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of Chisago County, Minnesota, which position he still holds. He is the Postmaster at Taylor's
Falls, Minnesota.
Children {by 1st marriage):
2481. I. Laura ^Maria,' b. 31 Jan., 1S42, Richfield, Summit Co., O. ; m. 12 Nov., 1865,
David Alonzo (son of David and Maria Stearns) Caneday, of Readsborough,
Bennington Co., Vt., born there, 18 June, 1832. He is a printer by trade; was
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also for many years pine and mineral land explorer. He was for two years, dur-
ing the first part of the late war, editor of the St. Croix Monitor, a newspaper
published at Taylor's Falls, Minn. He enlisted in the 7th Minn. Reg., in 1863,
and served in the army the last two years of the war for the Union; was taken
prisoner at the battle of Tupelo, Miss. ; subsequently escaped, and participated
in the siege of Mobile. He was promoted and, at the end of the war, honor-
ably discharged.
He was an assistant on the Wisconsin Geological Survey, during the years
1876 and 1877; is at present (1884) editing the Dalles of St. Croix, at St. Croix
Falls, Wis. Res. at Taylor's Falls, Minn. Children:
2482. i. Velina Maria," b. 20 June, 1867, Taylor's Falls, Minn.
24S3. ii. Victor David,8 b. 30 Nov. 1871, Osceola Mills, Wis.
2484. iii. Verner Humphrey,* b. 3 Mch. 1873, Osceola Mills, Wis.
2485. H. Marcus Furious Camillus,' b. 23 May, 1843; married Helena Baum. Family 3C7.
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2486. Deacon Stephen O." Humphrey, [1109] f^""- ^'oah,-' .Voah,^ Ensign Samuel,'
Lieut. Samuel,'' Michael,^) was born Z2 Sept., 1811, in Goshen, Ct. He married, 21 !Mch. , 1833,
Phebe Sophia Robbins, a school-teacher, of Norfolk, Ct., b. 26 Aug., 1S13. She was a grand-
daughter of Rev. Ammi R. Robbins, of Revolutionary memory, who was the pastor of the
church in Norfolk, Ct., for sixty years. They removed, in 1837, from Goshen, Ct., to Hinckley,
Medina Co., Ohio, near two of his brothers, Dea. Julius^ and Dea. Silas" Humphrey, who
were then residents of Summit County, and there lived for six years. In 1843, they removed,
with some of their neighbors, to a place near Rockford, Winnebago Co., 111., and thence, after a
few years, to Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin. In this new countiy, surrounded by a thriving New
England element, I\Ir. Humphrey found an ample field for usefulness, and in promoting the re-
ligious and educational interests of the neighborhood he was ever earnest and laborious, often
sacrificing his own time, strength and pecuniary means. His peculiarly pleasant deportment, and
a certain winning manner of address, gave him great influence, even with those of less breadth
of views and of more selfish dispositions. Yet he was always consistent, persistent and firm in
the line of what he deemed to be duty. It is related of him that, while residing near Rockford,
the lack of a school-house and educational facilities for the children of the numerous families
setded on the prairies thereabout induced him to open a room in his own house as a school-room.
He constructed the benches and writing-desks, and made due provision for all whom he thought
would require to be accommodated; but he had under-estimated the need, and his room and
house were soon filled with scholars in such numbers as to prove quite inconvenient to himself
and family. His residence also became the meeting-house of the settlement, in which ministers
of every denomination officiated, as opportunity offered. Dea. Humphrey's musical abilities added
largely to the interest of these meetings, and he was generally looked up to as the leader on all
such occasions, and in all social and public movements, the community showing, both by words
and deeds, that he possessed their respect and confidence. During seasons of sickness, he was in
universal requisition, since a natural gift fur nursing the sick, and a knowledge of the action of