Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ James C. Murphy ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
James C. Murphy
LAST NAME: Murphy FIRST NAME: James MIDDLE NAME: C. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: Abt 1854 DIED: 16 May 1883 BURIED: 17 May 1883
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
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DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

IOOF - James C. Murphy, age 29, was murdered near Salem by James Kelly, who then committed suicide;

Marion County Burial; Probate File indicates that James C. Murphy died 16 May 1883. Adm. H. A. Johnson is selected 6 Dec. 1883. No heirs given. Shot & killed himself.

"It is estimated that James Murphy saved Marion county four thousand dollars by shooting himself. The last shot was the best"

Corvallis Gazette, 25 May 1883, pg 3

 

1880 census show a James C. Murphy, age 26 b. MA, living with the Harpole family in Rock Creek, Wasco Co., Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
SOURCES: 

LR IOOF Register of Burials

1880 Census of Rock Creek, Wasco Co., OR, pg. 193-B.

Marion Co. Probate File #888: William Murphy. Intestate.
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 250 SPACE:  LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: