MURPHY, Catherine Jane “Kitty” (Adams)

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Mrs. Kitty Murphy had a paralytic stroke Monday morning, affecting the right side. She has had two light strokes a number of years ago. She is in a very critical condition and is not expected to survive. She has been known as such a very good kind old lady, always good in sickness and ready to lend a helping hand whenever needed. Her death will be a great loss to the community.

Mrs. Lizzie Varner of Indianapolis, is here, called by the sudden illness of her half-sister, Mrs. Murphy.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 9, 1900,
Volume XL Number 36, page 1 column 3

Personal and Local.

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Mrs. Wm. [sic] Murphy, who was stricken with paralysis, died Monday at her home in Whiteland.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 16, 1900,
Volume XL Number 37, page 3 column 1

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WHITELAND.

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Nora Murphy returned to St. Louis, Mo. Sunday night, after being at home during the illness of her mother and attending her funeral.

Link to Catherine Jane “Kitty” (Adams) Murphy’s grave

Notes: Johnson County, Indiana.; Marriage Records 1851–1875 Valume 2, D. A. R., transcribed by Edna Thompson Bice, records on page 54 that Guilford E. Murphy married Catharine [sic] Adams on 19 May 1852.

Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Health Officer’s Record Number 5, page 162, records that Catherian [sic] Adams Murphey [sic] died from cerebral hemorrhage of seven days’ duration at 2 o’clock a.m. on 5 Mar 1900 in Whiteland, Pleasant Township, Johnson County, Indiana, aged sixty-six years, ten months and twenty-two days. She was female, white, married and a housewife, born in Johnson County, Indiana. Her father’s name was Clela [sic Clellan] Adams and her mother’s maiden name Marget [sic Margaret] Banta, both born in Kentucky. She was buried in Hopewell on 6 Mar 1900, Covert & Covert, undertakers.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson