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Joseph W. Murphy

Joseph W. Murphy was rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Hillsborough from 1881 to 1892. In 1900 his brother, Dr. Samuel W. Murphy, and his daughter gave the church a brass alms basin in his memory.

Source: Pauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan pp. 69 and 71

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  1. Charles J. Curtis resigns as rector of St. Matthew's Charles J. Curtis, who had followed his father Moses Ashley Curtis in charge of the parish, resigned on July 24, 1880, and held his last service on August 8. Visiting clergy and a lay reader carried the services until Joseph W. Murphy took charge the next July; the Orange County Observer reported him arrived and preaching by Sunday, July 10, 1881. People: Moses Ashley Curtis, Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Joseph W. Murphy, A Sermon-Sketch of the History of St. Matthew's Parish, Hillsboro, N.C. (1900), scan p. 42 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 28, 1881, p. 3; Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 16, 1881, p. 3
  2. The Rev. Joseph W. Murphy takes charge of the St. Mary's congregation Murphy began serving St. Mary's together with St. Matthew's in Hillsborough and opened the chapel's second parish register, which records much of the little church's later history. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Hugh Conway Browning, Information Related to St. Mary's Chapel (1996), scan p. 19
  3. Joseph W. Murphy serves as rector of St. Matthew's Joseph W. Murphy of Maryland took charge of the parish in July 1881, preaching his first sermon on July 10, and was rector for eleven years. His family later gave the brass alms basin in his memory. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Pauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan p. 69 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 16, 1881, p. 3
  4. J. B. G. Roulhac, who kept a large Hillsborough store, dies at 34 J. B. G. Roulhac of Hillsborough died of pneumonia at Duncan Cameron's house in Durham County on March 11, about a month after leaving town in good health. His body was brought back on March 13 and his funeral was read at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church by the rector, J. W. Murphy, with John Huske assisting. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 17, 1883, p. 3
  5. St. Matthew's installs a new organ After several years of fundraising, St. Matthew's set up a new organ on August 24, 1883, at a cost of $1,040. Lizzie Jones played it at the next Sunday's services, and the formal opening exercises were held on Sunday, September 9. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Joseph W. Murphy, A Sermon-Sketch of the History of St. Matthew's Parish, Hillsboro, N.C. (1900), scan p. 42 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 1, 1883, p. 2; Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 8, 1883, p. 3
  6. Bishop Lyman ordains William L. Reaney a priest at St. Matthew's Bishop Lyman ordained the Rev. William L. Reaney of Burlington to the priesthood at the morning service at St. Matthew's Church, with the Revs. Marshall, Bush and Murphy joining in the laying on of hands. That night the bishop confirmed two young men. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 23, 1887, p. 3
  7. St. Mary's Chapel is reorganized as a mission Twenty years after losing its standing as a parish, St. Mary's Chapel was reorganized in 1888 as a mission served from Hillsborough. Murphy wished it had long since been joined with Salem Chapel and Flat River under a minister of its own. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Joseph W. Murphy, A Sermon-Sketch of the History of St. Matthew's Parish, Hillsboro, N.C. (1900), scan p. 31
  8. The St. Mary's Chapel land is deeded to the trustees of the Episcopal Diocese Two days after an Easter meeting elected Philip Walker warden and made the minister trustee with power to transfer the property, the Rev. Joseph W. Murphy deeded the chapel's 9 9/16 acres to the diocesan trustees. The old one-acre burial ground was left out of the deed. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Hugh Conway Browning, Information Related to St. Mary's Chapel (1996), scan p. 21
  9. Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Ruffin Jr. dies at Hillsborough Thomas Ruffin Jr., son of Chief Justice Ruffin, a solicitor, Confederate lieutenant colonel, superior court judge and associate justice of the state Supreme Court from 1881 to 1883, died at his home near Hillsborough; a procession led by the boys of the Peace and Beneficial Club he had founded followed him to St. Matthew's churchyard. People: Joseph W. Murphy, Thomas Ruffin Jr.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 1, 1889, p. 3
  10. St. Matthew's registers record 679 baptisms and 375 communicants in the parish's first 66 years Totaling the parish registers in 1890, Murphy counted 99 marriages, 679 baptisms, 262 confirmations, 375 communicants and 242 burials since 1824. He also noted that only 10 Black people had been entered as communicants in that time, though the parish had built a gallery for Black worshippers in the 1830s. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Joseph W. Murphy, A Sermon-Sketch of the History of St. Matthew's Parish, Hillsboro, N.C. (1900), scan p. 43
  11. Rector Joseph W. Murphy preaches a two-part history of St. Matthew's Parish On St. Matthew's Day, Sunday, September 21, 1890, and again on October 5, Murphy gave his congregation a history of the parish drawn from diocesan journals and parish registers, from the revival of 1818-19 through the work of its six rectors. It was printed in Washington, D.C., in 1900. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Joseph W. Murphy, A Sermon-Sketch of the History of St. Matthew's Parish, Hillsboro, N.C. (1900), scan p. 7
  12. Paul C. Cameron is buried from St. Matthew's Church Funeral services for Paul C. Cameron were held at St. Matthew's Church at 11 in the morning, and former servants of his carried the coffin into the church and to the grave at their own request. University trustees and faculty, Lieutenant Governor Thomas M. Holt and others came from Raleigh and Durham on a special train. People: Paul C. Cameron, Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 10, 1891, p. 3
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  1. St. Matthew's rector invites bids to build a chapel Rector Joseph W. Murphy's notice of Feb. 25 asked for sealed proposals to build a chapel on a tract near the house of Thomas A. Williams, to plans and specifications he held, with the decision to be made known on March 30. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 28, 1891, p. 3
  2. Rev. Joseph W. Murphy resigns as rector of St. Matthew's Church because of ill health Murphy tells the vestry that poor health forces him to give up the parish, to take effect on Easter Monday. The vestry first asks him to withdraw the resignation and wait until the Easter meeting, but he repeats that the change is necessary, and the vestry accepts it, effective April 18, 1892. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 26, 1891, p. 3
  3. St. Matthew's receives a brass alms basin in memory of Rev. Joseph W. Murphy Dr. Samuel W. Murphy and Mrs. Walter E. Stumph, the former rector's brother and daughter, gave a brass alms basin in his memory. People: Joseph W. MurphySearch the index · Pauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan p. 71

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A sermon-sketch of the history of St. Matthew's Parish, Hillsboro, N.C

Murphy, Joseph W. · 1900 · Washington, D.C. : [s.n.]

Joseph W. Murphy's sermon on the history of St. Matthew's Episcopal parish in Hillsborough, preached at the church on 21 September and 5 October 1890 and printed in Washington, D.C., in 1900. Forty pages.

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Alexander Boyd Andrews, Jr. (1873-1946) Collection

Andrews, Alexander Boyd, 1873-1946 · 1861

Papers of Alexander Boyd Andrews Jr., a Raleigh lawyer and son of railroad official Col. A. B. Andrews, 1861 to 1945. Among the letters are John Motley Morehead's account of the 1881 hanging of Tildy Carter, a Black woman, in Rockingham County, and H. A. Page Sr. writing about the home of Walter Hines Page. The Hillsborough Academy, the Civil War and the Episcopal Church also figure. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.125.

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