MURPHY, Thomas - Putnam

THOMAS MURPHY retired farmer, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in November, 1802. His parents, Kanlum and Nancy (SICKLESWORTH) MURPHY, came to Kentucky in an early day, where they died near Lebanon. They had twelve children, of whom Thomas was the fifth. At the age of thirty-five years, he came to Putnam County, Ind., where he lived twenty-five years, going thence to Morgan Co., afterward coming to Owen, where he now lives. It was then a wilderness, and he has helped clear a large part of Harrison Township. When Mr. Murphy was nineteen years of age, he married to BETSY DOUGLAS, with whom he lived sixty-two years. Eleven children were born to this marriage.in politics, Mr. Murphy is a democrat.

*** Personal Note: "Author" made a mistake in the spelling of Nancy Murphy's last name- - correct name is: "Nancy (Nay) Shuttlesworth".

Marriage: Thomas Murphy & Elizabeth "Betsy" Douglass January 08, 1822 Washington Co.,KY