The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

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When sufficiently recovered from his lameness, he resumed the private practice of
his profession. In 1872 he emigrated to Missouri, where, in 1873, he married his
second wife, Emma Hodge, who lived but a little over a year, and in 1877 he
married his third wife, Sarah Moss (dau. of Dr. William) Provines. Res. at Fulton
Mo. Children:
114. i. David C.s; graduated as civil engineer at Washington & Lee University; taught one year at
McDona Institute, near Baltimore, and held a position as U. S. Engineer on the improve-
ment of the Western rivers for many years; was a surgeon in the Confederate Army.
115. ii. Theodora McFarlaiid'; educated at Elizabeth Ault Semmaiy, Lexington, Mo. Res. (1884)
Vfith her father, at Fulton, Mo.
116. iii. Philip A.'; d. of diptheria, ae. two yrs. and six mos.
117. VI. Howard A.-i, b. in 1826; m. in 1856, Mary M. Campbell, sister of Professor Campbell,
of Washington & Lee University. He received an academic, but not a collegiate,
education. In early manhood he was engaged for a number of years in merchan-
dising. Having removed to Arkansas prior to the breaking out of the war, he
went into the army from there with his brother Samuel, and joined the same
company. They were together until the summer of 1863, when, in a skirmish in
Tennessee, Howard was shot through the abdomen, from which, however, he made
a good recovery, but as he was never quite stout afterwards, he was detailed for
light duty, and was not again in active service. Since the war he has been teaching
a greater part of the time at Rose Hill, Lee County, Va., where he is assistant
principal of a Masonic academy. He has been for many years an elder in the
Presbyterian Church, and his whole life has been one of irreproachable uprightness.
Have no children.
118. VH. Caroline M. M.", b. in 1813; m. in 1832, Robert Tate Wallace. Child:
119. i. Cornelia,^ b. 10 Feb., 1839; m. 13 Oct., 1857, James B. Smith, a farmer. Children:
(I) Ella Moore,' b. 3 Aug., 1858; m. Mish, a farmer, near Middlebrook, Augusta
County, Va ; three children. (2) Mary Louisa,* b. 2 Jan., i860. {3) Carrie Bella,"
b. 29 May, 1861; m. Benjamin Comer, a farmer and miller, near Waynesboro, Va.
(4) Annie Lowrie,« b. 8 Oct., 1S66. {5) Alen Graham, « b. 11 June, 1869. (6) George
Edwin,6 b. 10 May, 1870.
120. VIII. Margaret Jane,< b. in 1829; m. in 1851, Hon. William A. Donald (now dead); had
three sons, one of whom, Samuel M., resided (1870) at Waynesboro, Va.
121. IX. Rebecca Weir,« b. in 1832; m. in 1853, James A. McClure.
I2J. i. John Howard.
123. ii. Samuel F.'^
124. X. Son *•; d. in infancy.
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FAMILY 7.
125- Aaron Finley' Humphreys [i6] (David Carlisle,^ John^ ) was bom in 1794. He
was a farmer, and for many years an elder in Bethel Church, Augusta County, Va. He married
Nancy (dau. of James) Sterrett, of Hebron, Augusta County, Va., who died in 1881, aged 78.
Children:
126. I. Margaret,'' b. in 1829; ni. in 1850, George \V. McClure. Res. (1870) near New
Providence, Va. Children:
127. i. .Alexander Stuart.*
128. li. John Fmley.*