Simon J. Murphy Jr.
Simon Jones Murphy Jr. was an American politician and businessman who served as the 28th List of mayors of [Green Bay, Wisconsin|mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin], from 1899 to 1902.
Biography
Murphy was born Simon Jones Murphy Jr. on March 27, 1851, in Maine. His father was Simon J. Murphy Sr., a prominent lumberman. He attended primary school in Bangor, Maine and moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan, in 1866 before graduating from the Harvard [School of Engineering and Applied Sciences|Lawrence Scientific School]. Murphy married Helena Bogardus Platt and the couple had five children. Murphy moved to Green Bay in 1886.He died at his home in Pasadena, California on September 1, 1926.