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Murphy, Walter, -1897

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1861 - 1897

Biographical History

Walter Murphy (1861-1897) was a Philadelphia attorney and a founder of the Young Men's Liberal Club.

Walter Murphy was born on April 26, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to parents James Murphy and Susan Bispham Roe. Murphy was educated at private school and was admitted to Princeton University at age seventeen. However, he ended up attending Yale and graduated with honors in 1882. He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania and was allowed to practice in the Court of Common Pleas in 1884. In 1888 he moved to Salt Lake City to practice law with the firm Sutherland & McBride.

Murphy, a Presbyterian, married Emma B. Purves in 1889 at Philadelphia. Together they had three children. Murphy co-founded and was the secretary for the Young Men's Liberal Club, a club that promoted the political interests of the Liberal Party. In 1890 he was elected as the Prosecuting Attorney of Salt Lake County and held the position until 1895.

Murphy died of pnuemonia on February 5, 1897, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Walter Murphy correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8418
Scope and Contents Materials include five original letters written to Walter Murphy between December 29, 1890, and April 08, 1896, while he was in Salt Lake City. There is one letter (with the envelope) from Annie T. Powers thanking Murphy for his personal loan and congratulating him on the birth of his son. Most of the letters are from C. Hanford Henderson who thanks Murphy for his interest payments on the Hirschvogel loan. The letters also contain more information about building new schools, building new...
Dates: 1890-1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Walter Murphy correspondence

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