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"John W. and Annie H. Morton have four thilclrcn, three boys West II., John W. and
Robert Lcc— and a pirl — (Juccnie. "Yours very truly,
"Jno. W. Morton.
"N. B. — Judge Humphreys was a man of studious habits and great learning; was greatly
respected and beloved by all who knew him. He died at Nashville, in Oct., 1882, 77 years old.
"Copy of letter written by Judge Humphreys to his daughters, Queenie and Annie (sixteen
and fourteen years of age), on leaving for the South, their mother having died several years before,
and their only brother, Pillow, having 'gone to the wars.'
J. Miss Queenie Humphreys, a beautiful
and charming young lady, died at the age of eighteen:
"'Melrose, 22 Feb., 1862.
" 'My dear Daughters:
" 'I am about to leave you, and know not whether I shall ever see you again. I feel it
my duty to say something to you by way of advice.
" 'I say to you first, stay together and love one another. Be always together and never
separated one hour if you can help it. In these dangerous times stay in the house, or about it.
Take all the exercise you can, by walking in the passages, jumping the rope or otherwise. Sleep
as much as you can and be prudent in eating—adhere to your habit of not eating supper. These
few habits will keep you healthy. In regard to your conduct and conversation, keep out of com-
pany as much as you can, talk as little as you can and listen to others respectfully. Say all that
you can, with truth, in praise of others, and nothing in censure or ridicule. Quarrel with nobody,
under any circumstances; have no secrets or secret-keepers, and say nothing that you are not
willing that all persons should hear.
" 'In regard to expenses, buy nothing that you can do without, and buy for comfort, not
show; recollect that all are respected most in the end for good qualities of head and heart, than
for their appearance; but neatness and cleanliness are indispensable to obtain your own respect
or that of others. Seek entertainment more in books and in employment that is useful, than in
running after miscellaneous company. Pray to God to keep your hearts pure and conduct right.
" 'Farewell, my dear daughters, and may God take you in his holy keeping.
'"West H. Humphreys.'"
THE TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY FAMILY.
Since printing the foregoing biography of Judge West H. Humphreys, we have, by the
aid of Mr. Charles E. Kincaid, of the Courier-Journal Bureau, of Washington, D. C, been
enabled to construct what, unfortunately, is little more than an outline record of the Tennessee and
Kentucky families of Humphreys, of which it has been well said that "the history of Tennessee
could not be written without frequent mention of members of this family."
young. *
». ' Humphreys,
FAMILY 1.
from Wales, came to Pennsylvania (tradition says when very
• We find an impression existing, amons; the jircscnt members of this line, th.it they are descended Irom JosHfA 'of the Chester
County, Pa., line, p. 993:, the builder ol the U. S. frigate Constitution. This, however, is by no means proven. We are compelled 10
the belief, however, that they (the Tennessee and Kentucky families of Humphrey) are collateral with the family of Joshua referred 10:
that they are from Benjamin, the younger son, as he was from David, the older son, of Samuel, of Portheven, Wales, the progenitor of
the Chester County family.
This Benjamin {as will be seen on p. 10 ) had a son Owen, who married Sarah Hughes. Miss Patsy Hughes, now {1886) over
•ixty years of age, holds the tradition that her first ancestor came over to America as a child ol only six yuars ..f age. These and certain
other slight items point to the conclusion at which we have arrived in the preceding paragraph.