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4173- Henry Perry' Humphreys, [2693] (Hiram,'' Capi. Ashei-;^ Esq. Oliver^
Jonalhan,^^ Lieut. Samue/,- A/tc/iae/' J \\a.s born 20 Oct., 1S37, in Indiana. He married at ^Mineral,
Bureau Co., Ill, 30 I\Ich., 1858, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of David and Elizabeth (Hankins) Fisher,
of Virginia,, b. 11 Oct., 184.0, in Virginia.
He enlisted at Sheffield, Bureau Co., 111., as a private in Company C ("Western Sharp-
shooters"), 66th Regt. 111. Vol. Infantry, i Sept., 1862; took part in the battle of Corinth, Oct.
3d and 4th, 1862, and was slightly wounded; and participated in nearly all the campaigns of the
Army of the Tennessee until after the fall of Atlanta. He was detailed at headquarters i6th
Army Corps, Major-General Grenville ]\I. Dodge commanding, and remained with General Dodge,
as clerk, until he v%-as commissioned, 5 April, 1864, as First Lieutenant, and mustered in as
Adjutant of the 5th U. S. Infantry Vols., Colonel Henry Maynadier commanding. Just before
receiving his commission, he accompanied Major-General James Pope down the ]\Iississippi as far
as the mouth of the White River on an inspection tour of the military posts m the Military
Division of the Mississippi, doing duty as his clerk.
After being mustered in as an officer, he proceeded with the regiment to Fort Riley, Kan.,
where he served as Adjutant and Post Adjutant; thence to Fort Kearney, Neb., and thence to
Fort Laramie, Wyoming, where he remained about one year and a half, performing the duties of
an Adjutant and Acting-Assistant Adjutant-General, District of the Platte. He was honorably dis-
charged from the service in the fall of 1866, and returned to his home.
While at Fort Laramie, in 1866, he was presented with a sword, sash and belt, and a
series of very complimentary resolutions, by the officers of the nth Ohio Vol. Cavalry.
Lieut. Humphreys had applied, in August, 1866, for a captaincy m one of the new
regiments about to be organized under the "Army Bill" passed by Congress, with a view to the
enlargement of the regular U. S. Armv. This application was favorably endorsed by Maj.
James Van Voast, Maj. iSth U. S. A.; Brevet-Col. and A. Q. IM. G. B. Danby, U. S. A.; Maj.
Elmer Otis, ist U. S. Cavalry, Brevet-Col. U. S. A. and Special Inspector; and forwarded with a
letter from his Col., Henry E. Maynadier, in which he speaks of Adj. Humphreys thus: "As
an officer, he is diligent, intelligent and active, thoroughly acquainted with the details of an Adj.
or Adj. -Gen. He is also competent to perform these duties with his own hands, and has done
most of the office work of his regiment and district. He was well versed in the other duties of
an Infantry officer, and has age and experience sufficient for the position of captain. His moral
character is above reproach, and he has uniformly conducted himself so as to win the esteem and
friendship of his brother officers, and my own warm personal attachment," etc. These documents
were approved and recommended by W. T. Sherman, Lieut. -Gen. Commanding.
Mr. Humphreys has been elected police magistrate of the village of Sheffield for three
terms of four years each; has also been commissioned notary public for the same number of terms
and years; and was, in 1883, serving his third term in both capacities. He is a merchant, and
agent of the U. S. Express Company; also a farmer. P. O. address, Sheffield, III.
Children (born at, or near, Sheffield, III):
4174. I. Mary Maud Adelaide," b. 23 Sept., 1859; unmarried. P. O. address (1883) Sheffield,
111., where she is teaching in the High School for a second term of eight months.
4173. II. David Franklin,^ b. 15 Mch., i860; unmarried; is in partnership with his father,
76.
P. O. address (1883) Sheffield, 111.
Charles IIenry.^ b. 25 Dec, 1S62: unmarried. Res. (1883) Sheffield, 111.
Chloe Bertha Irene," b. 7 Jan., 1S69.
KvA BlaiN-che," b. 7 June, 1^74.