Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Murphy, Owen 1861

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   OWEN MURPHY, one of the leading coke oven contractors of the Connellsville
coke region, and the proprietor of the Murphy house at Youngstown, is a son of
Patrick and Mary (Woods) Murphy and was born in county Monaghan, Ireland, in
1861. His parents are natives of Ireland and members of the Catholic church. His
father, Patrick Murphy, was reared and educated in his native country where he
has always remained. He is an extensive farmer and a very active and
thorough-going business man. He was born in 1827 and is now in the sixty-third
year of his age. He married Mary Woods and has several children.

   Owen Murphy was reared on his father's farm and attended the pay schools of
his native county, in which he received a good business education. Leaving
school he learned the trade of stonemason and bricklayer. In 1881 he came to the
United States and located at Broad Ford, Fayette county, Pa. He remained there
for one year during which period of time he worked at his trade for the H. C.
Frick Coke Company. At the end of that time he went to St. Louis, Missouri,
where he worked for eighteen months. He then returned to Pennsylvania and
located at Mount Pleasant, this county, where he resided until 1889 when he
removed to Youngstown and has continued to live there ever since. He is now
engaged in the erection of a very large hotel which when completed will be a
very fine building and a great, improvement to Youngstown. It is modern in
design and no expense is being spared to make it first-class in every respect.
It will contain a large number of rooms besides dining and sample rooms,
pantries, store room and office. It is a two-story frame and will be complete in
all its equipments and arrangements.

   November 6, 1885, he married Lizzie McMahon of Mount Pleasant. Their union
has been blessed with two children, both daughters: Mary Edna and Annie Agnes.

   Since he came to this county, Mr. Murphy has been largely engaged in
contracting. He built 150 coke evens at Broad Ford, 300 at Cupalo, 1000 at
another point and 603 for the Hostetter Coke Company. In politics he is an
aggressive democrat. In religion he is an earnest member of the Catholic church.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890




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