BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 517.


NATHAN HUMPHREY, a highly esteemed citizen af Goshen township, Belmont
county, was born in Union township, that county, April 8, 1836. He is the
son of William Humphrey, of English descent, and his wife, Eliza Jones,
who died when her son Nathan was a small boy. The father is still living
upon a farm near Barnesville. These parents had seven children: James of
this county, Robert, Love, Eliza Jane, wife of Mr. Snellen, the last three
residents of Iowa; John and Nathan. Nathan engaged in farming in his youth,
and when the war broke out he became a volunteer in Company E, Ninety-eighth
regiment of Ohio volunteers, under Capt. Cordner and Col. Webster. He was
wounded at Perrysville, Ky., and after lying in the hospital five weeks,
was honorably discharged in the fall of 1862. He lost his arm in his
country's cause, and receives a pension of $45 per month. On his return
home he engaged in farming and now owns a pleasant place of fifty-six acres,
well improved, with a good residence. He and family are members of the
Christian church, and he is in politics a strong republican. Mr. Humphrey
was first married to Ruth Palmer, of Monroe county, Ohio, by whom he had
four children: Chatwood, George, William and Herman. His present wife is
Sarah Jane Jump, daughter of early settlers of the county, and by his
marriage he has these children: Laura, Alice, Sarah E. and Nettie.