Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ James C. Murphy ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon

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James C. Murphy

LAST NAME: Murphy	FIRST NAME: James	MIDDLE NAME: C.	NICKNAME:

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BORN: Abt 1854	DIED: 16 May 1883	BURIED: 17 May 1883

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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.

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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.

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