The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-01-28
JOHN P. MURPHY
CALLED BY DEATH
PROMINENT BANKER DIED AT HIS
HOME SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AFTER YEARS ILLNESS.
BORN IN OLD THIRD WARD.
Attended Pomeroy School with Tom
Shauhnessy-Entered Railroad Serv-
ice and Then Finance
OFFICER OF MILWAUKEE, NATIONAL

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Jan. % 1903
John Z. Murphy, vice president of the
Milwaukee National bank, and for years
prominent in the financial and business
affairs of the city, died Sunday evening,
shortly after q o'clock, at his residence,
464 Lafayette place, after an illness ex-
tending over a period of about one year.
Mr.. Murphy was 80 years of age.
While not unexpected, the end came
as shock to his family and immediate
friends ana associates. During the lat
ter part of the week, Mr. Murphy
seemed to be improved slightly. A year
ago MIR. Murphy was compelled to re-
linqulsh all work at the bank and under
so special treatment for heart and liver
troubles, from which he had been suffer
ing slightly for about year previous.
During last summer he so far recovered
as to be able to resume partial work and
he was ut his desk for several hours
each day. Following n fishing trip to
one of the northern lakes, in June, he ex-
perlenCed Il sudden relapse and from
that time until his death he was confined
Il greater part of the succeeding months
to his home.
Born in the Third Ward.
Mr., Murphy was born in the Third
ward, September 10, 1880, and his boy.
hood was spent there in attendance At
the old ''Pomeroy school with other
sturdy boys of that section, including
Thomas q. Shaughnessy. He sold
newspapers on the street, and for IA short
time was employed in the mailing de-
partment of The Evening Wisconsin.
When he was Is years of age he was
an assistant in the Lydston X Mosher
Photographic studio, engaged in color.
ing portraits, an art in which he dis
played great skill Later he went to
Chicago and entered the freight offices
of the Burlington road as a clerk. He
spent some time also in Kansas City as
railroad freight clerk, and while there,
at the age or II years. he began his
banking career as bOokkeeper in the
First National. In 1874 he returned to
Milwaukee and entered the services Of
the First National in this city. Twelve
years later when the plankinton bank
was started Mr.. Murphy was employed
as cashier. Following the failure of
that bank, at the beginning of the panic
of 1898, he went to the Wisconsin Ma.
rine and Fire Insurance company bank
as assistant cashier and when this
closed he was elected vice president of
the Milwaukee National where he re.
manned until his death. He was vice
president of the Milwaukee Bankers
club. Mr.. Murphy served as a member
of the fire ana police commission, and as
director of the Milwaukee, Gas Light and
Milwaukee Trust companies. lie was
also a member of the Milwaukee, the
Deutscher and the Athletic clubs.
Engages in Banking.
In 1870 Mr.. Murphy was united in
marriage to Miss katherine Shea,
a daughter of the late Thomas Shea, ST.,
who survives him, together with three
sons aud three daughters. The children
are: Frederick, Elizabeth, Alice and
Ruth Murphy, residing ut home; Harry
Murphy, engaged in the banking bust
ness at Kansas City, Mo, and Frank
Murphy, in business at Birmingham,
Ala, He is also survived by one brother,
Phillip IL. Murphy Of this city, and two
sisters, Mrs. Edward \. cudahy, wife Of
the millionaire meat packer of Omaha,
and Mrs. James VI. Reddy of Chicago.
In social life Mr.. Murphy was of a
genial, friendly nature, a man who made
and retained friends. In business he
was the soul of honor and noted for his
painstaking eXaCtueSs and accuracy. In
banking and financial circles he stood
in the highest esteem and confidence of
his associates and fellows.
The funeral of Mr.. Murphy will be
held on Wednesday morning, at . O'Clock
from the residence to Holy Rosary
church. lnterment will be at Calvary.
The following will be palibearers: Frank
J. Kipp, Patrick CudGhy, George w.
Strohmeyer, Robert Nuunemachcr, Rob.
ert Camp and John Rugee.
\ meeting of the Clearing House as,
ISOLATION, Of which Mr., Murphy was
vice president, will be held later to take
action upon his death.
A son. Harry Murphy. and wife, ar.
rived this morning from Kansas City.