Peter Murphy
Peter Murphy is the son of Cornelius Murphy and Eleanora Windsor, now both dead. His parents were early settlers of Liberty Twp, and moved there when Cincinnati was but a mere village, and the pike now leading from Cincinnati to Dayton was nothing but an Indian trail. Mr. Murphy volunteered in the War of 1812, but was wounded in the knee with a tomahawk while drilling, and was discharged. Peter Murphy was born in Liberty Twp, on the 1st of October, 1820, and was married in 1844, to Cyrena Van Gorden, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Van Gorden. She was born in March, 1820. They have six children. Sallie Maria, the eldest, was born in 1845; Lewis D. was born in 1847; Cora E., in 1851; Willie E., in 1857; Harry, in 1859; and Clarence, in 1862. Sallie Maria, Cora E., and Willie E. live in Preble County, and the rest in Liberty Twp. He was sheriff of Butler County from 1851 to 1855, four years, and was State senator from 1871 to 1873, in the Butler and Warren district.
From A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County Ohio, With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati Ohio, 1882.