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He enlisted as a private in Co. K, 5th Ohio Vol Infantry, at Cincinnati, Apr. 19. 1861, on
the call for the first 75,000 troops, made by President Lincoln, to serve three months. Before this
term expired, he re-enlisted for three years, or during the war, and participated in the battle of
Winchester, Mch. 2j, 1S62, where General "Jimmy" Shields defeated General Stonewall Jackson;
also in the battles of Port Republic, Slaughters Mountain, Antietam, three days' battle of the
Wilderness, second Bull Run, and Lookout Mountain, under fighting "Joe" Hooker, and all
those battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, in Sherman's march to the sea. He missed Gettysburg
on account of being sick in the hospital with typhoid fever, brought on by exposure and fatigue
at the battle of the Wilderness, but participated in a great many small fights and skirmishes; was
among the troops sent to New York to put down the riots on account of the draft. He was a
prisoner twice during the war, but made his escape both times. Was discharged at Chattanooga,
Tenn., by reason of expiration of service, June 19, 1864; at which time of discharge, he was
quarter-master sergeant of his regiment. Is an architect. Res. (1884) Atlanta, Ga., being Southern
Traveling Agent for the N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R., as lessee of the N. Y., Penn. and Ohio R. R.
Children:
I. W.\LTER Stewart, 5 b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, 26 Mch., 1868.
II. Flaville,5 b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 Oct., 1869.
III. William Clifford,' b. in Ludlow, Ky., 10 July, 1871.
IV. George Percy, s b. in Ludlow, Ky., 10 Feb., 1873.
V. Byron Wilford,' b. in Ludlow, Ky., 25 Nov., 1874.
VI. Homer Hidson.^ b. in Alexandria, Ky., 5 Julw 1878.
VII. Ralph Shattit,; b. in Atlanta, Ga., 14 Oct., 1881.
A HUMPHREY FAMILY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES, N. Y.
Col. Cornelius' Humphrey ^^^s bom i6 Oct., 1735: at beginning of Revolution was
in the prime of life, well educated, a ready speaker, and a man active in public affairs. In 1775
he was chosen a member of the Second Provisional Congress of New York; he was appointed, by
the New York Committee of Safety, 26 Mch., 1776, as Colonel of the Regiment of Minute Men,
"he being now in service with the regiment and being well qualified for that position." He was,
June ID, 1776, elected Colonel of Dutchess Co., N. Y., by the New York Provincial Congress.
(Force's American Archives.')
In same work we find returns of Col. Humphrey's regiment (probably the same as above)
'n the U. S. service, dated Nov. 3, 1776; also, Nov. 14, at Forts Montgomery and Constitution.
He was (according to Long Island Society s Memoirs, vol. iii, p. 12) in Gen. John Morin's command
in Scott's Brigade, in the movements and battle on Long Island.
He also accompanied Washington from Philadelphia to New York when he was inaugurated
president. He was member of Assembly from 1779 to 1785 inclusive. He was State Senator from
the middle district for three years, commencing with 1787. He was again member from Dutchess
County in 1800 and 1801. He then moved to Western New York, where he was appointed first
Judge of Seneca County, on its organization, in 1804. He held this office six years, and during
that time represented Seneca County in the legislature in i8c6 and 1807. His faculties seem to
have continued unimpaired to the last, as he was in the legislature when seventy-three years of
age, and his term of County Judge did not expire until he was seventy-five years of age.
On the first organization of the Regents nf the L^niversity of the State of New York, in
1784, he was a member. His emigration to the \A'estern wilderne.ss in his old age was the result