Herring Hogge Cemetery on South Murphy road and Skyline was established in the 1870's and contains the graves of the Herring, Hogge, and McAmis families who were among the earliest settlers in Collin County. Daniel Herring (1812-1882) was born in . . . — — Map (db m246104) HM
In 1886 while a resident of Coryell
County, James Maxwell, Jr, sold three
acres of land for five dollars to
trustees C.A. McMillan, H. Willaford and
W. Brinson and formally established
Maxwell Cemetery. Members of the
families of the three . . . — — Map (db m245280) HM
Murphy was primarily an agricultural community from 1880-1970. Murphy thrived in farming and ranching because of its location in the Blackland Prairie which was covered with tall grasses, black fertile soil and abundant rainfall. The first settlers . . . — — Map (db m245282) HM
The Murphy Family Cemetery has been identified with the Murphy Community since William A. Murphy (1816-1909) set aside land for a private family cemetery in 1872 when his sister, Susan Emberton, died. The cemetery is also known as the William Andrew . . . — — Map (db m245283) HM
Murphy was originally called Old Decatur after the hometown of founder C.A. McMillen. In 1888 the town was renamed Murphy after William Murphy donated land to build a train depot and a post office. The Federal Works Project Administration (WPA) . . . — — Map (db m245281) HM
William Murphy and his wife Dorothy Hudiberg Murphy
moved to Collin County in the 1850's from Morgan County,
Indiana. They purchased land first near Dublin in Collin
County and later in the Maxwell Settlement. After the Civil
War residents of . . . — — Map (db m246111) HM
