William Ross Humphrey was born in Ithaca, New York, on April 10, 1820, the son of Charles Humphrey, a New York lawyer and politician and Ann Eliza Belknap. In 1838, he worked for the Harlem Railroad survey. After his admission to the bar in January 1842, Humphrey practiced law in Ithaca for several years, leaving in 1849 to become superintendent for the Ithaca and Owego Railroad (later the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad). Humphrey served as superintendent of the Cayuga division of the Cayuga and Susquehanna railroad for thirty-seven years. He was also a trustee of the Ithaca school district for thirty years, a member of the board of trustees at Cornell University, a trustee of the Village of Ithaca, and a charter member of the Cornell Library Association.
He married Mary H. Wheeler in 1848, and they had 4 children:: Mary E. Humphrey (b. 1850), Katharine Humphrey Hunt (b.1852), George Humphrey (b.1856), and Charles Humphrey (b. 1860).
In 1875 William Ross Humphrey retired as Librarian of the Cornell Public Free Library.
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Humphrey, William Ross, was born in the town of Ithaca, April 10, 1820, the oldest son of Charles Humphrey, a native of Little Britain, Orange county, born in 1792, who came to Tompkins county in 1818 as the attorney for the Newburg Branch Bank. He studied law in Newhurg, and was a Soldier in the war of 1812, in which he was captain. In 1850 his death occurred at Albany. He was elected to Congress in 1824, and was member of assembly in 1834—35—36—42, being speaker in 1835-36. In the county he held the office of surrogate, and was one of the leading Democrats in his county. He was clerk of the old Supreme Court for several years, and was located at Albany, where he lived from 1842 to 1847, and at the time of his death was attending Supreme Court in that city. Charles D., the brother of our subject, after serving through the war of the Rebellion in army and navy, died in Utica in 1870.
The school days of William R. were spent in the old Ithaca Academy, and in 1838 he was employed on the survey of the Harlem Railroad. The year afterward he entered the law office of Bate & McKissock at Newburg, was admitted to the bar in January, 1842, beginning practice in Ithaca. In 1849 he gave up the practice of his profession and became connected with the Ithaca and Owego Railroad, known now as the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad, which road was rebuilt in 1849 by parties who subsequently organized the D. L. & W. Co., and afterwards leased to this company and known as the Cayuga Division, of which he was superintendent thirty-seven years. For thirty years he was trustee of the school district.While superintendent of the D. L. & W. he was also manager of their extensive coal operations at this post,handling many million tons of coal in that time. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University a number of years, and secretary of the institution. He was trustee of the village of Ithaca several years, and charter member of the Cornell Library Association, and trustee since 1864. He was charter member of Ithaca Lodge 1. O. O. F. in 1842, and is the only one living to-day. He has also been trustee of the Presbyterian church fourteen years. In 1848 he married Mary H. Wheeler, of Orwell, Vt., and they have four children. Of these, George S. is with the C. W. Hunt Mfg. Co., as treasurer in New York city; Charles is in the mining business in Salt Lake City; the youngest daughter married C. W. Hunt, of New York, and the other daughter resides at home.
Published in Landmarks of Tompkins County Including a History of Cornell University by W.T. Hewitt Syracuse, N.Y.:D. Mason, 1894 p 44-5[OCR copy]
He married Mary H. Wheeler in 1848, and they had 4 children:: Mary E. Humphrey (b. 1850), Katharine Humphrey Hunt (b.1852), George Humphrey (b.1856), and Charles Humphrey (b. 1860).
In 1875 William Ross Humphrey retired as Librarian of the Cornell Public Free Library.
