The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

FAMILY 2.
2'- William' Humphrey, [2] (Capt. WUHam^) w^%- bom in Rhode island, 26 Nov.,
1784; followed the sea for many years, in command of a West India coasting vessel; then, about
181 1, removed to Coshocton County, Ohio, where he was a farmer until his death, in 1867. His
was the third family that settled in the township, which he named Tiverton, after his old Rhode
Island birthplace. It was not until after the close of the war of 18 12 that the Indians ceased to
be their neighbors. The life they led there was that of the pioneer settler. His farm consisted
of 300 acres on Mohican Creek. He married (i) at Little Compton, R. I., 24 Apr., 1806, Eliphal
(dau. of Ex-Gov. Isaac) Wilbur, of Rhode Island. He married (2) Margaret McMahon, who died
about 1834. He married (3) Elizabeth McMahon, sister of his second wife. She resided (1885)
in Coshocton County, Ohio.
Children (all but the first three born in Coshocton County, Ohio) ;
22. I. Lydia3; died in infancy.
23-
Isaac-'; died in infancy.
Hannah,3 b. in R. I., 26 May, 181 2; m. Barnes; no issue; d. 9 May, 1870.
Squire, 3 b. 12 Feb., 1S14; m. Staats.
Harriet,3 b. 15 July, 1816; m. K. B. CummingS. Children:
i. Abraham. < Farmer,
ii. Andrew ].< Presbyterian clergyman,
iii. Monroe.* Farmer,
iv. William.* Farmer.
V. Francis.' Clergyman.
Patience,3 b. 15 Apr., 1818; m. Bailey; had eight children.
WiLLiAM,3 b. 14 Feb., 1820; m. Summers. Family 6.
Philip,3 b. 26 Aug., 1823; d. 13 Feb., 1850.
Philander W.3 (Rev.), b. 26 June, 1830. Res. (1883) Decatur, 111.
Helen, 3 b. 28 Mch., 1832; d. 9 Feb., 1849.
FAMILY 3.
37- Squire' Humphrey, [nj (Capt. WHHam') was bom at Tiverton, R. I., 20 Sept.,
1788. In the fall of 18 12 he left his home to seek his fortune in what was then the far west^
Ohio—arriving at Zanesville, Ohio, in Feb., 1813. He settled in Coshocton Co., near the present
town of Walhonding, and on 18 Sept., 1814, he was married to Sallie (dau. of Joshua) Sweet,
who was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., 12 Aug., 1796. In this place he resided until 1S38, con-
ducting the business of a farmer and stock-raiser. Annually, for many years, he shipped large
numbers of cattle and hogs by flat-boat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans.
These were perilous undertakings, as the return trip must needs be made by land, either on foot
or on horseback, and subject to the depredations of adventurers and hostile tribes of Indians. On
more than one occasion he was attacked by disease, and weeks and months elapsed before he
could proceed. During such absences, affairs at the farm were carried on by the wife and children,
who waited, hoping for his safe return, yet fearing that he might not come.
In 1838 he removed to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, and settled near the town of (Jnadenhutten,
where the too brief remainder of his life was spent.
He died 4 Apr., 1843, in the 55th year of his age, in the prime and strength of his manhood.
Ilis death resulted from exposure to a cold rain storm, while engaged as commissioner
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