J. T. Murphy From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 950.

TOWN OF BLOOMINGTON

J. T. MURPHY, Sec. 21; P. O. Bloomington; owns 200 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre; born in Indiana in 1818; came to Wisconsin in 1835, and settled in this county in 1845. He located on this farm, and married Sarah Cantrell, a native of Indiana. They have four children - Frank, Warren, Virgil and Dora. Mr. Murphy has been Chairman of the Town Board, and also Town Treasurer.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.