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Humphrey, William Ross, was born in the town of Ithaca, April 10, 1820, the oldest son of Charles Humphrey, a native of Little Britain, Orange county, born in 1792, who came to Tompkins county in 1818 as the attorney for the Newburg Branch Bank. He studied law in Newhurg, and was a Soldier in the war of 1812, in which he was captain. In 1850 his death occurred at Albany. He was elected to Congress in 1824, and was member of assembly in 1834—35—36—42, being speaker in 1835-36. In the county he held the office of surrogate, and was one of the leading Democrats in his county. He was clerk of the old Supreme Court for several years, and was located at Albany, where he lived from 1842 to 1847, and at the time of his death was attending Supreme Court in that city. Charles D., the brother of our subject, after serving through the war of the Rebellion in army and navy, died in Utica in 1870.
The school days of William R. were spent in the old Ithaca Academy, and in 1838 he was employed on the survey of the Harlem Railroad. The year afterward he entered the law office of Bate & McKissock at Newburg, was admitted to the bar in January, 1842, beginning practice in Ithaca. In 1849 he gave up the practice of his profession and became connected with the Ithaca and Owego Railroad, known now as the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad, which road was rebuilt in 1849 by parties who subsequently organized the D. L. & W. Co., and afterwards leased to this company and known as the Cayuga Division, of which he was superintendent thirty-seven years. For thirty years he was trustee of the school district.While superintendent of the D. L. & W. he was also manager of their extensive coal operations at this post,handling many million tons of coal in that time. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University a number of years, and secretary of the institution. He was trustee of the village of Ithaca several years, and charter member of the Cornell Library Association, and trustee since 1864. He was charter member of Ithaca Lodge 1. O. O. F. in 1842, and is the only one living to-day. He has also been trustee of the Presbyterian church fourteen years. In 1848 he married Mary H. Wheeler, of Orwell, Vt., and they have four children. Of these, George S. is with the C. W. Hunt Mfg. Co., as treasurer in New York city; Charles is in the mining business in Salt Lake City; the youngest daughter married C. W. Hunt, of New York, and the other daughter resides at home.
Published in Landmarks of Tompkins County Including a History of Cornell University by W.T. Hewitt Syracuse, N.Y.:D. Mason, 1894 p 44-5[OCR copy]
William Ross Humphrey was born in Ithaca, New York, on April 10, 1820, the son of Charles Humphrey, a New York lawyer and politician and Ann Eliza Belknap. In 1838, he worked for the Harlem Railroad survey. After his admission to the bar in January 1842, Humphrey practiced law in Ithaca for several years, leaving in 1849 to become superintendent for the Ithaca and Owego Railroad (later the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad). Humphrey served as superintendent of the Cayuga division of the Cayuga and Susquehanna railroad for thirty-seven years. He was also a trustee of the Ithaca school district for thirty years, a member of the board of trustees at Cornell University, a trustee of the Village of Ithaca, and a charter member of the Cornell Library Association.
He married Mary H. Wheeler in 1848, and they had 4 children:: Mary E. Humphrey (b. 1850), Katharine Humphrey Hunt (b.1852), George Humphrey (b.1856), and Charles Humphrey (b. 1860).
In 1875 William Ross Humphrey retired as Librarian of the Cornell Public Free Library.
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Humphrey, William Ross, was born in the town of Ithaca, April 10, 1820, the oldest son of Charles Humphrey, a native of Little Britain, Orange county, born in 1792, who came to Tompkins county in 1818 as the attorney for the Newburg Branch Bank. He studied law in Newhurg, and was a Soldier in the war of 1812, in which he was captain. In 1850 his death occurred at Albany. He was elected to Congress in 1824, and was member of assembly in 1834—35—36—42, being speaker in 1835-36. In the county he held the office of surrogate, and was one of the leading Democrats in his county. He was clerk of the old Supreme Court for several years, and was located at Albany, where he lived from 1842 to 1847, and at the time of his death was attending Supreme Court in that city. Charles D., the brother of our subject, after serving through the war of the Rebellion in army and navy, died in Utica in 1870.
