The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

iii. Samuel, b. 8 May, 1755.
iv. Jol,n, 1.. 25 Mch., 1761.
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III. Mary, b. 10 Dec, 1716; probably married, 5 June, 1735, Ephraim Harger, of Derby.*
We add the inscription on his tomb-stone in the old Episcopal grave-yard at Derby:
Children:
i. Abraham, b. 14 Sept., 1735.
ii. Sarah, b. 24 Dec, 1739.
iii. Margaret, b. 26 Nov., 1741.
In
Memory of
Mr. Kphraim Harger,
who e.\changed this mortal
Life for Immortality
Dec. 3., ,797,
aged 92 years and 2 months.
The .Memory of the just is Blessed.
iv. Benjamin, b. 22 Dec, 1743; d. 15 Mch., 1779; m. 4 July, 1768, Amy Tuttle. Children:
(I) Benjamin, b. 12 Jan., 1769. (2) Sarah, b. 23 Jan., 1771. (3) Ephraim, b. 23 May,
1774- (4) Lucina, b. 17 Sept., 1776; d. 4 July, 1778. (5) Joseph, b. 19 Apr., 1779.
V. Abraham, b. 26 Oct., 1745; m. 25 Sept., 1766, Mary Clinton, of New Haven.
IV. Sarah, b. i Aug., 1719; probably 111., 21 Mch., 1745, Ephraim Andrus.f Children:
i. Hannah, b. 22 June, 1745.
ii. Desire, b. 18 Mch., 1747.
IRA HUMPHREY, THE U. S. MAIL CARRIER, WHO WAS BURNED TO DEATH IN
A FOREST FIRE IN MICHIGAN, IN 1881.
Concerning this brave man, we take the following account from the report of Inspector
E. C. Turner, on case of loss of pouch of mail in Sanilac County, Mich., sent him by Chief
P. O. Inspector for investigation, and printed in an official circular:
"Ira Humphrey, the carrier, was a faithful fellow, and seemed to suppose that the United
States mail must go, come life or death. Had he listened to the advice of three or four persons,
who told him that it would be impossible to make the trip that day, he would, no doubt, have
been alive now.
"During the winter of 1880 and 1881 he was on schedule time, and in no instance missed
a trip during the unusually severe season and terrible roads.
"The mail upon this 5th of September was carried in a wagon, drawn by one horse. Hum-
phreys started, accompanied by an old man in another conveyance. The old man wandered in
a different direction than the one taken by Humphrey, and was saved alive, although badly and
dangerously burned.
"Humphrey took refuge behind a school-house, with women and children, but this soon
burned, driving them into a corn-field, where his body, and that of a woman and two little children,
•were found. The last act of Humphrey was a vain effort to save these children. The lock, clasps,
rivets, &c., of the burned pouch were found in the road, near the irons of the burned wagon. I
send you these locks, clasps, &c., to do as you may desire. Many of the rivets were found, and
kept as relics, by the people in that vicinity.
"Ira Humphrey was a man about fifty-five or sixty years of age, very pour, and leaves a widow
dependent. He owned a small piece of land, with a mortgage upon it for nearly its value.
"Very respectfully,
" E. C. Turner, Inspector."
• History of Dtrhy, pp 725, SiS t Page 693