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A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Volume 98; Number 42

www.bladepublishing.net

Wed. Mar. 30

Rain/Snow

41°/28° 

Thur. Mar. 31

Snow Showers

41°/29° 

Fri. Apr. 1

Snow Showers

38°/29° 

Sat, Apr. 2 

Partly Cloudy

42°/26° 

Sun. Apr. 3 

Showers

42°/32° 

Mon. Apr. 4

Rain/Snow

40°/32° 

Tue. Apr. 5 

Rain/Snow

43°/29° 

W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT

75¢

The Albert Murphy Family: Farmers,Civil War Soldier, Doctor, Postmaster

Farmer’s Co-op customersenjoy Open House

The Browerville High School class of 1975 had it's 36th class reunion on March 5, 2011, at the Double Eagle Golf Course,

wned by classmate, Dave Lisson and his wife, Theresa. Twenty-nine classmates gathered to celebrate and a memorial was set

p for five classmates that have passed away. There was a total of 63 in the graduating class.

The evening started with a social hour, followed by a delicious buffet and then a dance. Everyone had a great time, some of 

he people attending had not been together since graduating in 1975.

Pictured at left are

FRONT ROW- L TO R

Suzanne (Weske) Motyka,

Judy (Bleninger) Lemm, Pa

(Ostrowski) Rickbeil, Julie

(Bleninger) Erickson, Marie(Chihos) Noska, Marilyn

(Citrowski) Brichacek, Eva

(Buhl) Spychalla, Darlene

(Kilanowski) Ripka; SEC-

OND ROW- L TO R: Anthony

Claseman, Dave Lisson,

Bruce Crosby, Bob Spandl,

Tom Kahlert, Kirk Mahr,

RoseAnn (Kowalczyk)

Homan-right behind Kirk,

Lavonne (Solem) Plouff,

Linda (Chihos) Miller, Sandy

(Carlson) Rohloff-right

behind Linda, Paulette

(Twardowski) Connolly,

Karen (Luke) Hadash, Becky

(Werner) Meis; BACK ROW – L

TO R: Mark Gereats, Kevin

Rickbeil, Mark Irsfeld, Jay

Noska, Steve John, Ken

Carstensen, Angelo Smieja,

Karleen (Luke) Tichy.

Class of 1975 holds 36th reunion

y Rin Porter 

The Albert Murphy family of Ward

ownship was one of the many

milies who came to Todd

ounty in the 1860s, 1870s, and

880s from Randolph County,

diana. Albert Murphy was the

on of Robert Murphy and

izabeth Duvall, who were both

orn in Ohio in about 1804.

oth of their families had been

the U.S. for over a hundredars. They moved to Indiana

time for Albert’s birth in

ecember 1834. Robert and

izabeth would have eight

ore children who lived.

izabeth died following the birth

her last child, a son John, in

847.

Albert Murphy, the third child

the family, married Ellen Polly,

e daughter of a doctor,

arnhill Polly, in 1857 in

andolph County. In 1860, the

S. Census shows them living

ere.

In August 1862, Albert

urphy joined Company F of e 69th Indiana Infantry, and

rved in the Civil War until he

as discharged. The unit saw

ction in the Battle of Richmond,

entucky, on August 30, 1862,

here they were captured, held, and then

released. In late November they left for 

Memphis, Tennessee. They fought under 

General Sherman in Mississippi for the

remainder of 1862 and most of 1863, until

November 1863 when they moved to

Texas, then Louisiana, then

back to Mississippi, then to

Florida and southern Alabama

where they remained until July

1865.

Private Albert Murphy

returned to Randolph County,

Indiana, and lived there with

his family for the next few

years. They appear on theU.S. Census of 1870.

But in the early 1870s,

they, along with many others,

left Indiana for Todd County,

Minnesota. Albert Murphy and

his wife Ellen were in

Minnesota in time for the

Minnesota State Census of 

1875, where they were living

on 120 acres in Ward

Township. By 1880, they had

seven children, the oldest of 

whom was Martin Murphy. A

descendant wrote on

Ancestry.com that Albert and

his family moved to Old

Hartford and was appointedpostmaster. He served in that

position until the railroad came

to Browerville and the post

office was moved there.

Albert Murphy died in

Dr. Mruphy. This photo was taken while he

was practicing medicine in Browerville, MN 

area. Photo courtesy of "Todd Co. Historical

Book" 

Todd County Dairy Princesses served milk and ice cream to

visitors of Farmer’s Coop Annual Open House held on

Saturday, March 26th.

The event was very well attended and numerous bargains

were found throughout the store. There was also live music,

and a lunch was served. Additional photos on page 16.

Continued on page 16.

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