Timothy Murphy
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Pennsylvania |
United States | |
Died | Fultonham |
New York | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Upper Middleburgh Cemetery, Middleburgh, New York, United States |
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ID | 1797353 |
Timothy Murphy Life story
Timothy Murphy was a rifleman in the American Revolutionary War. At the Battle of Bemis Heights on October 7, 1777, Murphy is reputed to have shot and killed Sir Francis Clerke and General Simon Fraser. Murphy's life is the subject of John Brick's 1953 novel, The Rifleman.