The Humphreys family in America - citizen hylbom blog

A GEORGIA HUMPHREYS FAMILY.
I- William' Humphreys; married (i) Nancy (daughter of Joshua) Stephens; married
(2) Easterlin. He resided in Chattooga County, Ga., and removed to Pope County, Ark.,
where he died. He was a farmer and hatter. He had a brother Simeon, who lived in Arkansas,
and had a son John, who was in the C. S. Army in the Civil War, and a prisoner at Rock Island,
111., in 1864.
Children (by ist marriage):
2. I. JoHN=; m. Elmina Murphy, of Fayette County, Ga. ; both died in Utah Terr. Children:
3. i. Richard.' 1
4. ii. (Jriffin.s \ Res. (1886) Utah Territory. [See Additions, p. 1074.]
5. iii. John Joseph' (M. D.) |
6. II. Richard-; m. (i) Murphy; m. (2) Haynes; both wives of Fayette County,
Ga., where he resided until after the Civil War, until he removed to Independence,
Mo. Has several children, some of whom are married.
7. III. WiixiAM "; m. Bevens; died in or near Lewisburgh, Conway County, Ark.
8. IV. Joshua '; m. Betsy Hand, of Henry County, Ga. He died after the Civil War, in
Claiborne County, Ala. She died about 1884. Children:
9. i. James'; married and had a family. ) v, n r- . .'
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11. V. Thomas-; m. . Res. Atlanta, Ga. Children (besides five who died in Texas):
12. i. Perry'; I
13. ii. Robert'; I all married.
14. iii. Sally' (or Lally); J
15. VI. Elizabeth,^ b. in Walton County, Ga., 19 Apr., 1822; m. in Walton County, Ga.,
26 Nov., 1838, Rev. Van Allen Brewster, who was born in Fairplay District,
Morgan County, Ga., 21 May, 181 7 (son of Sherift" and Rebecca Allen Brewster),
of good Irish and South Carolina stock, who fought in the Revolutionary War.
When he was twelve or fourteen years of age, his parents moved to Hamilton
County, Tenn., and two years later into the Indian County, now Walker County,
Ga. Brought up in the poverty and lack of advantages of a new county, amid
savage surroundings, young Brewster had plenty of hard work and but scant
schooling. He was a volunteer in the Seminole War, in 1837, after which he got
a little schooling at Fayette County, Ga. ; in 1842 was chosen Doorkeeper of the
House of Representatives of Georgia; in 1843 was chosen Messenger to the Senate,
which office he held for eight years; in 1843 he and his wife joined the Baptist
church; in 1844 was elected Tax Collector of Fayette County, Ga. ; about 1851
removed to Randolph County, Ala.; thence, in 1855, to Carroll County, Ga.;
through his influence, in 1855, the county of Haralson v,as formed; he was licensed
to preach in Alabama, and ordained about 1856, and has since served twenty-three
churches and baptized nearly i.ooo people; was elected, by an overwhelming
majority, Clerk of the Superior Court of Haralson County; in 1869 he removed to