History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 658. [Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct] BENJAMIN HUMPHREY, farmer; P. O. Robinson Station, was born in Bourbon County, March 9, 1813; son of Gilford and Nancy (Martin) Humphrey; he, a shoemaker by trade, born in Virginia in 1791, and dying in 1879; she, also a native of Virginia, born in 1791, and dying in 1872. They had nine children, Benjamin being the oldest. Mr. Humphrey, the subject of this sketch, attended school in Bourbon and Harrison Counties, and then entered into the life of a farmer, at which occupation he has continued ever since, at present owning a fine farm of 123 acres of land. October 17, 1837, in Harrison County, he married Deborah Brannock, born in that county, Dec. 7, 1819, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Myers) Brannock; he, born, in Delaware in 1772, dying in 1853; she, born in Mary in 1789, dying in 1850. Mr. Humphrey has been blessed with a family of fourteen children, eight of whom are living: Enoch; Benjamin Franklin and Deborah, twins; Elizabeth; Sally; Laura; David A. and Batson A. The family are members of the Methodist Church, South. Mr. Humphrey is a Democrat. Humphrey Martin Brannock Myers = Bourbon-KY VA DE http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/humphrey.b.txt