LIFE AND WORK OF DR. A. A. MURPHREE


for. When Jennie Henderson came into the young professor's
life she brought a background that enriched his own.
 It was at Tallahassee that they began their home, and
there the early and lasting association of home life began.
There death took their second child and daughter, and when
her little form was buried in the family plot it added one
more tie from their hearts to the environment of the city and
association of their friends. It is said that so profoundly
were both affected by this loss that they moved back from the
college dormitory, in which they had an apartment, to the
Henderson home near the capitol, in which they were married.
 When they moved to Gainesville in 1909 they came as the
parents of four children, Alberta, Martha, John A. H. and
Albert Alexander, Jr. Mary was the daughter that had been
taken.
 "My first impression of .Mrs. Murphree was indelibly
stamped on my mind, in loving memory," related a close
friend of the University president's wife. "She was sur-
rounded at that time by all four of the children, and they were
having a happy time. 'A lovely woman, and as lovely a
group of children,' was the thought that came into my mind
at that moment."
 Into the task of rearing those children Dr. Murphree
brought his strength of will and nobleness of life. It was the
common and joyous task of both these parents. Every advan-
tage of education and of appreciation of the finer things of
life were sought out for them.
 Music was a part of the home life of the Murphree house-
hold. Mrs. Murphree played the piano and Dr. Murphree
sang. Numerous were the occasions when persons of out-


standing musical ability were guests at the h
 Religious training was carefully provided
phree's religious life, definite and positive as
complemented by the religious convictions a
the wife and mother. Mrs. Murphree was a
Episcopal church, and the children grew u
although Alberta attended the Baptist Sunday


family moved to Gainesville.
diocese embracing the Holy


ome.


for. Dr. Mur-
s it was, seemed
nd activities of
member of the
p in that faith,
school until the


Bishop Weed, of the Episcopal
Trinity Episcopal church of