The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

ashness. The most conspicuous of his virtues were truth, integrity and honor. A devoted husband,
a tender father, an affectionate brother, a generous and unflinching friend, with a chivalrous regard
for woman worthy of the best days of heraldry, he was in public and in private, a man to be
feared, to be trusted, to be admired, to be loved; a man with whom no one could trifle, and
whom no one would care to off'end.
'•He died on the 27th of December, A. D. 1883, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, while
seated in his chair, without pain, and without a struggle."
General Order, No. 104, issued from the Headquarters of the Army, Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan
commanding, Dec. 28, 1883, after recapitating the details of Gen. H.'s services, thus concludes:
"In the discharge of his military duties General Humphreys displayed great zeal, intelligence,
and conspicuous gallantrj-. Those who served under him had the highest confidence in his capacity
to command and the greatest admiration of his soldierly qualities.
"The officers of the Engineer Corps of the Army will wear the usual badge of mourning
for the period of thirty days."
Children:
48. I. Henry H.^ (Capt.); served on his father's staff through the entire war; was twice wounded
—once at Gettysburg, severely. His official record in U. S. Army list is as follows:
Appointed, in Volunteer service, ist lieut. 2d Penn. Heavy Artillery, 3 Oct., 1862;
resigned 26 Apr., 1865; was appointed major and aide-de-camp on his father's staff
27 Apr., 1865; brevet-lieut.-col. 9 Apr., 1865; honorably mustered out 10 Nov.,
1865; entered U. S. Army as 2d lieut. 17th Inf 23 Feb., 1866; appointed ist lieut.
same date; transferred to 35th U^ S. Inf. 21 Sept., 1866; brevet-lieut.-col. 2 Mch.,
1867; transferred to 12th U. S. Inf. 12 Aug., 1869; com. as captain 15 Jan., 1873.
He married at Philadelphia, in 1871, Caroline (dau. of Dr. Thomas) Stewardson,
of Philadelphia; no issue.
49. II. Charles' (Lieut.); joined his father in the field as soon as he was old enough, and
served more than eighteen months—until the close of the war. Appointed 2d lieut.
1st N. Y. Artillery in Feb., 1865; honorably mustered out 16 June, 1865; appointed
2d lieut. 3d U. S. Artillery 9 May, 1867; ist lieut. i Jan., 1870. He married in
Washington, D. C, in June, 1866, Caroline Gap, a native of New Hampshire; has
a daughter and three sons.
50. III. Rebecca'; d. in 1879, unmarried.
51. IV. Letitia'; unmarried (1886).
FAMILY 9.
52. Joshua^ Humphreys, [41] during the war of the Civil Rebellion, served in the
Confederate Navy. He married in Nov., 1842, at Georgetown, D. C, Margaret Chandler, of that
city. He died in Fredericksburg, Va., in Nov., 1873.
Children:
53. I. Daughter ?; unmarried (1886).
54. II. Daughter '; unmarried (1886).
55. HI. Son '; a civil engineer; m. in 1877, Elizabeth Hungerford, of Charles Co., Md.
56. IV. Laurence Murray'; unmarried. Res. (1886) at Fredericksburg, Va.
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The maternal grand-father of Gen. Humphreys, and for whom he was named, was Andrew
Atkinson, of Prehend Caven-Garden, Ireland, and his maternal grand-mother was Jane Murray, the