The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

N. Y. He has been a farmer and merchant; is now a manufacturer of nets and
hammocks. P. O. address (1884) Lake City, Minn. Cliihi:
330S. i. Edward Carlton," b. 10 Apr. 1853, Sheldon, N. Y.; married, in North Java, N. Y., 22
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Sept. 1874, Marion F." (dau. of William and Minerva » Merrill) Hewett, b. 12 Oct.
1855, Ira, St. Clair Co., Mich. [Fam. 90 (1609), S.=] P. O. address (1S84) Lake
City, Minn.
3309. II. Marcus Cicero,* b. 7 July, 1834, Sheldon, N. Y. ; m. (i) Jane F. Baldwin; m. (2)
Frances Lewis. F.\5iily 457.
3310. III. Alta Arabella,* b. 12 Oct., 1838, Sheldon, N. Y. ; died at North Java, N. Y., 22
July, 1867, se. 28 years. She married, in North Java, N. Y., 17 Sept., i860,
John Sill Rogers, b. 29 Mch., 1818, Sheldon, N. Y. He has been a merchant
for over twenty years; in 1884, was engaged in farming. He has held various
town and county offices. He married (2) Minerva" (Merrill) Hewett, [Fam.
90 (1609), S.=] P. O. address (1884) North Java, N. Y. Children (hum in
North Java, N. Y.):
331 1. i. John Sill,' b. 8 July, 1861;- unmarried. Res. (1884) North Java, N. Y.
3312. ii. Louisa Elmira,' b. 25 Oct. 1863; married, 15 Aug. 1883, Clark IL Crawford. Res.
(1884) North Java, N. Y.
3313. IV. Laura Chipman,* b. 6 Oct., 1842, Sheldon, N. Y.; was married, by Rev. William
Hall, at North Java, N. Y., 18 May, 1863, to Marcus Carson, b. 27 Mch.,
1836, North Java, N. Y., son of Stephen Carson and his wife Julina (Grover),
who was born in Lawrence, Otsego Co., N. Y. Farmer. Res. (1884) Lake City,
Minn. Children (of whom the oldest two were born in North Java, N. Y., and the
others in Lake City, Minn.):
3314. i. Julina,' b. 21 July, 1864; died in North Java, N. Y., 7 Mch. 1871, k. 6 years,
and 7 months.
3315. ii. Howard,' b. 17 Jan. 1S69; died in North Java, N. Y., 5 Mch. 1871, x. 2 years,
and I month.
3316. iii. Grace Ehza,' b. 10 Dec. 1873.
3317. iv. Alice Louisa,' b. 23 Jan. 1876.
3318. V. Ray Fisk,' b. 14 Oct. 1879; is deceased.
3319. V. Chipman Theophilus,* b. 14 June, 1846, North Java, N. Y. ; died at Lake City,
Minn., 23 Sept., 1868, be. 22 years.
3320. VI. SiNA Amand.\,s b. 20 June, 1854, North Java, N. Y. ; died at Lake City, Minn., i
Nov., 1S75, a.'. 21 years.
FAMILY 2-15.
3321. Deacon Homan MonSOn' Humphrey, ['637J (Dea. TheophHus,^ Dea. nieophilus,^
Lieut. Samuel,'^ Ensign Samue!,^ Lieut. Samuelr Michael,') was born 24 Sept., 18 19, in Sheldon,
Wyoming Co., N. y! He married (i) in that town, 19 Mch., 1839, Lydia Case (dau. of James)
Snow, b. 19 Mch., 1817, Mill Creek, Hamilton Co., Ohio, nine miles from Cincinnati. Her
father was Sheriff of Hamilton County for three years. In the spring of 1839, Dea. Humphrey
and his wife removed to Iowa Territory, where they lived until the spring of 1852, when they
emigrated to Oregon, going thither across the plains with an ox-team, taking provisions for them-
selves and five children, for the journey of 2,200 miles. Forty miles west of Omaha, Nebraska,
thev were attacked l)y Indians, who demanded a" cow as the condition on which they would allow
them to pass. Ten miles farther on this was repealed. The company then called a meeting, at