The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-01-19
The Death of Mrs. Kebecca T..
Murphy.

| Murphy
The unwelcome intelligence of the
death of Mrs. Rebecca E. Murphy, relict
of the late DR.. Thomas l.. Murphy, and
the mother of Ex-Post Master General
Creswell, which occurred at her home i'll
Port Deposit on the evening OF Friday,
the 18th instant, was received by her
| friends in this town on Saturday morn
ing last. Owing to her advanced years,
Mrs. Murphy's precarious health had
been a source of constant solicitude to
her immediate family tor some months
past. Recently, however. she had APP
parently improved, even her physician,
Dr. Noble, who had been assiduous in
his considerable attention to her, having
no immediate apprehension of her early
demise. He had visited her as late as
half-past six on the evening of her death
and had noticed no unlavorable or alarm
ing symptoms in her case. Two hours,
later, however, she was stricken with an
insidious affection of the heart, and life
WAS OAbihSb aiihooo oOioiO hOA
could be summoned to her bed side.
Mrs. Murphy who in dying has left be-
hind her as rich legacy to her children,
the blessing of high personal example,
was born on the Goth of March 1904 be-
ing near the completion of her S5Jh year.
She was married to John Cleswell of
Port Deposit in Sept 18th 1922 and went
as bride to reside in the house, wherein
she died 81 years thereafter.
Her husband, John Creswell died at
Port Deposit on the 18th day of May 1851
at the early age of 30, leaving four infant
children to the sole care of their mother
with the direction that she should .bring
them up in the nurture and admonition
of the Lord" Most faithfully didshe dis
charge her duty toward them. During
her long life her highest pleasure con-
sisted in promoting the interests and
happiness of her children and grand. chill
dren; and her last words were expended
10 giving expression to her ardent and
undated devotion to them.
Her second husband was Doctor Thos.
Lloyd Murphy, to whom she was married
on November 10th 1850. He departed
this life March 18th 1861.
Mrs, Murphy became member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Port
Deposit in 1882. and continued member
thereof until her death
She was the eldest daughter of ,Jona-
than and Rachel Webb OF Pine Grove,
Lancaster county, Penn. On the maternal
side she was descendant in the 3rd
degree from Doctor Daniel Heinrich Esch
OF Hackeuburg, Germany, who was
member of the Reformed Church, and emf
grated to Philadelphia in 1741. Through
her father, Mrs. Murphy was descendant
in the 4th degree from Richard and Eliza
beth Webb, who were prominent and in
fuential leaders in the Society of Friends
aud who emigrated from Gloucester,
England in 1899, and settled at Birming-
ham in Chester county, Penna.. near
where the battle of Brandywine was
fought seventy eight years afterward.
Mrs. Murphy has been frequently heard
to speak of a visit, which she, when only
five years of age, made with her mother
to her mothers grandmother, then 90
years old. Mrs. Murphy bad clear re-
collection of her great grandmother and
used to remark upon the loug period of
time covered by their joint lives. Ex-
Guiding the lap of five years, these two
lives reached back to the year 1717, or to
the 4th year of the reign of George |. OF
Great Britain when the American Colo
MES were still in their infancy aud when
as yet no prophet had arisen bold enough
to predict such an improbable event as
the Revolutionary War for Independence.
Three of Mrs. Murphy's five children
survive her, two daughters, MIS-. Caroline
Heald and Mrs. ]. ]. Taylor OF BaIti-
more, and one son, the Hon. Jno. A. J.
Creswell. Her funeral took place
from her late residence in Port Deposit
on Tuesday last, the interment being at
Hopewell Cemetery. Feeling addresses
upon her life and character were made
by the Rev. J. P. Otis and the Rev. Jas.
Conway. we being indebted to the former
for the interesting facts relative to her.
The affectionate esteem in which she
was held was amply attested by the large
concourse of friends who on Tuesday
paid to her memory the last tribute of
respect, the following we'll known citi
zens of Port Deposit acting as pail bearers
John VI. McClenehan, John r. Bond,
Thos. c. Bond, w. w. Nickle, l.. A. c.
Gerry and F 8 Eyerist