Emanuel Masters Murphy

Emanuel Masters Murphy (1809-1871) was born 15 Sep. 1809 in Union Co., South Carolina. He was the son of Mark Murphy and Holly Duke. He married Nancy Judd Easters on 5 Apr. 1831; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 18 Sep. 1836 in Tennessee. He served with Wilford Woodruff in church positions from about 1836 to 1871. He died 23 Jul. 1871 in Mill Creek, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory.

Footnotes

Emanuel Masters Murphy (KWNW-8LB), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 30 Mar. 2022). Emanuel Masters Murphy, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/emanuel-masters-murphy, accessed 30 Mar. 2022). "Old Southern Bible Records," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com, accessed 11 Apr. 2022); Mark Murphy, p. 233; citing “Lester, Memory Aldrige, Old Southern Bible Records, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002." "South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com, accessed 31 Mar. 2022); Mark Murphy, 12 Feb. 1830, Union Co., South Carolina, box 18, package 15; citing “South Carolina County, District and Probate Courts." Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), p. 1051; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 21 Apr. 2022). "Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com, accessed 14 Apr. 2022); Emanuel Master Murphy, 18 Sep. 1836; citing “Black, Susan Easton, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989.” "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 14 Apr. 2022); Emanuel M. Murphy, 23 Jul. 1871, Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, p. 119; citing Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, image 238, 239/403; DGS 4139616.

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    September 22, 1836 ~ Thursday Sept 22 Preached at Mr Frazier at the ford of brush creek got one subscriber for M & Ad. Was some opposed by a Pryspet erian Priest & wrote a letter for sister Bishop September 23, 1836 ~ Friday 23 Rode to Feliciana from thence took the Dresden road & with difficulty crossed the Obine swamp & creek my horse frequently wallowing in the cyprus slues nearly under ...
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    September 22, 1836 September 23, 1836 September 24, 1836 September 25, 1836 September 26, 1836 September 27, 1836 September 28, 1836 September 29, 1836 September 30, 1836 October 1, 1836 October 2, 1836 October 3, 1836 October 4, 1836 October 5, 1836

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    family after haveing filled [hit] [misn] thy love and fear which may God grant for Chris[ts] sake. It seames to be my turn now to write to you mostly [illegible] as this is the third letter I have written you since I received any from you. I feal verry anxious to hear from you to know how you prosper in that country–hope you will tell me all about it when you write. In my last letter to you I gave you an acc- ount of my ...

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    31 ^1860^ Lakes in Central Africa He went all around the large lake 250 miles long about 100 wide He found mud fish 6 feet long with- out scales. He found Eels. He found large flocks of sea guls the lake was 700 miles from the sea He tried to sounded 400 feet without any bottom. there was no visible outlet to it, though there were several large streams runing into it. the water was not salt this lake was surroounded with High Bluffs. He visited another Lake about ...
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    August 31, 1860

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    31 ^1860^ and most of the company starved to death and the living cattle Dead Mrs Murphy was Eat up & some of her children two fof her sons were saved. Brother Emanuel Murphy has been a true faithful Latter Day Saint He visited Joseph Smith almost daily while in prision in Missouri. He liberated Erastus Snow out of Liberty Jail. He has done much for the Church. He took supper with me ...
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    August 31, 1860 September 1, 1860 September 2, 1860

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    Dec 30th 1860 Sunday Brother Emanuel M. Murphy preached in the morning gave an account of his receiving the gospel, his gathering to Missouri, his visit to Joseph in prision, the advice of Joseph the Prophet to him to go to South Carolina & Georgia & warn his friends of the wrath & desolation ofthat the people in that land & to gather out his Friends to Zion for the wars & rebelion would begin in South Carolinia Elder
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    December 30, 1860 December 31, 1860

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    May 22, 1871 ~ Monday May 22nd 1871 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Col Saxe May 23, 1871 ~ Monday to May 26, 1871 ~ Friday 23 to 26 I spent the time on my Farm watering & in my Garden. May 27, 1871 ~ Saturday 27. In company with the Presidency & Twelve & many others I went to Ogden in the cars to Hold a 2 days Meeting 27 I met with the
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    May 22, 1871 May 23, 1871 May 26, 1871 May 27, 1871 May 28, 1871 May 29, 1871 May 31, 1871 June 1, 1871 June 2, 1871 June 3, 1871 June 4, 1871 June 5, 1871 June 9, 1871 June 10, 1871 June 11, 1871

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    TEXAS BRANCH George Washington Brannon moved to the Academy branch Abigal Brannon Thompson Creek Branch Jeremiah B Murphy Levinah W Murphy David Crider Nancy Summers Alexan Elder Randolph Alexander Mirza Alexander Emanuel Murphy Nancy Murphy Sarah Crider Elizabeth Alexander Warren Smith Lydia Smith ...