The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

dau. of Peter Scales, Esq., of Marshall County, Miss. He died 26 Apr., 1859,
a?. 23 yrs. She res. (1875) Memphis, Tenn. Child (born after her father s death):
18. i. Adair,* b. 8 Nov., 1859. Res. (1875) with her mother, in Memphis, Tenn.
19. III. Linn Boyd,'' b. in Madison County, Miss., 25 Dec, 1842. In 1861 he left school,
returned home and volunteered in the Confederate Army; was Aiith Gen. Sidney
Johnson, at Bowling Green, Ky., and Shiloh, Tenn., and with the Army of the
Tennessee through all its victories and defeats, until the final surrender. He m.
2 Aug., 1866, Julia Hines, of Sumter County, Alabama. He died 24 Apr., 1870,
a\ 27 yrs.; no children. Widow res. (1883) Polkville, Ala.
20. IV. Charles,* b. on the Gulf of Mexico, two miles east of Mississippi City, 27 .\up;.,
1845. In his 17th year he volunteered in the Confederate Army, and, a few days
after his enrollment, was in the memorable battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19th and
20th, 1863; was with the army through all its vicissitudes, marches and counter-
marches, until the final surrender. He married 6 Sept., 1871, Hattie Sims, of
Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Miss. She belongs to one of the old Territorial
families of that State, of which she is a native. Res. (1883) Crystal Springs, Miss.,
where he is engaged in business.
Horatio CateS Humphries (said to have been a descendant of John Humphries, of
Virginia) was an educated man, and left some manuscripts, which were in the family in 1S75;
from his own signature, in fine round hand, it appears that he spelled his surname "Humphries. '
His grand-son, H. J. Humphries, M. D., writes: "We are, I think, of Welch extraction." His
progenitor, who first came to this country, was named John Humphries,* who settled at an early
day in Virginia. "From him," writes Dr. Humphries, "came my family, from that State to
^liddle Tennessee, where they were a family of some local prominence. There is a county in
Tennessee named for my great grand-father 'Humphreys.'"
Children:
I. Sox ; m. .
. His son writes concernmg him: " My father was not educated,
and when I learned to spell and read, my father and family of brothers and sisters
spelled the name Humphreys." We have only the following relating to children:
i. H J , M. D. Res. (1875) Ash Flat, Sharp County, Ark.
THE AMERICAN DESCENDANTS
OF TIIIC
HUMPHREYS FAMILY OF COUNTY ARMAGH, IRELAND.
BY PROF. iVILLlAlU FINLEY HUMPHREYS, OF FULTON, MO.
The Humphreys family of County Armagh, Ireland, have ever distinctly, persistently and
proudly claimed to have been descended from Philip Humphreys, who (see p. ), for denying
the supremacy of the Pope and rejecting the mass, suffered martyrdom, about November, 1558,
at Berry St. Edmonds, County Suffolk, England. His family, soon after, removed to the North of
Ireland, probably for greater security, where, for many years, his descendants honored and revered his
name, prouder of their martyr origin than of descent from princes, although they as distinctly claim
a descent from the Norman Knight who fought with William the Conquerer, at the battle of Hastings.
• See foot-note t to Humphreys of Mississippi fp. loo).