The school days of William R. were spent in the old Ithaca Academy, and in 1838 he was employed on the survey of the Harlem Railroad. The year afterward he entered the law office of Bate & McKissock at Newburg, was admitted to the bar in January, 1842, beginning practice in Ithaca. In 1849 he gave up the practice of his profession and became connected with the Ithaca and Owego Railroad, known now as the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad, which road was rebuilt in 1849 by parties who subsequently organized the D. L. & W. Co., and afterwards leased to this company and known as the Cayuga Division, of which he was superintendent thirty-seven years. For thirty years he was trustee of the school district.While superintendent of the D. L. & W. he was also manager of their extensive coal operations at this post,handling many million tons of coal in that time. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University a number of years, and secretary of the institution. He was trustee of the village of Ithaca several years, and charter member of the Cornell Library Association, and trustee since 1864. He was charter member of Ithaca Lodge 1. O. O. F. in 1842, and is the only one living to-day. He has also been trustee of the Presbyterian church fourteen years. In 1848 he married Mary H. Wheeler, of Orwell, Vt., and they have four children. Of these, George S. is with the C. W. Hunt Mfg. Co., as treasurer in New York city; Charles is in the mining business in Salt Lake City; the youngest daughter married C. W. Hunt, of New York, and the other daughter resides at home.
Published in Landmarks of Tompkins County Including a History of Cornell University by W.T. Hewitt Syracuse, N.Y.:D. Mason, 1894 p 44-5[OCR copy]
He married Mary H. Wheeler in 1848, and they had 4 children:: Mary E. Humphrey (b. 1850), Katharine Humphrey Hunt (b.1852), George Humphrey (b.1856), and Charles Humphrey (b. 1860).
In 1875 William Ross Humphrey retired as Librarian of the Cornell Public Free Library.
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Humphrey, William Ross, was born in the town of Ithaca, April 10, 1820, the oldest son of Charles Humphrey, a native of Little Britain, Orange county, born in 1792, who came to Tompkins county in 1818 as the attorney for the Newburg Branch Bank. He studied law in Newhurg, and was a Soldier in the war of 1812, in which he was captain. In 1850 his death occurred at Albany. He was elected to Congress in 1824, and was member of assembly in 1834—35—36—42, being speaker in 1835-36. In the county he held the office of surrogate, and was one of the leading Democrats in his county. He was clerk of the old Supreme Court for several years, and was located at Albany, where he lived from 1842 to 1847, and at the time of his death was attending Supreme Court in that city. Charles D., the brother of our subject, after serving through the war of the Rebellion in army and navy, died in Utica in 1870.
The school days of William R. were spent in the old Ithaca Academy, and in 1838 he was employed on the survey of the Harlem Railroad. The year afterward he entered the law office of Bate & McKissock at Newburg, was admitted to the bar in January, 1842, beginning practice in Ithaca. In 1849 he gave up the practice of his profession and became connected with the Ithaca and Owego Railroad, known now as the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad, which road was rebuilt in 1849 by parties who subsequently organized the D. L. & W. Co., and afterwards leased to this company and known as the Cayuga Division, of which he was superintendent thirty-seven years. For thirty years he was trustee of the school district.While superintendent of the D. L. & W. he was also manager of their extensive coal operations at this post,handling many million tons of coal in that time. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University a number of years, and secretary of the institution. He was trustee of the village of Ithaca several years, and charter member of the Cornell Library Association, and trustee since 1864. He was charter member of Ithaca Lodge 1. O. O. F. in 1842, and is the only one living to-day. He has also been trustee of the Presbyterian church fourteen years. In 1848 he married Mary H. Wheeler, of Orwell, Vt., and they have four children. Of these, George S. is with the C. W. Hunt Mfg. Co., as treasurer in New York city; Charles is in the mining business in Salt Lake City; the youngest daughter married C. W. Hunt, of New York, and the other daughter resides at home.
Published in Landmarks of Tompkins County Including a History of Cornell University by W.T. Hewitt Syracuse, N.Y.:D. Mason, 1894 p 44-5[OCR copy]
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