1. Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lonzo Penson Murphy
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 May 1904
Birth Place: Dickenson (sic, Buchanan) Co, Virginia, USA
Father: Boyd Murphy
Mother: Alta Victoria Mcglothlin"
2. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lonzo Murphy
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 32
Birth Date: abt 1904
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 14 Nov 1936
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Boyd Murphy
Mother: Victoria McGlothlin
Spouse: Vida Childress"
3. Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lonzo P Murphy
Birth Date: 16 May 1904
Death Date: 8 Nov 1974
Gender: Male
Residence: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Place of Death: Madison Heights, Oakland, Michigan"
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Vida Childress
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 29
Birth Date: abt 1907
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 14 Nov 1936
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Harve Childress
Mother: Lydia McGlothlin
Spouse: Lonzo Murphy"
2. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Vida Mae Murphy
[Vida Mae Childress]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 44
Birth Date: 9 Aug 1907
Death Date: 23 Nov 1951
Death Place: Prater, Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 28 Nov 1951
Father: Harve Childress
Mother: Lettie Mcglothin
Spouse: Alonzo Murphy"
1. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Harold Ray Murphy
[Harold Murphy]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 30 May 1939
Birth Place: Dickenson CO, Virginia
Death Date: 24 Sep 2007
Father: Lonzo P Murphy
Mother: Vida M Childress
SSN: 223466985
Notes: Jul 1953: Name listed as HAROLD RAY MURPHY;
28 Sep 2007: Name listed as HAROLD MURPHY"
1. United States, Officer Down Memorials, 1791-2009; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Photo http://www.odmp.org/media/image/officer/18694/18694.jpg
Name Deputy Sheriff Robert Murphy
Date of Incident 17 Aug 1905
Death Location West Virginia
Department Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
Department State Virginia
End of Watch Date 17 Aug 1905
Cause of Death Gunfire
Weapon Rifle
Suspect Charged with murder
Notes Deputy Murphy was shot and killed in Logan County, West Virginia, after delivering a prisoner to the Logan County sheriff. The prisoner had been arrested in Buchanan County, Virginia, and was extradited back to West Virginia. Deputy Murphy, the sheriff, and a third man were traveling on a railroad velocipede between Logan and Holden when a man fired a single shot from an ambush point along the tracks. The shot struck Deputy Murphy, killing him. The suspect fled into the woods but was arrested later that night by a posse. Ironically, the posse was led by the suspect's father, who did not realize his son was the suspect. Investigation determined that the suspect intended to ambush a different group of men whom he had quarreled with earlier in the evening and that he opened fire on the lawmen in a case of mistaken identity. The suspect was charged with Deputy Murphy's murder.
Person http://www.odmp.org/officer/18694-deputy-sheriff-robert-murphy"