The morning call., 1892-08-30

father came 10 America: The young man
remained upon the County Wexford farm
for five years longer and then he. too, felt
within MIN the desire towork out his des-
.tlny::in- the new world. Accordingly, ac-
cnInpanied by a sister who had also re-
mained behind in the" old country. he
crossed the Allan tic in 1888; settling in the
city Of "Qnebec and engaging in 4nerchan-
diSng. Ihe". business was :. not con-
: genial. TO. the young Irish . farmer and
JOYS # rural 1ile-sut in the meantime he
mad TeGewed:his acquaintance with the Bull
-Eer:falilI Iiy, and,. on the ISth~.0f July: 1881,
lie, was married In the cathedral at Quebec
70 the woman who was to" become Cali
IornIa pioneer and the mother of pioneers.
Miss Mary Bulger, bee6rem0ny being per-
formed by Rev. Father Mcmahon. Imme-
Clately aftermaEriage the couple purchased
farm in nam pton Township, where Mar
tin .MUrphy ST. had also settled, and on that
farm were born to them James, Martin,
Patrick. W. and Bernard D. Murphy-sOns
who became in after years men we'll known
IN California. But the destiny Of Mary Bul-
ger Murphy was: not 10 be worked out
IN the narrow old-woTd DTovinee0 Of Quebec.
= There came floating TO Frampton: Township
. sonic stories Of: the wonderful possibilities Of
The Great West,tan in 1912 Martin Murphy
Jr-agaln followed. his father; locating upon
a farm on the PLAT. Purchase" in. Holt
County. near the present city of St. Joseph;
d
grinding the cOrn~-Of the settlers and the
residence: OF: a: French fur-trader. Joseph
"RubldOuX:: But even here the Murphys
were not to. rest. for there was still greater
West, and on the oath Of May, 1S43, a party
= of 13:wagons, cOmprising the entire family
OF Martin Murphy Sr: started from Council
Bluffs on their. painless way TO the shores
OF the " estern Ocean. There was neither
track nor trail. in: those days for the party
TO follow. but It made It's way. along the
banks or the Platte, on nearly the present
line OF the Union and CentralPaefc rail-
roads, and, leaving the Salt Eake:N alley TO-
the south, entered CalifoTnia.by the way Of
the. Truckee River, Donner. Eaks and the
head: of the Y Qba River. AT the head of
= this river, with others~of the: party. Mrs.
Martin Murphy remained In camp:all win
ter, suffering In tensely, and here she gave
birth-to a daughter, Elizabeth Y 6ba Muir:
. ply, THE: first white Child BORN. In the limits
OF v hat now the State of California: Bsr-<
= nard ID: Murphy was at this time butlittle.
. more .than Two years old, and Patrick W.
Murphy. only. a lew years older. Martin:
Murphy = Jr:, had, meanwhile, made
llls@ way. with the = rest Of the
party: TO Suffers Fort, whence he
returned to the camp on the Yuba as so ON
as possible, and, in 1914 the: entire party:
:; reached; the: settlement safely. Mr.. and
Mrs Martin Murphy settled on the .Cosuln-
mes River, where's on their ranch, occurred
tLe hrst outbreak that led tot the conquest OF.
=. Ne.dilIVIbld pG fIl6 Americans, ana IN 1649
they: removed to-Santa: Clara County, pur-.
chasing gttatDart 0f.the Rancho Pastoria de
las. 'Boregas, since known as Bay View
.tarmi and comprising 5000 acres, They
were; GREATLY: annoyed here by SQUAT
:teTs:.in the early days, but while Mar
=: tin Murphy: was fighting them with all
OF the:machinery' of the law, Mrs. Muir
ply fed them and their hungry families
from the abundance ofthe ranch-h0 and
the result was that the squatters grew
ashamed of ther. fight and left In peace the
family Of the noble woman who
had .ministered- to their wants. In 1881
Mr.. and Mrs Martin Murphy celebrated
their golden" wedding on the ranch, enter
tanning 6000 gnests, among them the most
noted men OF theiState. in truly regal style.
Shortly afterward they removed to the
city of: San Jose; where in 1884 Martin
Murphy was gathered to his fathers, and
where. surrounded by loving children and
grandchildren, Mrs. Murphy passed In
peace and plenty. always ready to give of
her abundance TO the needy, the las. years
OF life, filed with such stirring adventure
as few even of american women have seen.