- FREDERICK HUMPHREY, of Shopiere, is numbered among the pioneer
settlers and honored
- citizens of this county. He was born in Troy, N.Y., May 20,
1801, and in that city received his education and learned the
carpenter's trade, serving a term of apprenticeship for seven
years, after which he engaged in that occupation for a livelihood.
On the 25th day of January, 1825, in Saratoga County, N.Y., the
marriage ceremony was performed which united the destinies of
Mr. HUMPHREY and Miss Eliza YATES, and on the 25th of January,
1889, occurred the sixty-fourth anniversary of their marriage.
In 1836, they removed to Montgomery County, N.Y., where four
children were born unto them. He there worked at his trade and
became one of the successful contractors and builders of that
county, erecting many elegant and useful structures. After eleven
years spent in that county, the family emigrated to the west
and in 1847, located in Turtle Township, Rock County, Wis., where
our subject entered 120 acres of land, his sons cultivating the
same while he continued to follow his trade. Here also he erected
many fine buildings, and in 1847, built a bridge across the creek
at Shopiere.
- A family of ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. HUMPHREY,
eight of whom grew to man-
- hood and womanhood - Harriet became the wife of James KLINE,
who emigrated to Wisconsin and then removed to Minnesota, where
he died, while she yet resides in Kingston, Minn.; William, who
is a carpenter by trade, is living in Sharon, Walworth County,
Wis.; Sarah is the wife of Bruce THOMAS, of Irwin, Shelby County,
Iowa; Frederick makes his home in Shopiere; Frank, a carpenter
and builder, is living in Dakota; Justus, died in Ulster County,
N.Y., June 4, 1876; Mary became the wife of Stillman WRIGHT,
of Berlin, Wis., and died Dec. 17, 1875; two children died in
infancy.
- Mr. and Mrs. HUMPHREY are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and for many years
- he has belonged to the Masonic Fraternity. Public spirited
and progressive, he takes great interest in the welfare of the
community and has been prominently concerned in political affairs.
He has filled various offices, including that of County Treasurer,
member of the Board of County Supervisors and for many years
was Justice of the Peace. He is a man highly respected for his
honest, upright life, and is well-known throughout the county.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 569.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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