JOHN A. MURPHY, M. D.
Dr. John A. Murphy, actively engaged in the
practice of medicine and surgery, with office at No. 28 Edward street,
in New Haven, his native city, was born February 2. 1872 a son of Hugh
and Mary A (Gleeson) Murphy. The father, a native of Ireland, came to America
during the early '60s, making his way direct to New Haven, where he resided
until the time of his death, which occurred in January, 1913, when he had
reached the age of seventy-three years. He was superintendent of Judd Brothers'
iron foundry of Wallingford for the greater part of his life and in the
early days he was also connected with the same line of business with James
Reynolds on his own account in New Haven. His wife, a native of this city,
was a daughter of Dennis and Margaret (O'Meara) Gleeson, who were of Irish
birth and were among the earliest of the Irish citizens of New Haven. Mrs.
Murphy was reared, educated and married in New Haven and by her marriage
became the mother of seven children, six of whom are living, the Doctor
being the oldest. Her death occurred in New Haven, December 9, 1905.
During his boyhood days Dr. John A. Murphy
was a pupil in the public and high schools of New Haven and afterward entered
Manhattan College of New York city for the completion of his classical
course, there winning the Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation in 1894.
He thus laid broadly the foundation upon which to build the superstructure
of professional knowledge. Taking up the study of medicine, he entered
the New York University as a student in the College of Medicine and was
there graduated with the M. D. degree in 1897. He put his theoretical training
to practical test by service as an interne in the New York Lying-In Hospital,
where he remained for a year, and also spent six months in the Bellevue
Hospital of New York. He then returned to New Haven and entered upon private
practice, in which he still continues. He has never specialized along any
one line but has given his attention to general practice and is a thoroughly
well read physician, keeping in touch with the trend of modern thought
and scientific research and investigation in the field of medical and surgical
practice. He is now assistant attending physician at St. Raphael's Hospital
in New Haven. He belongs to the New Haven, the New Haven County and the
Connecticut State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association.
In politics Dr. Murphy maintains an independent
course, voting for men and measures rather than for party. He belongs to
the Roman Catholic church and he has membership with the Knights of Columbus.
His entire life has been passed in New Haven and many of his stanchest
friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present, a
fact which is indicative of a well spent career.
Modern History of New Haven
and
Eastern New Haven County
Illustrated
Volume II
New York – Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1918
pg 574
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