The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

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3043. ii. Charles Lemuel,' b. 23 Apr. 1S66; d. 25 I'eb. 1S67, .c. 10 months.
3044. iii. Chester Albert,'-' b. 22 June, 1S70.
3045. iv. Walter Almon,' b. 19 Feb. 1873.
3046. V. Bessie Belle,' b. 24 Oct. 1875.
FAMILY 226.
3047. Rev. Aaron Case' Humphrey, [1465J (Lemuel Gordon,^ Samuel,^JLieut. Samuel,*
Ensign Samuel,' Lieut. Samuel,^ Michael,' ) was born Sunday, 3 Feb., 1799, in West Sinisbury,
Ct. He married (i) in Columbus, O. , 12 Dec, 1822, Betsey (dau. of John* and Betsey) Starr,
b. 30 Aug., 1S02, at Groton, Ct. Her parents removed from that town to Franklin Co., Ohio,
when she was ten years of age.
I\Ir. Humphrey at first settled in Liberty Township, Delaware Co., O., where he was a
mechanic and farmer. Under the ministry and counsel of a Rev. Mr. Bigelow he united with
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and subsequently was an active local preacher, and served as a
supply on different circuits in Central Ohio. He afterward became a UniversaHst. He was an
early leader in the Temperance Reform, and was a popular and effective lecturer in the cause.
In 1842, he removed to the vicinity of Tipton, Iowa, where he engaged in farming, and acquired
a comfortable competence. There his wife died, i July, 1849, at the age of 46 years. He
married (2) in Muscatine, Iowa, 6 June, 1850, Ann Maria (dau. of Levin and Martha Walston)
Haymon. Her father was of Irish and her mother of English descent.
His daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Haddock, of Iowa City, writes of him:— "There my father
toiled and raised his large family. All the severe hardships of pioneer life were his, but he
worked with a will and perseverance that wins; and was always ready with a sermon as occasion
offered. Truth, honesty, and a kindly, tender heart were pre-eminently his virtues. He was a
great Abolitionist, and, both in Ohio and in Iowa, his house was a ' Depot ' on the ' Underground
Railroad.'" When advanced in life he sold his farm and bought a place in Tipton, where he re-
sided until his death, which occurred 9 April, 1877, at the age of 78 years. His widow resided,
in 1S83, on the homestead, at Tipton, Iowa.
Children ( by 1st marriage)
:
3048. I. SoPHRONiA," b. 20 Sept., 1823, in Liberty, O. ; died in infancy.
3049. II. LuRENDA,' b. 5 Nov., 1825, in Liberty, O. ; married, near Tipton, Iowa, 26 Aug.,
1845, John Casebeer, b. 2 Oct., 181 2, in Washington Co., Pa. Flis parents
removed to Wayne County, Ohio, in 181 5, living there till 1839, when, with
eleven children of whom John was the oldest, they removed to Cedar Co., Iowa.
There he continued to reside after his marriage, Until the spring of 1854, when
he and his family settled on their present homestead, a fine farm near Tipton, la.
Mr. Casebeer was early identified with the Antislavery movement in politics;
—voted the Free-soil ticket in 1848, with the weak minority of thirty-seven votes;
and his house has sheltered many a fugitive slave. The family are known as
staunch Republicans, and practical temperance people and prohibitionists. For
thirty years the parents have been members and active supporters of the Congre-
gational church, and liberal givers to its charities. P. O. address (1883) Tipton,
Iowa. Chilhen:
3050. i. Sarah Jane,' b. 17 May, 1846, in Cedar County, Iowa; was educated at the Iowa State
University at Iowa City, anom 30 Aug. 177.4: .-^ntl died 30 Oct. 1837, a;. 63 ye.irs. His wife w.-is born 20 Feb. 1783: and died 23 May, 1865,