Joseph married Mary Shipp SCRUGGS on 5 Dec 1848. Mary (daughter of Simeon SCRUGGS and Elvira S. HERNDON) was born on 21 Mar 1831 in Liberty, Calloway, Kentucky, USA; died on 4 Mar 1852 in Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Annette MURPHY was born in 1849 in Missouri, USA; died on 1 Dec 1895 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA.

Joseph married Mary Susan PARKINSON between 1852 and 1854. Mary was born in 1836 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Apr 1898 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph Sinton MURPHY was born on 18 Jan 1865 in Platte, Missouri, USA; died on 10 Dec 1949 in Missoula, Montana, USA.
2. Theodore P MURPHY was born in 1865 in Missouri, USA.
3. Blanche MURPHY was born about 1855 in Missouri, USA; died on 27 Feb 1906 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA.
4. Jodie M MURPHY was born about 1858 in Missouri, USA; died on 2 Dec 1931 in Montana, USA.

Joseph married Nancy UNKNOWN-MURPHY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]