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Charles S. Humphries

6 Jul 1846 – 14 May 1916

Birth6 Jul 1846
Death14 May 1916
CemeteryMasonic Cemetery
Seymour , Baylor County , Texas , USA
Added bySearchers of our Past on 03 Jan 2014
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96855830

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son of G.W. Humphries - Harriet Jones After the death of his first wife, Charles Humphries married Mrs. Leanna Artemisia Findley in 1911. Charles S. Humphries, former Baylor county tax assessor has been a resident of Seymour and vicinity for over 20 years. He led a active career from an early age, and has seen many phases of life, as soldier, business man, farmer, and public official. Mr. Humphries was a student at the Georgia Military Institute at Lexington. In 1860 he attended the Wesleyan University at Florence, Alabama, where his mother was making her home at the time. He was one of the boy soldiers of the Confederacy, and was only 15 years old when he enlisted at Florence in 1861. The regiment was not organized and he did not get into service until the spring of 1862. He was a member of Company B, Thirty-fifth Alabama Regiment, and his service was largely in Mississippi. He was with Johnston's army when it tried to relieve Vicksburg; was in the battle of Baton Rouge and in the defense of Port Hudson against the federal gunboats; was next in the campaign toward Atlanta was with Hood's army when it fell back to Tennessee, and took part in the battles of Franklin and Nashville; thence was sent into North Carolina, and his regiment was with those that surrendered at Greensboro. Mr. Humphries came to Texas in 1868, locating first in Palo Pinto county where he engaged in the cattle business. In 1873, he acquired a farm on the old Indian reservation in Young county. He lived there for 10 years, and in 1882 came to Seymour, which has since been his home and center of business activity. For nine years he was engaged in the mercantile business here building a stone building. He built the stone house corner of Pecan and Tackett. Then for some time he resided with his son on a farm. He is a stanch Democrat and in 1902 he was elected county tax assessor. He affiliates with the Masonic and Odd Fellow orders. Survived by his wife; grandchildren. Charles S. Humphries born: VA Widowed father born GA; mother born VA charge to Seymour Masonic Lodge; body transferred from Rusk, TX [granddaughters: Katie M., Anna, Neal Humphries] source: Seymour Mercantile records page 4 1910 Seymour, Texas Charles Humphries, head, 60 Katie M., 20 Anna, 14 Neal, 12

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