Murphy, Chester bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 665, Farmers' Township
Chester Murphy, sec. 8, Farmers' tp.; P. O., Table Grove; was born in Licking Co., O., Sept. 30, 1846, and is the son of Isaac and Rhoda Murphy; the former is dead, and the latter lives near Cuba, this county. He received his education in an old-fashioned log school-house. His first work was teaming with a four-horse team from Cuba to Liverpool. He was so small at that time that he had to lead the horses up to the wagon tongue and climb upon the tongue in order to enable him to put the harness on them. He knows all about hard labor; indeed, but few men have ever done more hard work in the same number of years than has Mr. Murphy. He was married, Dec. 22, 1866, to Caroline Hoyle, daughter of John Hoyle, so well known in the early history of this county. They have 3 children, - Perry E., James E. and Ella L. Mr. M. is now engaged in general farming; he also has run a thresher for 7 years.