Texas Family Group Sheet for the Joseph J HUMPHRIES Family
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Husband: Joseph J HUMPHREYS (1)
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Birthdate: 17 Apr 1797 - *Athens, Jackson, Georgia, USA (2)
Death date: 26 Apr 1864 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA (3)
Buried: 27 Apr 1864 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA
Address: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
Father: George W HUMPHREYS (1772-1865) (4)
Mother: Abigail McDONALD (1768-1849) (5)
Marriage: 24 Dec 1816 Place: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA (6)
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Wife: Sarah Jane JONES (7)
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Birthdate: 18 Feb 1799 - *Athens, Jackson, Georgia, USA (8)
Death date: 1 Apr 1889 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA (9)
Buried: 2 Apr 1889 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA
Address: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
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Children
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1 F Elizabeth HUMPHREYS (10,11)
Birthdate: Oct 1820 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (12,13,14)
Death date: 30 Jun 1903 - , Frio, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse: James Riley LANGLEY (1811-1857) (15,16)
Marr. Date: 28 Dec 1837 - , Chambers, Alabama, USA (17)
Spouse: Rev Samuel Ellis PEARCE (1810-1875) (18)
Marr. Date: 8 Mar 1860 - , Bexar, Texas, USA (19)
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2 M Seaborn HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: Abt 1820 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: Abt 1903 - , Frio, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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3 F Talitha Ann HUMPHREYS (20)
Birthdate: 14 Jan 1821 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (21)
Death date: 9 Nov 1903 - , Blanco, Texas, USA (20)
Buried: 10 Nov 1903 - , Blanco, Texas, USA
Address: Miller Creek Cemetery, Blanco County, Texas
Spouse: Edmond Asa BARKER (Cir 1818-1969)
Marr. Date: 28 Dec 1837 - , Chambers, Alabama, USA (22)
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4 F Melvina HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 30 Jan 1824 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: 18 Feb 1878 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse: William Henry JENNINGS (1809-1890)
Marr. Date: 6 Nov 1845 - , Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
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5 M Ira HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 1826 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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6 F Harriet HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 23 Jan 1828 - Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse: Francis Marion AVENT (Abt 1825- )
Marr. Date:
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7 F Nancy HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 14 Apr 1831 - Marion, Perry, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse: James PETTY (Abt 1830- ) (23)
Marr. Date: 6 Jan 1858 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (24)
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8 F Abigail HUMPHRIES (25)
Birthdate: 11 May 1833 - Marion, Perry, Alabama, USA (26)
Death date: 30 Jan 1932 - Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA (25)
Buried: 31 Jan 1932 - Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA (27)
Spouse: Col Fred J MALONE (Abt 1830-Bef 1932) (28)
Marr. Date:
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9 F Mary Ann HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 11 Dec 1835 - Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
Death date: 17 Apr 1917 - Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse: William Jasper WYATT (Abt 1835- ) (29)
Marr. Date: 7 Mar 1860 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (30)
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10 M Jesse Lafayette HUMPHREYS (31)
Birthdate: 12 May 1838 - , , Alabama, USA (32,33)
Death date: 5 Jun 1900 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (34)
Buried: 6 Jun 1900 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA
Address: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
Spouse: Kay C WORD (1844-1869) (35)
Marr. Date: 23 Sep 1868
Spouse: Eliza Tamara WILEY (1848-1885) (29,36,37)
Marr. Date: 14 Dec 1871 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (38)
Spouse: Emma Lena LACKEY (1858-1894) (39)
Marr. Date: Cir 1886
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11 F Sarah Jane HUMPHREYS
Birthdate: 1840 - Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse: Charles L McGEEHEE (Abt 1840- ) (29)
Marr. Date: 4 Oct 1858 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (40)
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph J HUMPHREYS
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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.
Last Modified: 3 Apr 2017
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Sources
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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.
(http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/caldwell/vitals/marriages/1848.txt)
PETTY, James / HUMPHRIES, Nancy / 6 Jan 1858 / C-D / 23.
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.
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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a PERSON, the information is HEARSAY!
