Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Murphy Tombstone




This is the headstone of Patrick Murphy who is buried at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Chicago. Patrick is not a relative of mine. I came across the tombstone while doing some research at the cemetery. I decided to post the photo, since it gave specific information about Patrick's place of origin in Ireland.

Here is a close-up view of the inscription.



The inscription reads:

PATRICK MURPHY
BORN IN THOMASTOWN
CO. KILKENNY, IRELAND
DIED AUG. 4, 1901
AGED 70 YEARS
MAY HE REST IN PEACE