 Birth | October 15, 1869 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Talitha Jennie Shemwell — View this family March 23, 1890 (Age 20 years) |
 Occupation | Railroader 1890 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Ada Mae Murphy April 4, 1894 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Oma Edna Murphy September 7, 1895 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Ernest Pless Murphy June 10, 1898 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Bulah Murphy June 3, 1901 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Cova Murphy April 1, 1903 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Vestel Beck Murphy May 15, 1907 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | May 9, 1910 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Gosser — Ada Mae Murphy — View this family July 6, 1915 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas D Carroll — Bulah Murphy — View this family January 25, 1917 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Margrette Carroll July 27, 1917 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | John James “Johnie” Solomon August 30, 1917 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Bulah Murphy November 15, 1918 (Age 49 years) Cause: Influenza |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 47 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 48 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Rex T Solomon January 3, 1920 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | January 24, 1920 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Leona Mae Solomon January 2, 1922 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Cova Young Solomon October 30, 1923 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Cova Murphy — Opal Farmer — View this family about 1925 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Cecil Ray Murphy March 26, 1926 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Margrette Carroll September 9, 1926 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Clara Louise Solomon June 20, 1928 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 59 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 4, 1930 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Oma Edna Murphy July 31, 1931 (Age 61 years) Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Ernest Murphy March 1, 1937 (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Cova Murphy — Anna Louise Jernigan — View this family June 1938 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Paul Edward Murphy July 8, 1938 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | James R Murphy January 14, 1940 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James R Murphy January 14, 1940 (Age 70 years) Cause: Premature |
| Census | April 13, 1940 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Delois “Lois” Murphy January 25, 1941 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Margaret Murphy February 27, 1949 (Age 79 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1950 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 76 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | September 13, 1950 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ebeneezer Cemetery |