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Chamberlain at that time, was appointed on his Military Staff, with the rank of Colonel. It is
noteworthy that he should have died at the same age as his maternal grandfather, Colonel William
Turner, whom he seems to have resembled in all respects, both as to bodily activity, and mental
and moral characteristics. He was initiated as a Mason at Paris, France; and was a member
of Claremont Commandery of Knights Templar, in Rockland, Me. Mr. Iliimplircy died in New-
port, R. I., 29 Feb., 1872. He left no children.
(P. 880.) Francis JosialT Humphrey [570] was bom in Boston, 17 May, 1S12.
He was a graduate of Harvard College, in the class of 1S32. He studied law, and practiced for
a short time in Boston, after which he entered in business as a partner of the firm of S. H.
Pearce & Co., in the importation of silk goods. He received two Franklin medals, one at the
" IMayhew Grammar School," and one at the "Boston Latin School." He also received three
diplomas from Harvard College, conferring on him the honors of Bachelor of Arts, Master of
Arts, and Doctor of Laws.
Mr. Humphrey was married in Boston, in the fall of 1S50, to Susan Charter. They resided
in Boston for a few years after marriage, and then removed to Harrison Square, where he died,
9 Aug., 1883, having survived his wife eight years. INIrs. Humphrey died 3 July, 1875, at Harrison
Square. Her mother's maiden name was Donalson, of Boston. l\Irs. Humphrey was
born in 1821. In a sermon, in memoriam, preached in the Church which Mr. Humphrey had
attended for seventeen years, at Harrison Square, 2 Sept., 1883, his pastor, the Rev. C. D.
Bradlee, speaks of him as one "loving in heart, strong in mind, and with a body wonderful for
activity, and grace and beauty.
(P. 880.) Mary Ann' Humphrey [571], married 9 Oct., 1839, Captain Francis William
Welch, of Boston. Children:
i. Marianne Humphrey," b. in Liverpool, Eng., 16 July, 1S40; ni. at Roxbury, Mass., iS Oct., 1S65, Capt.
Charles (son of William) Dwight, of Brookline, Mass. Capt. Dwight was a student at Harvard
College when the War of the Rebellion broke out, and (aged 19) volunteered at once; was engaged
in twenty-seven battles, in one of which he was captured and a prisoner for three months in Libby
Prison; was paroled; lieutenant on Gen. Sickles' staff, and after the war, received a flag from Congress
as a reward for valor. He died at Brookline, Mass., 4 Mch., 1884. Children: (i) Daughter ';
d. at birth. (2) Wilder Dwight' (so named from an uncle killed at Antietam), born 20 Apr., 1868.
ii. Margaret Crese,^ b. in Roxbury, Mass., 11 Feb., 1843; m. in Paris, France, 5 Nov., 1878, M. Roy de
Led use. Res. in Lecluse, the P. O. town of which is Melun. No issue.
iii. Francis A. Roxbury.s b. I Aug., 1848; m. in Paris, France, Jane Marriott Wilson, of Boston, formerly
ol Baltimore, Md. Children: (I) Margaret Hayes,' b. in BerUn, 27 Feb., 1871. (2) Francis William,'
b. at Heidelberg, 5 Aug., 1873. (3) Edward Holker,' b. at Brookline, Mass., I Sept., 1875.
(4) Hamilton Wilson,' b. in BrookHne, Mass., 22 Nov., 1S76. (5) William Marriott,' b. at Brookline,
Mass., 5 Nov., 1878.
(P. 880.) Caroline Amelia? Humphrey [574] m. (i) at Boston, 15 June, 1850, Michael
Riley, then an Assistant Appraiser in the Boston Custom House. After his marriage he removed
10 New York, and engaged in the manufacture of rosin oil, having a large factor)' at Stapleton,
Staten Island, which was destroyed by fire in 1854. He then returned to Boston, where he died,
21 Apr., 1855, aged 39 years, beloved and respected by all who knew him.* Mrs. Caroline A.
• Mr. Riley was a son of Michael Riley, a native of Ireland, wlio came to America, witli two brothers, when a young man, and
brought a letter of introduction to Governor Clinton, of New York at that time, who was bom in the same county, in Ireland. Michael
Riley, Sr., settled in Boston, and died in the year 1848, aged 74 years. He married Mary Burbank, of Middletown, Connecticut, of
American parentage, and a Protestant at the time of her marriage, but a short lime after, she changed her faith to Catholicism, the
religion of her husband. Mrs. Mary Riley died 17 Oct., 1875, aged 92 years, having survived a family of five sons and two daughn;rs,
>Uo four grand-children. Michael Riley, Jr., had no children.