Husband: Joseph J HUMPHREYS (1)
aka: Joseph HUMPHRIES or UMPHRESS
Birthdate: 17 Apr 1797
Birthplace: *Athens, Jackson, Georgia, USA (2)
Death date: 26 Apr 1864
Place of death: Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA (3)
Burial: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
Father: George W HUMPHREYS (1772-1865) (4)
Mother: Abigail McDONALD (1768-1849) (5)
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 24 Dec 1816
Marriage place: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA (6)

Wife: Sarah Jane JONES (7)
Birthdate: 18 Feb 1799
Birthplace: *Athens, Jackson, Georgia, USA (8)
Death date: 1 Apr 1889
Place of death: Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA (9)
Burial: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Elizabeth HUMPHREYS (10,11)
Sex: F
Birthdate: Oct 1820
Birthplace: , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (12,13,14)
Death date: 30 Jun 1903
Place of death: , Frio, Texas, USA
Burial:
Marriage date: [1] 28 Dec 1837 [2] 8 Mar 1860
Marriage place: [1] , Chambers, Alabama, USA (17) [2] , Bexar, Texas, USA (19)
Spouses' names: [1] James Riley LANGLEY (1811-1857) (15,16) [2] Rev Samuel Ellis PEARCE (1810-1875) (18)

Child No. 2: Seaborn HUMPHRIES
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt 1820
Birthplace: , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: Abt 1903
Place of death: , Frio, Texas, USA
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 3: Talitha Ann HUMPHREYS (20)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 14 Jan 1821
Birthplace: , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (21)
Death date: 9 Nov 1903
Place of death: , Blanco, Texas, USA (20)
Burial: Miller Creek Cemetery, Blanco County, Texas
Marriage date: 28 Dec 1837
Marriage place: , Chambers, Alabama, USA (22)
Spouses' names: Edmond Asa BARKER (Cir 1818-1969)

Child No. 4: Melvina HUMPHRIES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 30 Jan 1824
Birthplace: , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: 18 Feb 1878
Place of death: , Caldwell, Texas, USA
Burial:
Marriage date: 6 Nov 1845
Marriage place: , Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
Spouses' names: William Henry JENNINGS (1809-1890)

Child No. 5: Ira HUMPHRIES
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1826
Birthplace: , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 6: Harriet HUMPHRIES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 23 Jan 1828
Birthplace: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Francis Marion AVENT (Abt 1825-????)

Child No. 7: Nancy HUMPHRIES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 14 Apr 1831
Birthplace: Marion, Perry, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 6 Jan 1858
Marriage place: , Caldwell, Texas, USA (24)
Spouses' names: James PETTY (Abt 1830-????) (23)

Child No. 8: Abigail HUMPHRIES (25)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 May 1833
Birthplace: Marion, Perry, Alabama, USA (26)
Death date: 30 Jan 1932
Place of death: Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA (25)
Burial: Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA (27)
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Col Fred J MALONE (Abt 1830-Bef 1932) (28)

Child No. 9: Mary Ann HUMPHRIES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Dec 1835
Birthplace: Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
Death date: 17 Apr 1917
Place of death: Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA
Burial:
Marriage date: 7 Mar 1860
Marriage place: , Caldwell, Texas, USA (30)
Spouses' names: William Jasper WYATT (Abt 1835-????) (29)

Child No. 10: Jesse Lafayette HUMPHREYS (31)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12 May 1838
Birthplace: , , Alabama, USA (32,33)
Death date: 5 Jun 1900
Place of death: , Caldwell, Texas, USA (34)
Burial: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
Marriage date: [1] 23 Sep 1868 [2] 14 Dec 1871 [3] Cir 1886
Marriage place: [2] , Caldwell, Texas, USA (38)
Spouses' names: [1] Kay C WORD (1844-1869) (35) [2] Eliza Tamara WILEY (1848-1885) (29,36,37) [3] Emma Lena LACKEY (1858-1894) (39)

Child No. 11: Sarah Jane HUMPHREYS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1840
Birthplace: Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
Death date: Deceased
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 4 Oct 1858
Marriage place: , Caldwell, Texas, USA (40)
Spouses' names: Charles L McGEEHEE (Abt 1840-????) (29)
 
