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[gslat]  MURPHY, WRIGHT	1879-1918 	COLQUITT

Wright Murphy was born December 19, 1879 in Colquitt County, Georgia, the 
son of William Wright and Nancy Murphy of Colquitt County. He married 
Charlie Havannah Reddick on January 31, 1901 in Colquitt County. She was 
born December 6, 1877 in Brooks County and was the daughter of Virgil Reid 
and Mary America Alderman Reddick. They had six children, all born in 
Colquitt County, Georgia:

1. Mary Amber	b. 12/1/1901, m. Clayton West Wells,
	d. 2/16/1985.	b. 4/14/1901, d. 9/10/1969.
2. son (stillborn)	b. 11/3/1902.
3. Etta Beatrice	b. 12/4/1903, m. Eugene Henry Peebles,
	d. 6/18/1981. 	b. 5/2/1899, d. 10/21/1971.
4. Carlton Fletcher	b. 8/9/1907,  d. 10/28/1909.
5. Sabie Kathleen	b. 10/2/1909, m. Joseph Harry Halpert, 12/31/1941, son of 
Abraham
		Isaac Halpert and Minnie Merchant, b. 7/24/1902, d. 8/8/1984.
6. William Virgil	b.1/15/1915, m. Nellie Butler.

Wright Murphy was a farmer living in Colquitt County until about 1911 when 
a horse threw him and he hurt his back. His family then moved to the town 
of Moultrie, Georgia where he ran for Colquitt County Treasurer and won. He 
was County Treasurer until his death in 1918. Even though he was an invalid 
and spent most of his time in a wheel chair, his wife helped him with the 
books and pushed the wheel chair many a mile. He was a very productive 
person and took care of his family the best that he could under these 
adverse conditions. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church between 
Moultrie and Camilla. It is now called Bay Community. His home had six 
fireplaces and five bedrooms.
After he died on August 8, 1918, their banker recommended his wife sell the 
land behind their home and thus pay off the mortgage, which she did. 
Charlie Havarmah never remarried. She took in boarders, (who were building 
Swift and Company) getting up every morning at four thirty to fix their 
breakfast and prepared a lunch for them, because they would not be back 
until supper time. She sold milk and vegetables which she grew until they 
passed an ordinance in Moultrie prohibiting cows in town. She sewed and 
made clothes for her children and she paid her taxes with the pecans she 
harvested from the one pecan tree she had in her yard. She was a member of 
the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church two miles from Moultrie, towards Adel. 
She died August 26, 1947 in Moultrie, Georgia. She and her husband are 
buried in Bridge Creek Cemetery, 13 miles west of Moultrie on the Camilla 
Highway.
Information obtained from his daughter, Kathleen Halpert.
Compiled by: John D. Dilks of DeRidder, Louisiana.

MURPHY, CHARLES E.	1866-1917 	WARE

Charles Edwin Murphy was born in Elizabeth. New Jersey on January 18. 1866. 
a son of Herbert (1836-1922) and Elizabeth Murphy (1839-1917). He came to 
Waycross. Ware County. Georgia as a young man with his parents. His father 
was engaged In the building trade.
Charles Murphy married Laura "Lollie" Cook born in 1868 in Culloden. Monroe 
County. Georgia Her mother. Mary Cook (born 183 8). was living with the 
family in the 1900 census of Ware County. Georgia.
Their children were:

1. Robert Ellison	b. 1/31/1891. m.	Pearl Louise Cason. dau. of
	d. 8/22/1949.	W. H. Cason and Mollie (Butler) Cason. and granddau. of John 
B. and Amy 								(McDonald) Cason.
2. Margaret	b.1/?/1893. m. J. F. English. She d. childbirth.
	d. 	1916.
3. Edwin LeCount	b. 9/7/1894. d. 1/21/1954. He died in WWI- 123rd Field 
Hospital.
4. Charles Edwin. Jr. 	b.	m.	Elizabeth Morton. bur. Hattisburg, Miss.
5. Warren Loft	b. 7/21/1898. 	d.5/13/1900.

Charles E. Murphy was postmaster at Waycross. Georgia. The Murphy family 
has an old unidentified newspaper clipping which reads as follows: "Chas E. 
Murphy. postmaster. In calling particular attention to the different men in 
public life. who have more than made good. we do not hesitate to set the 
seal of our approval upon the splendid work of Charles E. Murphy. 
postmaster. The forces of labor have followed his career in office with 
more than passing interest. recogni2ing in him a consistent friend of the 
working people. and he has proven himself a most faithful public servant 
and a gentleman of marked ability and integrity.
Charles Murphy is a man of brains. courage and energy. who can be counted 
on to take a live and active interest in all that pertains to the future 
growth and development of the city. It would be difficult to over-estimate 
the practical and public spirited interest in the welfare of this section 
that has been taken by Charles E. Murphy."
We have taken particular pains to select for representation only such names 
as are a credit to the city and substantial aid to its material growth and 
development. and Charles E. Murphy is deserving of a foremost position on 
the fist."
Charles died in 1917 and Laura died in 1950. They are buried in the Oakland 
Cemetery in marked graves.
Sources: Cemetery records. family information. newspaper clipping.
Contributed by: Leola Settle from information furnished by Pearl Fairchild 
of Waycross. Ga.

 

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