CARL RUSSO/Staff copy photo. Army private Joseph A. Murphy of the Medical Detachment, 101st U.S.F.A. (Field Artillery) in France during World War I. Murphy is on the horse on the right side. One hundred years ago, The Eagle-Tribune published a story about a letter written by a Lawrence man from and in the trenches of France to a friend in Lawrence. Private Joseph A. Murphy of the Medical Detachment, 101st U.S.F.A. (Field Artillery) wrote that letter.
Joseph Murphy, later became the grandfather of today's well-known Haverhill lawyers James (Jay), Joseph and John Cleary. Their grandfather, on their mother's side, was born in Dungarvan Ireland, and came to the United States as an infant with parents, James and Mary Murphy. 4/13/2018

180413CRUCLEARYNEWS U.S. F.A. PRIVATE JOSEPH MURPHYCLEARY FAMILY'S GRANDFATHER