Camden People - Thomas J. Murphy

THOMAS J. MURPHY was appointed to the Camden Police Department on August 13, 1902. He served for almost 31 years, retiring on January 1, 1933, having reached the rank of Sergeant. His son, Thomas P. Murphy, joined him on the Police department in 1928, and was promoted to detective in 1937.

In January of 1920 the Murphy family was living at 705 North 2nd Street in North Camden. Thomas P. Murphy, who had not joined the force yet, was working as a machinist. Besides Thomas P., there were four other children, sister Frances and brothers William, Steven, and John. Sadly, Stephen Murphy died on November 24, 1922 of pneumonia at the age of 18.

The 1930 Census shows the Thomas J. Murphy family residing at 545 Vine Street in North Camden. Frances had married Dr. Edmund Hessert and had moved to Audubon. Sons Thomas P., Wilbur, now by then an accountant at the Victor Talking Machine Company, and youngest son John, who also worked at Victor, as a clerk, were still at home.

Prior to his retirement Thomas J. Murphy served as desk sergeant at police headquarters. He last resided at 417 Cooper Street. Thomas J. Murphy passed away on August 9, 1943. He was survived by his wife, Anna, sons Thomas P., Wilbur, and John, and daughter Frances Hessert. Another son, Stephen, had died in 1922 of pneumonia at the age of 18. Anna Flynn Murphy died in January of 1958.

Philadelphia Inquirer - June 7, 1893

Harry B. Paul - Edward Cooper - Samuel Bakley - william h. butts - harry mines Isaac McKinley - John Pratt - James Oscar Weaver - Samuel Paul William D. Comley - Casper Hart - benjamin middleton - Jacob Woodside O. Glen Stackhouse - Frank Matlack - John Dall - James Rutledge - Amer Green Edward Richardson - Harry L. Duffee - Michael Bradley - John E. Dunn Thomas J. Murphy - John Logan - William Orcutt - Patrick Clark - Joseph Sloan

Philadelphia Inquirer - March 5, 1906


William J. Sewell - Mount Vernon Street - John Foster




Charles H. Ellis - Ionic Lodge of Masons - John Carroll First Italian Republican Club - John R. Campbell Tall Cedars of Lebanon - Improved Order of Red Men

Rev. Gilbert Underhill - St. John's Episcopal Church Elisha Albert Gravenor - John Brothers - Maurice A. Rogers George Hammond - Joseph Nowrey - Albert Shaw Thomas Brothers - Camillus Appley - Robert Colkett Jules Bosch - Thomas J. Murphy - Harry Mines

George Kappel - George Kleaver - alfred snow - casper hart Arthur Stanley - Haddon Avenue - City Hall Fifth Ward Republican Club - William Horner - Aaron Matlack South 3rd Street - Walnut Street - Broadway - Benson Street Harleigh Cemetery

Camden Daily Courier
July 12, 1906

Alfred S. Snow
John Brothers
Thomas J. Murphy
Jeff Kay
William J. Thompson
Thomas Reed

Camden Post-Telegram
November 30, 1910

Carman Street
Crawford Smith
Andy Smith
James Davis
Wright Cox
Market Street
Mrs. Imnel Grundy
Thomas J. Murphy

*Camden Courier-Post October 8, 1932**


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Thomas J. Murphy - Josiah Pedigree - William W. Patterson - Fred Schaar - Roy. R. Stewart David S. Rhone - John W. Golden - Arthur Colsey - Thomas P. Murphy - Thomas J. Nicholas Daniel W. Leach - Harry Hankins - James McDermott - Joseph T. Johnson - Harry Bakley - Irving Varley James M. Ellis - William Bryant - Samuel Hibbert - William C. Horner

*Camden Courier-Post December 31, 1932**

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Nathan Petit - Roy R. Stewart - A. Lincoln James - Samuel Johnson - Charles Laib Frederick Watson - William Boettcher - Thomas Stanger - George Ward - George Frost - Louis Shaw thomas j. murphy - William Robertson

Camden Courier-Post
August 10, 1943

Thomas P. Murphy
John W. Golden
Thomas J. Murphy
Arthur Colsey
Dr. Edmund C. Hessert
Wilbur Murphy
John Murphy

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