<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMurphy wazalelwa eWestchester County, eNew York, futhi wamiswa njengomphathi wemikhumbi ngo-August 10, 1841. Wakhonza phakathi neMpi neMexico eVera Cruz  <response>: futhi Tabasco ebhodini. Wasula esikhundleni sakhe ngoMeyi 10, 1852, ngemuva komsebenzi wakhe wokugcina njengomsizi kuJohn G. Barnards survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Waya emkhakheni wangasese, wasebenza njengesikhulu sokuqala emgqeni we-Collins wemikhumbi yensimbi, umhloli womuzi wedolobha laseNew York, uNjiniyela Oyinhloko weBrooklyn Navy Yard, futhi ekugcineni njengelungu leNew York State Senate 4th D. ngo-1860 no-1861. 