Person:William Humphrey (18)

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William Humphrey
b.27 Jan 1869 New York City, New York, United States
d.4 Jul 1950 Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 29 Feb 1864
  1. Emogene J Humphrey1865 - 1941
  2. Laura Humphrey1867 - 1867
  3. Maria Louisa Humphrey1867 - 1930
  4. William Humphrey1869 - 1950
  5. Ida May Humphrey1871 - 1929
  6. Dorothea Elizabeth Humphrey1873 - Abt 1946
  7. Charles Augusta Humphrey1875 - 1937
  8. Edwin Thomas Humphrey1877 - 1946
  9. Alice Humphrey1880 - 1904
  10. Mary Susan Humphrey1882 - 1942
  11. Frankie Humphrey1884 - 1894
  12. Ada Humphrey1886 - 1940
Spouse and Children
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m. 17 Feb 1896
  1. Florence Emogene Humphrey1898 -
  2. William Stanford Humphrey1906 - 1967
  3. Charles Benton Humphrey1909 - 1985
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Facts and Events
Name William Humphrey
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Jan 1869 New York City, New York, United States
Marriage 17 Feb 1896 Marion, Kansas, United Statesto Florence Ada Chappelle
Death? 4 Jul 1950 Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United StatesCause: Cancer of the prostate
Burial? 7 Jul 1950 Prairie Grove Cemetery, Cottonwood Falls, Chase, Kansas, United States

When William was a few months old the family moved to Kansas they settled on a homestead where Lebo stands now.Their first home was a sod house having doors and windows made from native timber.At the age of 12 he worked as a water boy for Santa Fe Railroad when the line was being laid through Ottawa and Lebo. At the age of 16 he went to live with his sister Emma(emogene Humphrey Shaft and worked for her husband John Quincy Shaft. He spent the summer 1891 in Colorado with the Shaft family. On July 13,1891 in Colorado he discoved and located a silver mine in Huerfano Minning district. The family still has the certificate.The locating is unable to be mined He died from Cancer of the prostate.

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