BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1902 William V. T. Murphy, one of Mitchell's, oldest and best citizens died Wednesday a.m. at 5:20 o'clock, at his home in that city. Mr. Murphy is well known to a number of Bedford's older citizens who will hear of his death with regret. No man probably ever lived in the county who bore such a pleasant acquaintance or was held in higher estimation by his friends. To know Mr. Murphy was to love him and he was always your friend. Personally he was the same "Bill" Murphy every day of his life, always greeting his friends with a pleasant smile and an anxious inquiry as to their health and success in making life happy and worth living. Mr. Murphy had lived in Mitchell nearly his entire life. In 1839 he, with others made an overland trip to California during the gold fever excitement of that year, but did not remain long in that country, returning to Mitchell. He was married to his present wife who survives him after the war of 1861, her maiden name being Miss Elizabeth Sheeks, daughter of Col. John Sheeks, deceased, who was one of the early settlers of Mitchell, who bought a large part of the territory where the town of Mitchell stands from the Government. He has one son, William Murphy Jr., who is the General Ticket Agent for a Western railroad with headquarters at Kansas City; and a daughter who is the wife of Hon. Frank B. Foster, a prominent attorney of Richmond, Ind., who survive him. Mr. Murphy was a prominent Mason, and served his country with distinction during the Civil War. NOTE: William V. T. Murphy: 8 Dec 1832 – 19 Feb. 1902. Co B 24 Inf. Burial at Mitchell City Cemetery, Marion Twp.