Lula Vashti (Turley) Murphy (1885 - 1960)

Born 22 Feb 1885 in District of Columbia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Carl J Murphy — married 1913 (to 1960) in District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1960 at age 75 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Vashti (Turley) Murphy is Notable.

Vashti (Turley) Murphy was born in Washington, District of Columbia.

Vashti Murphy was an American educator and community leader, one of the founding members of Delta Sigma Theta, the historically black sorority.

Lula Vashti Turley was born in 1885. She was the daughter of Hamilcar Turley and Ida Francis.

She was an American educator and community leader. She graduated Howard University, with honors, in 1913. She was a teacher in the Washington, DC schools.

She was the president of the Women's Auxiliary of the church and was a founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She was the first president of the Women's Auxiliary of Crownsville State Hospital and found of the Philomathian Club.

She married Carl J Murphy in 1916 in Washington, DC. ^[1] Carl's family were publishers of the Afro-American newspapers. They had five daughters:

1. Martha "Bettye" Elizabeth (Murphy) Moss (1917-1998), a journalist, war correspondent, and editor (1917-1998)
2. Ida Ann (Murphy) Peters (1918-1996)
3. Carlita (Murphy) Jones (1921-2006), twin with Vashti (1921- )
4. Vashti, twin with Carlita (1921-1981), a member of the 6888th Battalion in WWII
5. Frances (Murphy) Campbell

She passed away in 1960.^[2]

Links

• Toya G. Corbett, "Family, Faith And Feminism: The Murphy Women, 1896-2000" (PhD dissertation, Morgan State University 2014). A doctoral dissertation about Vashti Turley Murphy, her inlaws, her children, and her grandchildren.
• Sean Yoes, "The Murphy Women: Matriarchs of a Media Dynasty" AFRO (March 19, 2020).

Sources

1. ↑ "District of Columbia Marriages, 1830-1921", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F71P-JM1 : 11 January 2020), Lula Vashti Turley in entry for Carl James Murphy, 1916.
2. ↑ Obituary: Murphy Funeral The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland 19 Mar 1960, Sat • Page 3

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7X1-6C6 : 8 January 2021), Vashti T Murphy in household of Carl J Murphy, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-850, sheet 4A, line 39, family 28, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1541.

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Vashti Turley Murphy
• Wikidata: Item Q96014008, en:Wikipedia ,
• Family Search: PID #: LK4S-DWX
• Find A Grave: Memorial #222217405