Geneology

Geneology is according to research by Lorraine Murphy.

John Murphy was born in Roscommon County in 1839. He emigrated to the USA in 1864 and first worked in the US Army stables . Susan Kellagher was born December 3, 1842 in Lietrim County. She came to the USA in 1855, working as a nursemaid. John and Susan were married July 24, 1864. In 1865, they moved to Mason County, Michigan where John's stepfather (Patrick) and mother (Margaret) had settled in 1843. John and Susan's first homestead was known as Section 14, Riverton Township. John's stepfather passed away in 1878 and his mother passed away in 1898. Both are buried in the Center Riverton Cemetary. Photos of graves below.

John hired out in a saw mill in Pentwater, Michigan for a dollar a day. He bought a shack, contents and all (stove, table and furniture), from a traveler for the sum of $10. The next week John and Susan walked twelve miles to this new home. John would later buy a claim (Section 15) from one Frank Browman across from his stepfather's property using naturalization papers to bolster claim. Over the next few years, the farm was cleared and tilled, lumber harvested. John and Susan had thirteen children.

John passed away in January 1917 at age 78. Funeral services were in St Peters Catholic Church in Riverton and burial is in the Pere Marquette Cemetary in Ludington (Plot 1344). Susan passed away at age 75 a week later with funeral and burial in the same locations. Photos of gravestones below.

Of their thirteen children, John Murphy 2nd (1879-1949) married Daisy Bushaw (1879-1959) and they moved to Muskegon. John 2nd and Daisy had three sons and six daughters. One of their sons, Bernard (1905-1946) married Lorraine Brott (1910-1978), the author of this research. Bernard and Lorraine had two children: Darleen and Bernard (Bud). Bud married Sandra Joslin in 1959 and had three children: Dennis, Janice and Glenna. Bud and Sandra divorced, Bud later married Cheryl Hopkins, adopting Jeff. He would also later adopt Denise. Bud passed away in October 2005.

Here is a link to the Riverton Cemetary records
Here is the Murphy records pulled from those cemetary records.
Scan of Lorraine Murphy documents
Scan of Census documents

Update 12/31/07: I found three Patrick Murphys listed in the "flax growers" lists along with the actual towns they were from which might be Patrick (Margaret's husband) and will bear further investigation-
Murphy Patrick Kiltullagh Roscommon
Murphy Patrick St. Johns Roscommon
Murphy Patrick Termonbarry Roscommon

Update from Jan 3, 2009
From Griffiths Valuation - Roscommon 1857-58...extracts from Griffiths Valuation of Ireland Index for civil parishes in Roscommon. I checked each parish for "John Murphy" and found the following.

Last First Landlord Parish County

Murphy John Drumalassan Castlemore Roscommon
Murphy John Knockhall Kilglass Roscommon
Murphy John Annagh Kilmore Roscommon
Murphy John Creevyquin Kilteevan Roscommon
Murphy John Corrasluastia Kiltullagh Roscommon

Murphy John Sheehaun (Morton) Kilgefin Roscommon
Murphy Mary Sheehaun (Morton) Kilgefin Roscommon
Murphy Michael Sheehaun (Morton) Kilgefin Roscommon
(possible siblings?)

Murphy Hugh Rabbitburrow Kiltullagh Roscommon
Murphy James Rabbitburrow Kiltullagh Roscommon
Murphy John Rabbitburrow Kiltullagh Roscommon
(possible siblings?)

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Patrick and Margaret (Kerr/Hoar) Murphy
John, etal.......

John (from Roscommon County) and Susan (Kellagher from Lietrim County) Murphy
Thomas, Catherine, Susannah, Andrew, Margaret, John 2nd, James, Patrick, Mary Ann, Bernard, Edward.

John 2nd and Daisy Bushaw
Ellen, Kate, Nina, John, Grace, Beatrice, Bernard, Dorothy, Dennis.

Bernard and Lorraine Brott
Darleen (with Robert Schmidt) --> Greg and Kim
Bernard (Bud) (w/ Sandra)--> Dennis, Janice, Glenna, and Denise / Bud (w/ Cheryl) --> Jeff

Dennis Barry Murphy (w/ Cindy Anderson)--> Patrick Daly Anderson
Dennis Barry Murphy ( w/ Joni Keglovitz ) --> Brenden Scott Murphy

Murphy stone at Riverton Cemetary in Mason County with Patrick, Margaret and Patrick Jr stones

Murphy stone at Pere Marquette Cemetary in Ludington with John and Susan's stones