Background
Murphy, Edgar Gardner was born on August 31, 1869 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States. Son of S. W. and Janie (Gardner) Murphy.
Murphy, Edgar Gardner was born on August 31, 1869 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States. Son of S. W. and Janie (Gardner) Murphy.
Alumnus University of the South, 1889. (honorary Master of Arts, Yale University, 1904. Doctor of Civil Law, University of the South, 1911).
George A. and Martha Brigham King, of Concord, Massachusetts, August 31, 1891. Minister Protestant Episcopal Church, 12 years, withdrawing from ministry, 1903, to engage exclusively in educational and civic work. Was executive secretary Southern Education Board Vice-President Conference for Education in South.
Retired, by reason of ill health, 1908.
Was organizer and secretary Southern Society for Consideration of Race Problems and Conditions of the South, holding national conference at Montgomery, Alabama, 1900. Was also chairman Alabama Child Labor Committee.
Organizer and 1st secretary National Child Labor Committee. Resigned, 1908. Editor Official Reports of Conference on Race Problems of South, and of 6th, 7th and 8th sessions of Conference for Education in South.
Author: Words for the Church, 1896.
The Larger Life, 1896. Problems of the Present South, 1904. The Basis of Ascendancy, 1909.
Home: New New York
And Montgomery, Alabama
Married Maud, daughter