy had gone to Omaha some time in December to visit with his brother, the late Frank Murphy, and his sisters, Mrs. A. J. Cuming and Mrs. W. H. Hamilton, who also reside in Omaha. Soon after his arrival there he underwent an operation in one of the Omaha hospitals from which he recovered sufficiently to be able to go about the streets and, during the time he was able to walk about the streets he walked to the residence of his sister on a very cold day and suffered an acute attack of heart trouble from which he never fully recovered, finally succumbing on reaching Casper, Wyoming, while on his way home to Lander. At the time of his death he was accompanied by a physician and trained nurse and his nephew, Fred Hamilton, and George Pritchett, of Omaha. Dr. A. C. Godfrey and James B. Heenan, of Lander had gone to Casper to accompany the party home and, after the death of Mr. Murphy, returned with the remains to Lander.
He was born January 6, 1835, in West Virginia, and was the son of John C. and Maria (Tiernan) Murphy. When he was but a child his parents moved to Illinois and later to Iowa. He received his education in those states and, after leaving school, began life as a surveyor in Nebraska, going there before Omaha was founded, as a deputy on the U.S. survey under John Calhoun. After rendering valuable service in sectionizing that part of the Territory he settled in Douglas county and was elected to represent that county two terms in the Territorial Legislature.
In 1859 during the Pike's Peak excitement he removed to Colorado where for a time he followed mining, later spending some time in New Mexico, Arizona and California and in Boise Basin, Idaho, where in 1862 he was appointed by Governor Wallace the first county clerk of Boise County. In 1865 he removed to Montana where he engaged in mining in different parts of the state, coming to South Pass City, Wyoming, in 1868. In 1871 he engaged in the mercantile business in Rawlins, Wyoming, and after serving one term in the Territorial Legislature from Carbon county, he sold out his interests there and joined an expedition to the Black hills, which were attacked by the Indians while on Hat Creek and some of the party killed, which changed their plans and he went to Arizona, where he remained until 1888 when he returned to Wyoming and in partnership with his brother, Frank, began the development of the Lander Oil Fields. After the development of his oil properties here , having drilled several flowing wells with a capacity of 200 barrels daily, he sold his oil interests to the Henderson company and has devoted his time to ranching and stockraising.
While a resident of Fremont county he was elected and served our county's interests faithfully and well in the last Territorial Council.
He was also one of the Democratic candidates for presidential elector in 1900. In his death, not only has our county lost a valuable citizen but the state as well has lost one who has ever labored for its development and progress. As a citizen he looked to the upbuilding of the community and the welfare of its interests wherever he resided. As a neighbor, he always stood ready to do a favor and render assistance when needed. As a friend he consulted and considered their interests and wishes before his own. As a public official he was a public servant in the fullest sense of the term, believing in "Equal rights to all, special privileges to none," trying to accomplish the thing which would do the most good for the greatest number of people. So it was, all through life, characteristic of the man to be thoroughly democratic in his tastes, living a life of simplicity and indulging in philanthropic acts from time to time as the occasion would seem to justify. In the personal tribute very feelingly and appropriately paid him by Father Kennedy nothing truer could have been said than "he was like all true pioneers, with a heart and nature full of all the tenderness of a woman, yet rugged of body, and courageous of mind, making him intrepid to danger and giving him endurance to undergo the hardships incident to pioneer life, which he loved best." It was but natural, that when he felt that his race of life had been rund and that his days on earth were but few, that he should urge that he be brought back and laid to rest in the mountains he loved so well in life.
April 14, 1905
Page 3
Funeral Services of the Hon. Mike Murphy
The remains of the late Mike Murphy will arrive in Lander sometime tonight and be placed in charge of Undertaker Firestone who will prepare them for burial.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m., at the Catholic church at Lander. Rev. Fr . Kennedy, D. D. will celebrate Requiem High Mass and conduct the services.
Following are the pall bearers:
Acting Pall Bearers
J. B. Heenan
W. G. Johnson
S. A. D. Keister
Ben Evans
E. Hainworth
M. N. Baldwin
Honorary Pall Bearers
*The rest of the article was ripped out of the paper.
