John Murphy has a biography in the book I am working on. It is a wonderful story. He lived in Coulterville and went to the United Presbyterian Church in Tilden. He was in the Union Army. If anyone needs this, let me know. Velda Wittenbrink Moore vel_chick@verizon.net http://www.larrett.com/velda/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/