Isaac Murphy - Huntsville Memorial Park - Huntsville Arkansas
N 36° 05.257 W 093° 44.197
15S E 433683 N 3993917
This is one of two Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission signs posted inside Huntsville's Memorial Park.
Waymark Code: WMMKM9
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2014
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ISAAC MURPHY
Isaac Murphy was born Oct. 16, 1799, in
Pennsylvania. A teacher and lawyer, he moved
to Fayetteville in 1834 and became involved in
politics. Murphy took part in the 1849 Gold
Rush, but lost his farm to creditors. He, his
wife and daughters moved to Huntsville in 1854.
Murphy was elected to the February 1861 convention
to consider secession, which declined to leave
the Union. It reconvened in April after Ft.
Sumter was attacked, and all but five members
voted for secession. Four of them changed their
votes. Murphy alone stood against disunion.
(continued on other side)
After the 1861 secession convention, Isaac Murphy
returned to Huntsville, receiving many death
threats. He fled to the Union army that invaded
Arkansas in early 1862, and accompanied the U.S.
troops that took Little Rock Sept. 10, 1863.
Murphy was named provisional governor in early
1864, and inaugurated to the post April 18, 1864.
The staunch Unionist served until 1868, through
the early stages of Reconstruction. He lived in
Huntsville until his death on Sept. 8, 1882. Gov.
Orval Faubus built his house on Murphy's home
site near her in 1964.
ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
NO. 53 ARKANSAS NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL 2013
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