City: Huntingdon
MURPHY, John Williams, lawyer; born at Hamburg, Ark., April 14, 1886; Scotch-Irish, Anglo-Saxon and Dutch descent; son of Joseph Warren and Mary Emily (Johnson) MURPHY; fathers’ occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Joseph Robertson and Grace (Leslie) MURPHY; maternal grandparents William and Julia (Salmon) JOHNSON; educated at Lexington M. & F. Institute, Tenn., and N. N. U., Lebanon, O.; graduated from National Normal University, Lebanon, O., in Aug. 1891, degrees conferred, B. S. in 1890, B. A. in 1891 and M. A. in 1893; married Gertrude SMITH, Blanchester, O., Sept. 16, 1892; worked on a farm until 21 years of age; later taught school and read law; taught school at Holladay, Tenn., 1891-3, Wildersville, Tenn., 1893-5, Sugar Tree, Tenn., 1895-7; began practice of law at Camden Tenn., in 1898; moved to Huntingdon, Tenn., in Oct. 1898, and formed a law partnership with Judge John R. HAWKINS and his son Lee B. HAWKINS under the name of Hawkins & Murphy, which partnership was dissolved in 1900; practice law in Huntingdon, Tenn. since that time without partner; member of the Missionary Baptist church.