Husband: Joseph J HUMPHREYS (1)
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Birthdate: 17 Apr 1797 - *Athens, Jackson, Georgia, USA (2)
Death date: 26 Apr 1864 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA (3)
Buried: 27 Apr 1864 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA
Address: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
Father: George W HUMPHREYS (1772-1865) (4)
Mother: Abigail McDONALD (1768-1849) (5)
Marriage: 24 Dec 1816 Place: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA (6)
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Wife: Sarah Jane JONES (7)
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Birthdate: 18 Feb 1799 - *Athens, Jackson, Georgia, USA (8)
Death date: 1 Apr 1889 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA (9)
Buried: 2 Apr 1889 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA
Address: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
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Children
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1 F Elizabeth HUMPHREYS (10,11)
Birthdate: Oct 1820 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (12,13,14)
Death date: 30 Jun 1903 - , Frio, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse: James Riley LANGLEY (1811-1857) (15,16)
Marr. Date: 28 Dec 1837 - , Chambers, Alabama, USA (17)
Spouse: Rev Samuel Ellis PEARCE (1810-1875) (18)
Marr. Date: 8 Mar 1860 - , Bexar, Texas, USA (19)
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2 M Seaborn HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: Abt 1820 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: Abt 1903 - , Frio, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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3 F Talitha Ann HUMPHREYS (20)
Birthdate: 14 Jan 1821 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (21)
Death date: 9 Nov 1903 - , Blanco, Texas, USA (20)
Buried: 10 Nov 1903 - , Blanco, Texas, USA
Address: Miller Creek Cemetery, Blanco County, Texas
Spouse: Edmond Asa BARKER (Cir 1818-1969)
Marr. Date: 28 Dec 1837 - , Chambers, Alabama, USA (22)
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4 F Melvina HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 30 Jan 1824 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: 18 Feb 1878 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse: William Henry JENNINGS (1809-1890)
Marr. Date: 6 Nov 1845 - , Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
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5 M Ira HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 1826 - , Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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6 F Harriet HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 23 Jan 1828 - Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse: Francis Marion AVENT (Abt 1825- )
Marr. Date:
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7 F Nancy HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 14 Apr 1831 - Marion, Perry, Alabama, USA
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse: James PETTY (Abt 1830- ) (23)
Marr. Date: 6 Jan 1858 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (24)
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8 F Abigail HUMPHRIES (25)
Birthdate: 11 May 1833 - Marion, Perry, Alabama, USA (26)
Death date: 30 Jan 1932 - Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA (25)
Buried: 31 Jan 1932 - Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA (27)
Spouse: Col Fred J MALONE (Abt 1830-Bef 1932) (28)
Marr. Date:
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9 F Mary Ann HUMPHRIES
Birthdate: 11 Dec 1835 - Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
Death date: 17 Apr 1917 - Kyle, Hays, Texas, USA
Buried:
Spouse: William Jasper WYATT (Abt 1835- ) (29)
Marr. Date: 7 Mar 1860 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (30)
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10 M Jesse Lafayette HUMPHREYS (31)
Birthdate: 12 May 1838 - , , Alabama, USA (32,33)
Death date: 5 Jun 1900 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (34)
Buried: 6 Jun 1900 - Martindale, Caldwell, Texas, USA
Address: Humphreys Cemetery, Caldwell County, Texas
Spouse: Kay C WORD (1844-1869) (35)
Marr. Date: 23 Sep 1868
Spouse: Eliza Tamara WILEY (1848-1885) (29,36,37)
Marr. Date: 14 Dec 1871 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (38)
Spouse: Emma Lena LACKEY (1858-1894) (39)
Marr. Date: Cir 1886
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11 F Sarah Jane HUMPHREYS
Birthdate: 1840 - Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse: Charles L McGEEHEE (Abt 1840- ) (29)
Marr. Date: 4 Oct 1858 - , Caldwell, Texas, USA (40)
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph J HUMPHREYS
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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.
Last Modified: 3 Apr 2017
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Sources
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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.
(http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/caldwell/vitals/marriages/1848.txt)
PETTY, James / HUMPHRIES, Nancy / 6 Jan 1858 / C-D / 23.
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.
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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a PERSON, the information is HEARSAY!
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