The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

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74. Rev. Simon James' Humphrey, i>- ''•. [42J (Joim,^ james,' James') was bom
31 Dec, 1820. He married (i) 18 Apr., 1854, Mrs. Susan E. Hutchinson, {nee Batcheller), who died
30 Aug., i860. He married (2) 9 Oct., 1865, Elizabeth Emerson, dau. of Prof. Ralph Emerson,
D. D., of Andover Theological Seminary. She was born 15 Feb., 1836. He graduated form Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1848, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1852. Was pastor
of the Newark, Ohio, Presbyterian Church from 1854 to i860, and of the Beloit, Wis., Congre-
gational Church from i860 to 1864. Became District Secretary, for District of Interior States, of
the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, in 1864, which office he still retains.
The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him in 1879, by Beloit (Wis.) College.
Children (by ist marriage):
75. I. Grace Brewster,5 b. 12 Apr., 1855; d. 13 Sept., 1855.
76. H. Horace Buckingham, s b. 25 Feb., 1857. Graduated at Beloit (Wis.) College in 1879.
Assistant editor of the Minnesota Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
77. ni. Charles,5 b. 29 Nov., 1858; d. 7 Dec, 1858.
78.
(By 2d marriage):
William Brewster, s b. 17 Dec, 1867.
Arthur Emerson, s b. 25 Sept., 1869; d. 26 Apr., 1880.
Elizabeth Rockwell,' b. 17 Sept., 1871.
Herbert John,' b. 9 Mch., 1873.
Frederick Ralph,' b. 9 Aug., 1875; d. 29 Jan., 1S77.
JB®"The above history of the descendants of James' and Hannah Humphrey (who came
from Ireland about the year 1745) was collected by their grandson, Jonathan 3 Humphrey [43].
This history has been supplemented and enlarged by the kindly interest of Samuel Fisher''
Humphrey [44], of Bangor, Me., and his cousin and college classmate. Rev. Simon J.-» Humphrey
[73]. 151 Washington St., Chicago, 111. Resides at Oak Park, III.