James Murphy Cemetery

5900 Highway 68, Robb Township, Poseyville, Indiana
170 feet south of Hwy. 68, about 0.4 mile west of the intersection with Hwy. 168.

Stone pieces were still present in 2016; but have now disappeared.

(38.16441, -87.79800)
(Private property)

Last update:   

Surname	Given Name	Birth	Death	Notes	Veteran	Photo
Murphy	Elizabeth	1775	1831	nee Boone.  Wife of James Murphy, Sr. Note:  A direct descent of Elizabeth (Boone) Murphy is shown by DNA testing to be a genetic match of other descendants of Squire Boone, father of Daniel Boone.		No monuments now exist. Note:  Information from Murphy & Gwaltney families and other genealogy records.
Murphy	James, Sr	Jul 1775	May 1820	Husband of Elizabeth (Boone) Murphy.  Son of Thomas & Adah (Rice) Murphy, Sr.
Murphy	Luella Elizabeth "Betsy"	5 Sep 1812	6 Aug 1891	nee Vandeveer.  Wife of Noah Murphy.  Married:  4 Dec 1834. Daughter of Charles  & Hannah (Jones) Vandaveer.
Murphy	Noah	22 Nov 1814	30 Jun 1869	Husband of Luella Elizabeth (Vandeveer) Murphy.  Married:  4 Dec 1834. Son of James & Elizabeth (Boone) Murphy, Sr. Note:  The photo to the right was taken a few years ago,
Murphy	Samuel	1810	1810	Infant son of James & Elizabeth (Boone) Murphy.
Murphy	Thomas, Sr	1740	21 Jan 1816	Husband of Adah (Rice) Murphy. Note:  His wife, Adah (Rice) Murphy, is buried in the Blackfoot Cemetery, Coe, Pike County, Indiana.  Her moument still exists there.
Murphy	Thomas, Jr.	1765	1823	Son of Thomas & Adah (Rice) Murphy.
Vandaveer  or Vandeveer  or  Vandiver	Hannah	1777	1858	nee Jones.  Wife of Charles Vandaveer.  Mother of Elizabeth L (Vandaveer) Murphy. Her husband, Charles, died in Wayne County, Illinois in 1847.  Note:  At time of the 1850 census of Noah & Elizabeth Murphy's family, Hannah "Vandiver" age 73, is living with them.
Murphy	Unknowns	?	?	Family tradition holds that at least 10 or 12 other family members are buried here. All of these stones in the photo to the right, have been removed.