 
Documentation:
1. McFarland, Evelyn Langley, Joseph R Humphries. Evelyn researched her families and self-published a book for members of the family.
2. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Joseph J. 17 Apr 1797.
3. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Joseph J.
4. McFarland, Evelyn Langley, George W Humphries.
5. McFarland, Evelyn Langley, Abigail McDonald.
6. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Sarah J. Married 24 Dec 1816.
7. McFarland, Evelyn Langley, Sarah Jane Jones.
8. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Sarah J. 18 Feb 1799.
9. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Sarah J.
10. McFarland, Evelyn Langley, Elizabeth Humphries.
11. 1850 Federal Census, Mississippi, Lafayette, pg 530 (266A) d/f #560. Eliza Langley.
12. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Atascosa, pg 16 (181A), d/f #119/119. age 49, Alabama.
13. 1850 Federal Census, Mississippi, Lafayette, pg 530 (266A) d/f #560. age 29, Alabama.
14. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Atascosa, ED 5, pg 7A. age 79, Oct 1820, Alabama.
15. McFarland, Evelyn Langley, James Riley Langley.
16. 1850 Federal Census, Mississippi, Lafayette, pg 530 (266A) d/f #560. Jas R Langley.
17. Chambers Co, AL Marriage License, Langley, James R. to Eliza Humphries, 28 Dec 1837.
18. Pearce-Maxwell Cemetery, Wilson County, Texas, Pearce, Samuel E.
19. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Pierce, Samuel E. to Eliza Langly, 8 Mar 1860, Bexar County.
20. Miller Creek Cemetery, Blanco County, Texas, Talitha Ann Barker.
21. Miller Creek Cemetery, Blanco County, Texas, Talitha Ann Barker. 14 Jan 1821.
22. Chambers Co, AL Marriage Book (http://www.trackingyourroots.com/data/chamberscomarr.htm), Bk 1. BARKER, Edmond A. & HUMPHRIES, Telitha A.—28 DEC 1837.
23. Caldwell Co, TX Marriages 1848-1886, Book C-D, page 23. PETTY, James / HUMPHRIES, Nancy / 6 Jan 1858 / C-D / 23.
(http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/caldwell/vitals/marriages/1848.txt)
24. Caldwell Co, TX Marriages 1848-1886, Book C-D, page 23.
25. Death Certificate, Malone, Abigail #90.
26. Death Certificate, Malone, Abigail #90. 11 May 1833, Montgomery, Alabama.
27. Death Certificate, Malone, Abigail #90. Beeville.
28. Death Certificate, Malone, Abigail #90. F J Malone.
29. Caldwell Co, TX Marriages 1848-1886, Book C-D, page 54. WYATT, William J. / HUMPHRIS, Mary / 7 Mar 1860 / C-D / 54.
30. Ibid, Book C-D, page 54.
31. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Caldwell, pg 38 (295A), d/f #268/269. Jesse L Humphreys.
32. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Jesse L. 12 May 1838.
33. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Caldwell, pg 38 (295A), d/f #268/269. age 30, Alabama.
34. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Jesse L.
35. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Kate C.
36. Death Certificate, Humphreys, Maudie E #49052. Eliza Wiley.
37. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Caldwell, ED 29, pg 40 (279D). Eliza T Humphrey.
38. Caldwell Co, TX Marriages 1848-1886, Book C-D, page 329. HUMPHRAYS, J. L. / FARMER, Eliza / 14 Dec 1871 / C-D / 329
39. Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas, Humphreys, Emma Lena.
40. Ibid, Book C-D, page 34. McGEHEE, Charles L. / HUMPHRIES, Sarah J. / 4 Oct 1858 / C-D / 34.

Notes:
* Joseph J HUMPHREYS Moved from Mississippi to Texas with the Jennings Family. Owned a large home which sat high on a bluff overlooking the falls of the San Marcos River below Martindale. The home burned. They brought 10 of 11 children with them to Texas.
* HUMPHREYS CEMETERY
Members of the Jennings and Humphreys families settled in the Martindale area in the 1850s. They established a cemetery on land bought by Joseph Humphreys in 1855. Set aside on this raised area, the burial ground initially served family members who had settled the 2,000 acres adjoining the site.
Randolph Reed Jennings (d. 1854), who reportedly died of yellow fever on his way to Martindale, was the first buried here, and the grave marker of Agnes Jennings (d. 1869) bears the earliest birth year, 1783. Joseph Humphreys (d. 1864) was the first buried in the Humphreys family plot, denoted by two obelisks. Tradition holds that a number of unmarked graves belong to former slaves of the pioneer families. Notable burials include the graves of early settler Jemima Crunk (1799-1876) and George H Martindale (1842-1892), son of the community's founder. Today, families and descendants of those buried here meet regularly and maintain the cemetery, which was enlarged in 1946. This burial ground, a link to the area's early settlers, remains a symbol of Martindale and its rich history.
Historic Texas Cemetery 2003
* Athens-Clarke County is now a consolidated city-county. Clarke County was formed from Jackson in 1801 and the two merged in 1991. Jackson County was formed from Franklin County in 1796.
* Joe and Sallie are ancestors of my children.
* I found many records with the alternate spelling HUMPHRIES but none with UMPHRESS OR UMFRESS.

Last Modified: 3 Apr 2017
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