27 May 2007

Fourth Young Man of His Family to Die (1918)

Macon Daily Telegraph
Bibb County, Georgia
23 October 1918

DEATHS AND FUNERALS...

...PRIVATE TIMOTHY A. MURPHY
AUGUSTA, Oct 22 -- The death is reported at 4:30 p.m., yesterday, at Camp Merritt, N.J., of Private Timothy A. Murphy from pneumonia. He belonged to the Thirty-First, from Camp Wheeler, and was at Camp Merritt to report overseas. He is the fourth young man of his family to die in the last twenty months, three of his brothers, all fine young fellows between 20 and 30 years of age, having passed away during that time. The body will be sent to Augusta for interment. He is survived by his mother, three sisters and one brother...

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