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EMANUEL MURPHY
Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah—1860
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Emanuel Masters Murphy
Born Sept. 15, 1809, Union County, S. C.
Came to Utah Aug. 30, 1860, Jesse E.
Murphy Company. High Councilor.
Farmer.

Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints South Carolina:

Elder E. M. Murphy, a resident of Cross Keys, Union Co., South Carolina, is believed to be the first Elder who made converts in that state. Elder Lysander M. Lewis, a missionary appointed to labor in South Carolina, found upon his arrival in Union County in November, 1839, some persons who had received the truth through the instrumentality of Bro. Murphy.

Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Tennessee:

In 1857 Elders Hyrum H. Blackwell and Emanuel M. Murphy were appointed to gather up scattered saints in Tennessee and arrange for their migration to the Rocky Mountains.

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah
Genealogies and Biographies

Emanuel M. Murphy,
Married Nancy Judd Easters April 5, 1831 (daughter of Robert Easters and Celia Hyatt), who was born July 30, 1813, and came to Utah with husband. Their children: Jesse Easters b. Jan. 27, 1832, m. Grace Broadbent April 28, 1857; Holly Ann b. March 30, 1834, m. Martin Baxter May 1, 1855: Mark b. July 6, 1837, m. Harriet Kemp Dec. 24, 1860: Louisa Jane b. June 3, 1840, m. William Allman Nov. 1858; William Columbus b. April 1, 1842, m. Elizabeth Bean June 27, 1863; Martha Frances b. Dec. 11, 1843; Hyrum b. March 3, 1846, m. Martha Sarah Ann Murphy Nov. 1, 1869; Thomas Gaden b. June 22, 1848, m. Matilda Slater Oct. 6, 1868; Charles b. May 15, 1851; Emmanuel Bird b. Oct. 14, 1854, m. Eliza Lambert Oct. 16, 1878.

Son of Emanuel

William Columbus Murphy
Son of Emanuel M. Murphy and Nancy J.
Easters. Born April 1, 1842, Fayette
County, Georgia. Came to Utah in 1860,
Jesse Murphy Company.

Was a farmer and carpenter and helpe build churches, schools and the famous Morman Tabernacle in SLC UT.

Son of Emanuel

Hyrum Murphy
Son of Emanuel Masters Murphy and
Nancy Judd Easters. Born March 3, 1846,
Fayette County, Georgia. Came to Utah
Aug. 30, 1860.

Married Martha Sarah Ann Murphy (daughter of James D. Murphy and Anna Elizabeth Hudson), who was born July 9, 1853. Their children: Ida b. Aug. 17, 1870; Hyrum Daniel b. Feb. 20, 1872, m. Alia Baxter Nov. 11, 1896; Alma b. March 8, 1874, m. Mary A. Curtis Nov. 24, 1897; Ernest b. May 19, 1876, m. Carrie Nielsen Oct. 11, 1899; .Martha A. b. Aug. 28, 1878, m. Enos Curtis Feb. 3, 1897; Alice b. Nov. 17, 1880, m. Orrin Williams Oct. 1, 1897; Grace R. b. June 12, 1883, m. Asel Curtis Dec. 17, 1902; Nancy Lillian b. Nov. 5, 1885, m. Marion Cloward May 1, 1907; Eva b. March 20, 1888, m. Eugene Christensen Aug. 16, 1909; Samuel Bert b. Sept. 20, 1890; Archie b. March 9, 1893; Euphema b. Sept. 2, 1895. Family home Salina, Sevier Co., Utah.

Jesse Jeans Murphy

Jesse Jeans Murphy
Born June 22, 1824, Union, S. C. Came
to Utah February, 1869, Jesse Murphy
Company. Medical Doctor.

MURPHY, JESSE JEANES (son of John Murphy and Miss Jeanes, both of Union District, S.C.). Born June 22, 1824, at Union, S.C. Came to Utah February, 1869, Jesse Murphy company.

Son of Jesse

William B. Murphy
Son of Jesse J. Murphy and Jerusha E.
Pledger. Born Jan. 14, 1849, Jonesboro,
Ga. Came to Utah September, 1868.
Justice of the Peace. Locomotive Engineer.

MURPHY, WILLIAM B. (son of Jesse J. Murphy and Jerusha E. Pledger, both of Georgia). Born Jan. 14, 1849, at Jonesboro, N. C. Came to Utah September, 1868, William S. Seeley company.