Wind River Mountaineer no. 22
April 21, 1905
Page 2
Hon. Mike Murphy
The remains of Hon. Mike Murphy reached Lander Friday evening and were taken to the residence of Hon. M. N. Baldwin, where they remained until 10 a.m., Saturday, when funeral services were held at the Catholic Church, with Father Kennedy officiating, after which they were laid to rest in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, a large concourse of friends being in attendance from both town and country.
Mr. Murphy had gone to Omaha some time in December to visit with his brother, the late Frank Murphy, and his sisters, Mrs. A. J. Cuming and Mrs. W. H. Hamilton, who also reside in Omaha. Soon after his arrival there he underwent an operation in one of the Omaha hospitals from which he recovered sufficiently to be able to go about the streets and, during the time he was able to walk about the streets he walked to the residence of his sister on a very cold day and suffered an acute attack of heart trouble from which he never fully recovered, finally succumbing on reaching Casper, Wyoming, while on his way home to Lander. At the time of his death he was accompanied by a physician and trained nurse and his nephew, Fred Hamilton, and George Pritchett, of Omaha. Dr. A. C. Godfrey and James B. Heenan, of Lander had gone to Casper to accompany the party home and, after the death of Mr. Murphy, returned with the remains to Lander.
He was born January 6, 1835, in West Virginia, and was the son of John C. and Maria (Tiernan) Murphy. When he was but a child his parents moved to Illinois and later to Iowa. He received his education in those states and, after leaving school, began life as a surveyor in Nebraska, going there before Omaha was founded, as a deputy on the U.S. survey under John Calhoun. After rendering valuable service in sectionizing that part of the Territory he settled in Douglas county and was elected to represent that county two terms in the Territorial Legislature.
In 1859 during the Pike's Peak excitement he removed to Colorado where for a time he followed mining, later spending some time in New Mexico, Arizona and California and in Boise Basin, Idaho, where in 1862 he was appointed by Governor Wallace the first county clerk of Boise County. In 1865 he removed to Montana where he engaged in mining in different parts of the state, coming to South Pass City, Wyoming, in 1868. In 1871 he engaged in the mercantile business in Rawlins, Wyoming, and after serving one term in the Territorial Legislature from Carbon county, he sold out his interests there and joined an expedition to the Black hills, which were attacked by the Indians while on Hat Creek and some of the party killed, which changed their plans and he went to Arizona, where he remained until 1888 when he returned to Wyoming and in partnership with his brother, Frank, began the development of the Lander Oil Fields. After the development of his oil properties here , having drilled several flowing wells with a capacity of 200 barrels daily, he sold his oil interests to the Henderson company and has devoted his time to ranching and stockraising.
While a resident of Fremont county he was elected and served our county's interests faithfully and well in the last Territorial Council.
He was also one of the Democratic candidates for presidential elector in 1900. In his death, not only has our county lost a valuable citizen but the state as well has lost one who has ever labored for its development and progress. As a citizen he looked to the upbuilding of the community and the welfare of its interests wherever he resided. As a neighbor, he always stood ready to do a favor and render assistance when needed. As a friend he consulted and considered their interests and wishes before his own. As a public official he was a public servant in the fullest sense of the term, believing in "Equal rights to all, special privileges to none," trying to accomplish the thing which would do the most good for the greatest number of people. So it was, all through life, characteristic of the man to be thoroughly democratic in his tastes, living a life of simplicity and indulging in philanthropic acts from time to time as the occasion would seem to justify. In the personal tribute very feelingly and appropriately paid him by Father Kennedy nothing truer could have been said than "he was like all true pioneers, with a heart and nature full of all the tenderness of a woman, yet rugged of body, and courageous of mind, making him intrepid to danger and giving him endurance to undergo the hardships incident to pioneer life, which he loved best." It was but natural, that when he felt that his race of life had been rund and that his days on earth were but few, that he should urge that he be brought back and laid to rest in the mountains he loved so well in life.
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