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1 8/0, at Greenfield, Mass., where he was a counselor-at-law and, at the time of
his death, Judge of Probate and Insolvency of Franklin Count}-, a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital, Secretary and Active
Manager of the Franklin County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, etc. In i860,
he was one of the Presidential Electors. Mrs. Mattoon has made her home with
her son-in-law, Rev. Charles A. Humphreys, since the death of her husband.
Res. (1884) in Framingham, Mass. Child:
3239. i. Kate J.', b. 13 Aug. 1S45, Muscatine, Iowa; died in Framingham, Mass., 15 Jan. 1879,
(By 2(1 marriage)
:
a-. 33 years. She married, in Greenfield, Mass., 15 Apr., 186S, Rev. Charles Alfred
Humphreys, b. i Apr. 1838, Dorchester, Mass., son of Dea. Henry and Sarah
Blake (Clapp) Humphreys, of D.; thus allying two families of the lineal descendants
of two of the immigrant ancestors,—Jonas Humphrey of Dorchester, Mass., and Michael
Humphrey of Windsor, Ct.
Rev. C. A. Humphreys graduated at Harvard College, in i860, and at the Divinity
School, Cambridge, Mass., July 14th, 1863; was ordained Chaplain of the 2d Mass.
Cavalry, which position he held fion\ July 14th, 1863, the date of his enlistment, to April
l6th, 1865; was taken prisoner and confined at Macon, Ga., and Charleston, S. C,
from July 5th to Sept. 2d, 1S64. He was pastor of the Third Congregational (Unitarian)
Society of Springfield, Mass., £i-om June 15th, 1865 to Jan. loth, 1872; and became
pastor of the First Parish in Framingham, Mass., Sept. 23d, 1873, where he still re-
mains (1884).* Children: (I) Charles Mattoon" (Humphreys)r b. 23 Mch. 1869,
Springfield, Mass.; died in Greenfield, Mass., 2 Sept. 1869, te. 5 months. (2) Sarah
Blake" (Humphreys), b. 17 Sept. 1870, Springfield, Mass. (3) Catherine Clapp"
(Humphreys), b. I Aug. 1873, Boston, Mass. (4) Elizabeth ^i" (Humphreys), b. 23 July,
1875, Framingham, Mass.; died there, 25 May, 1877, ae. I year, and 10 months.
3240. II. James Ansel,' b. 24 Mch., 1824: d. 24 Feb., 1S66, ce. 42; married Frances A.
Bennett. Family 449.
3241. III. LucELiA Sally,^ b. II Jan., 1829; married, in Muscatine, Iowa, 24 Oct., 1854,
Major, Abraham Johns. Merchant. He joined the Union army, in 1861; was
Major of the 35th Iowa Vol. Infantry, and was killed in the battle of Yellow
Springs, Arkansas, June 8th, 1864. Mrs. Johns' P. O. address is (1884) Fort
Dodge, Iowa. Children (besides o?ie child who died in iti/aticy):
3242. i. Frank," b. 14 Aug. 1855; was drowned 13 Aug. 1867, se. 12 years.
3243. ii. Charles W.', b. 13 Sept. 1857;—unmarried. Res. (1884) in Michigan.
3244. iii. Clara," b. 6 Nov. 1862; is deceased.
3245. IV. Andrew Jackson,' b. 23 May, 1832; married Phebc E. Jenkins. Family 450.
(By jd marriage):
3246. V. Alvin,*^ died in infancy.
3247. VI. Sarah,' died in infancy.
FAMILY 239.
3248, Deacon Milton' Humphreys, [1575] (Dea- Ahin,^ Dea. Theophilus,^ Lieut. Samticl,*
Ensign Samuel,^ Lieut. Samuel,- Michael.') was born 23 Feb., 1794, in Canton. Cl. His youth
was spent upon his father's farm, and, by the aid of the district school and his own industry, he
obtained a thorough common school education and a practical knowledge of surveying. He
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