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Thomas Harvey Humphries

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Thomas Harvey Humphries

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
2 Jun 1920 (aged 78)
Knox City, Knox County, Texas, USA
Burial
Knox City, Knox County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Thomas Harvey Humphries is the son of George Washington Humphries and Malindy Roundy Humphries. Thomas was born in Tennessee and served in the Civil War as a private in Company B 19 Regt. Tennessee Inf., Washington County, Tennessee. His company engaged in battles at Cumberland Gap, Barbourville, Mill Springs, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, and last at Chickamauga where he was captured by Union forces on September 19, 1863. He was sent to Camp Douglas, Chico, Illinois and exchanged May 3, 1865 at New Orleans. This camp was located near the shore of Lake Michigan and known as the northern prison camp with the highest mortality rate of all Union Civil War Prisons.

After the war, he came to Bonham, Fannin County, Texas and married Mary Emaline Stephens on September 10, 1871. He worked as a Cowboy for some time in Gainesville, Cook County, Texas. Thomas and Mary resided in Knox City, Knox County, Texas for the remainder of their years. Thomas and Mary are the parents of 12 chilren, being Ida Mae, Tildy, Isaac, Tex Ella, Jacob Merrill, Mary Belle, James Thomas, William G., Joseph Harvey, Hattie Lou, Edward and Charles Franklin Humphries.

Soldier's Application for Pension was made and approved and March 1, 1911. These were witnessed by J. H. Humphries and Letitia Humphries. Witnesses to the pension were Henry Granville Stephens and William Levi Stephens, his brother-in-laws.
Thomas Harvey Humphries is the son of George Washington Humphries and Malindy Roundy Humphries. Thomas was born in Tennessee and served in the Civil War as a private in Company B 19 Regt. Tennessee Inf., Washington County, Tennessee. His company engaged in battles at Cumberland Gap, Barbourville, Mill Springs, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, and last at Chickamauga where he was captured by Union forces on September 19, 1863. He was sent to Camp Douglas, Chico, Illinois and exchanged May 3, 1865 at New Orleans. This camp was located near the shore of Lake Michigan and known as the northern prison camp with the highest mortality rate of all Union Civil War Prisons.

After the war, he came to Bonham, Fannin County, Texas and married Mary Emaline Stephens on September 10, 1871. He worked as a Cowboy for some time in Gainesville, Cook County, Texas. Thomas and Mary resided in Knox City, Knox County, Texas for the remainder of their years. Thomas and Mary are the parents of 12 chilren, being Ida Mae, Tildy, Isaac, Tex Ella, Jacob Merrill, Mary Belle, James Thomas, William G., Joseph Harvey, Hattie Lou, Edward and Charles Franklin Humphries.

Soldier's Application for Pension was made and approved and March 1, 1911. These were witnessed by J. H. Humphries and Letitia Humphries. Witnesses to the pension were Henry Granville Stephens and William Levi Stephens, his brother-in-laws.

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