Simon Jones Murphy Jr. was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Biography Murphy was born Simon Jones Murphy Jr. on March 27, 1851 in Maine. His father was Simon J. Murphy Sr., a prominent lumberman. He attended primary school in Bangor, Maine and moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan in 1866 before graduating from the Lawrence Scientific School. Murphy married Helena Bogardus Platt and the couple had five children. Murphy moved to Green Bay in 1886. He died on September 1, 1926. Career Murphy was Mayor from 1899 to 1901. He made a living by running a sawmill. References 1851 births 1926 deaths Businesspeople in timber Politicians from Bangor, Maine Politicians from Detroit Mayors of Green Bay, Wisconsin Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences alumni