MATHEW'S FIRST WIFE WAS MARY JANE HALL. THEY WERE MARRIED IN RONCEVERTE, GREENBRIER CO., VIRGINIA ON AUGUST 7, 1854.
MATHEW AND MARY HAD THREE CHILDREN, SARAH FRANCIS 1855, THOMAS ANDERSON 1856, AND INJE J.BORN AND DIED IN 1858. MARY DIED IN 1861. THE SURVIVING 3 CHILDREN MOVED AND SETTLED IN MISSOURI WHERE THEIR DESCENDANTS STILL LIVE TODAY.
MATHEW AND SECOND WIFE, MARTHA LOUELLEN CHENAULT HAD EIGHT CHILDREN: JOSEPH GRANVILLE-1863, JOHN WAITE-1864 (MY PATERNAL GRAND FATHER), MARY LOUELLA- 1869, ANNA DORA-1872, LUCY PEARNIA-1875, SADIE MASON-1878, ROSALEE-1882, STILLBORN INFANT-1894.
IN 1879 MATHEW, MARTHA AND FAMILY MOVED TO LACLEDE COUNTY MISSOURI AND REMAINED THERE FOR 10 YEARS. AT THE END OF THIS TIME, MATHEW, JOSEPH, AND JOHN BEGAN DROVING HORSES FROM MISSOURI TO TEXAS. THEN IN 1893 THE ENTIRE FAMILY MOVED TO TEXAS. FOLLOWING THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD FROM DALLAS TO ABILENE, TEXAS, AT THIS POINT THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD ALL SETTLE FOR GOOD IN ABILENE TEXAS. THE HUMPHREY FAMILY GREW AND PROSPERED IN ABILENE AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY.
When Mathew died in 1894 (cause of death is unknown) he was interred in a site owned by his son, Joseph, in the Abilene City Cem. In 1912, when Martha, died Mathew was reinterred in the IOOF Cem. in a 6 plot grave site owned by A. M. Daniel (his son-in-law). In the plot are buried Mathew, Martha to his right, Mary Louella (his daughter); to his left, A.M. Daniel son-in-law, an infant with Mary, and a Mrs. Crisbee. One site is open. The one marker on the site belongs to Mathew. An inscription reads " Sleep on dear Father, At Rest, God called thee home, He thought it best."
MATHEW HUMPHREYS AND WIFE MARTHA ARE MY GREAT GRAND PARENTS.
MATHEW'S FIRST WIFE WAS MARY JANE HALL. THEY WERE MARRIED IN RONCEVERTE, GREENBRIER CO., VIRGINIA ON AUGUST 7, 1854.
MATHEW AND MARY HAD THREE CHILDREN, SARAH FRANCIS 1855, THOMAS ANDERSON 1856, AND INJE J.BORN AND DIED IN 1858. MARY DIED IN 1861. THE SURVIVING 3 CHILDREN MOVED AND SETTLED IN MISSOURI WHERE THEIR DESCENDANTS STILL LIVE TODAY.
MATHEW AND SECOND WIFE, MARTHA LOUELLEN CHENAULT HAD EIGHT CHILDREN: JOSEPH GRANVILLE-1863, JOHN WAITE-1864 (MY PATERNAL GRAND FATHER), MARY LOUELLA- 1869, ANNA DORA-1872, LUCY PEARNIA-1875, SADIE MASON-1878, ROSALEE-1882, STILLBORN INFANT-1894.
IN 1879 MATHEW, MARTHA AND FAMILY MOVED TO LACLEDE COUNTY MISSOURI AND REMAINED THERE FOR 10 YEARS. AT THE END OF THIS TIME, MATHEW, JOSEPH, AND JOHN BEGAN DROVING HORSES FROM MISSOURI TO TEXAS. THEN IN 1893 THE ENTIRE FAMILY MOVED TO TEXAS. FOLLOWING THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD FROM DALLAS TO ABILENE, TEXAS, AT THIS POINT THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD ALL SETTLE FOR GOOD IN ABILENE TEXAS. THE HUMPHREY FAMILY GREW AND PROSPERED IN ABILENE AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY.
When Mathew died in 1894 (cause of death is unknown) he was interred in a site owned by his son, Joseph, in the Abilene City Cem. In 1912, when Martha, died Mathew was reinterred in the IOOF Cem. in a 6 plot grave site owned by A. M. Daniel (his son-in-law). In the plot are buried Mathew, Martha to his right, Mary Louella (his daughter); to his left, A.M. Daniel son-in-law, an infant with Mary, and a Mrs. Crisbee. One site is open. The one marker on the site belongs to Mathew. An inscription reads " Sleep on dear Father, At Rest, God called thee home, He thought it best."
MATHEW HUMPHREYS AND WIFE MARTHA ARE MY GREAT GRAND PARENTS.
Inscription
JAN 23, 1835
APRIL 24, 1894
Gravesite Details
sleep on dear father, at rest, God called thee home He thought it best
Family Members
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Sarah Frances Humphreys Eads
1854–1916
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Thomas Anderson Humphreys
1856–1913
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Joseph Granville Boyd Humphreys
1863–1924
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John Stephen Waite Humphrey I
1864–1948
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Mary Louella Humphreys Daniel
1869–1911
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Annie Dora Humphreys
1872–1936
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Lucy Pearnia Humphreys Wilson
1875–1905
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Sadie Mason Humphreys Rutherford
1881–1964
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Rosalee Humphreys Bowyer
1882–1971
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Infant Humphreys
1893–1894