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FAMILY 461
4605. Austin Russell" Humphrey, [3394] (Prof. Hosea Day/on,-! Hon. Loin,^ Deacon
T/ieophilus,^ Lieut. Samuel,'^ Ensign Samuel,^ Lieut. Samuel,'' Michael,') was born ii Aug., 1841,
at Crawfordsville, Ind. He married in Warren, Ct., 8 Feb., 1S66, Frances (dau. of Erastus and
Joanna Sturtevant) Curtiss, born 23 Nov., 1844, in Warren, Ct., where her parents were born and
resided. Representative of Warren, Ct., in iS7|j
On his twenty-first b'rthday, 11 Aug., 1862, he enlisted, at Warren, Ct., in the 19th Ct.
Infantry (afterwards the 2d Ct. Heavy Artiller; , which, in the following September, moved to
Alexandria, Va., doing duty at that place for a time as Provost Guard, and afterward as garrison
in several forts in the defences south of the Potomac; joined the Army of the Potomac in the
spring of 1864, and participated in the battles of North Anna, Cold Harbor and Petersburgh, Va.;
then in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, under Gen. Sheridan, in the battles of Winchester,
Fisher Hill and Cedar Creek, Va., and numerous skirmishes. Again in front of Petersburgh in
the spring of 1865, at its evacuation, Sailors Creek, and finally at Appomattox, at Lee's surrender.
Mustered out of U. S. service at Fort Ethan Allen, Va., 7 July, 1865. Farmer. Res. (1884)
Warren, Ct.
Children (born in Warren, Ct.):
4606. I. Frank Hewitt,? b. i Feb., 1S67.
4607. II. Charles White,? b. 25 Jan., 1S72.
460S. III. Fannie Rishne.s b. 19 June, 1874.
4609. IV. Ralph CuRTits,? b. 17 Dec, 1880.
FAMILY 465.
4610. Hosea Dayton^ Humphrey, [3396] (Prof. Hosea Dayton,^ Hon. Loin,'' Deacon
TJieophilus,^ Lieut. Samtiel,-^ Ensign Samuel,^ Lieut. Samuel,'' Michael' ) was born i8 Jan., 1846,
at Crawfordsville, Ind. He married 4 Oct., 1871, Harriet C. Loomis, of New Britain, Ct., born
there, 14 Feb., 1847. Merchant—member of the firm of F. Whittlesey & Co., No. 203 Main St.,
New Britain, Ct., in 1884. ,
Children (born in Nei^' Britain, Ct.).-
461 1. I. Howard Starr,? b. 6 Oct., 1875.
4612. II. Flora Loomis,9 b. 20 June, 1882.
FAMILY 466.
4613. Hon. Rollin Orestes** Humphrey, [3400] (Hon. PUny Orestes,'' Pliny,^ Deacon
Theophilus,^ Lieut. Samuel,'^ Ensign Samuel, ^ Lieut. Samuel,' Michael,') was born i6 Aug., 1827;
married (i) 13 June, 1855, Henrietta (only dau. of Harvey and Lorinda Case) Barbour, of
CoUinsville, Ct. ; who died in CoUinsville, 8 I\Iay, 1857. He married (2) 19 Aug., 1859, Caroline
Emma? (dau. of Ephraim ^ and Emma TuUer) Mills [Fam. 4 (102), S.^], of Canton, born 14
May, 1840.
Mr. Humphrey was a member, from Canton, of the Connecticut Legislature during the
session of 1857. From the formation of that town, in 1806, to 1884, it had been represented in
the Legislature forty-eight times by the descendants of Michael Humphrey, and nine times by
those who married his descendants.* He was Postmaster of CoUinsville, Ct., from 1861 to 1870
inclusive; Assessor of Internal Revenue from 1861 to 1870. Res. (1884) CoUinsville, Ct.
• According to M. S. Dyer, Esq