The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

(By 2d ?narriage):
3345- in. James Spencer,^ b. 30 Sept., 1852, Java Village, N. Y. ; died at Leroy, 111., 27 Feb.,
1865, a?. 12 3-ears.
3346. IV. Julius V.'olcott,* b. 18 Sept., 1S55; married Laura Belle Keenan. F.xjhly 4G0.
3347. V. FLORE^'CE Lillian,^ b. 16 July, 1S5S, Java Village, N. Y. ;—unmarried. Res. (1884)
at Leroy, 111.
3348. VI. Erjiina Luella,^ b. 5 June, 1S60, Sheldon, N. Y.; married, in Leroy, 111., 26 Oct..
1882, Charles Henry (son of John Cheney and Ellen) Baddeley, b. 13 Dec,
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1859, Champaign, Champaign Co., 111., where his' parents resided. Merchant.
He is (1884) a member of the firm of Wm. Dodson & Co., Nos. 75 & 77 Neil
Street, Champaign, 111.
3349. VII. Theophilus Charles,^ b. 30 Dec, 1862, Leroy, 111.; died there, 30 Mch., 1864,
PC. I year.
FAMILY 247.
3350. Hon. Loin Harmon' Humphrey, [1640] (Hon. Loin,^ Dea. neophHus,^ Lieut.
Samuel,* Ensign Samuel,'^ Lieut. Samuel,^ Michael,') was born 13 July, 1799, in Canton, Ct.
He married, 4 Nov., 18 19, Sophia (dau. of Timothy* and Lydia Cowles) Chidsey, b. 15 Dec,
1798, in Northington (now Avon), Ct. She was a sister of Lydia Cowles Chidsey, the second
wife of Lucius 7 Humphrey, [Fam. 233, S.^]
Captain Loin H. Humphrey has lived eighty-six years in Canton, Ct., and, since his marriage
in 1819, on the farm which he now occupies (1884). During this period of sixty-five years there
has been no death in the house. In 1828, he joined the Congregational church in Canton Center,
of which he has since been a consistent member. He has been a retiring man, distrustful of his
own powers and never seeking office. Yet he has never shrunk from the discharge of such official
duties as have been assigned him. In 1830, he was chosen Captain of Company 9, in the 17th
Reg. Ct. Infantry, which position he held for three years, and then resigned. In 1835, he was
appointed, by the Connecticut Legislature, a Justice of the Peace for his native town, and filled
that office several years. He has also served as Selectman, and, in 1856, represented his town in
the lower House of the State Legislature. He has thus done his part in sustaining the welfare
of the community in which he has lived, and has given freely of his time, influence, and money
in support of school, church, and the cause of benevolence in general. And during all these
years he has retained the confidence and respect of -his fellow-citizens as a Christian gentleman,
as a kind and obliging neighbor, and as an upright, worthy man. P. O. address (1884)
Canton Center, Ct.
Children (born in Canton, Ct.):
3351. I. Sophia Salina,^ b. 20 Nov., 1822; was living in 1884.
3352. II. Sarah Ellen,* b. 8 July, 1S24; married, 14 Aug., 1848, Rev. David Almerin (son
of Anson and Ruth Selden) Strong, of Haddam, Ct., born in that town, 6 May,
1820. He was, for a number of years, pastor of the church in South Deerfield,
Mass., from which he was dismissed in 1865; in 1866, was a member of the
Massachusetts Legislature; in June, 1867, was settled as pastor of the Congre-
gational church in Coleraine, Mass., where he continued until October 7th, 1884,
when he was dismissed, and became acting pastor of the Congregational church
* Timothy Chidsey was born in E.isl Haven, Ct., and his wife, Lydia Cowles, in Avon, Ct.