Abel HUMPHREY (1815-1890)

1 Abel HUMPHREY1,2,3,4 (1815-1890) [4077]. Born Jan 1815, Chenango County, NY.3,5,6 Marr Celestia ROSE 16 Dec 1840, Richmond, PA.4 Marr Julia A. CLARK 1852.7 Died 1 Jun 1890, Center Hill, FL.8

From the Wellsboro Agitator.

June 10, 1890 - "Dr. Abel Humphrey, formerly of Tioga, died at Center Hill, Florida, on the 1st nstant. He suffered from an attack of the grip, which developed into dropsy and terminated fatally in disease of the heart. We believe Dr. Humphrey was born seventy-five years ago last January in Chonango county, N.Y. He came to Tioga in 1840 and taught school there. He then studied medicine and for many years practiced his profession very successfully in that part of the county. He was a strong abolitionist, was active in organizing the Republican party and was zealous and efficient in advocating his principles on the stump. At one time he was Associate Judge of the county, and during the war and afterward he held the office of Special Ma? Agent under the Post-office Department. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress against Hon. G.A. Grow in 1862. He went to Florida about ten years ago, and practiced medicine there until his death. Dr. Humphrey was a man of more than ordinary ability, well informed, quick witted, impulsive and very decided in the support of his own convictions. He was warm hearted, and his sympathetic nature greatly endeared him to many friends who will regret to learn of his death.".

Sources

1"History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, with illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals (1883), (New York: W.W. Munsell".
2"History of Tioga Co., version of 1897".
3"Website of D.W. Brown & K.C. Rose - http://users.mstar2.net/katerose/".
4"Marriage announcement of Dr. Abel Humphrey and Celestia Rose in the Tioga Eagle, December 23, 1840".
5"1850 PA, Tioga, Tioga census".
6"1870 PA, Tioga, Tioga, census".
7"Obituary of Mrs. Julia A. Humphrey in the Wellsboro Agitator, September 23, 1890".
8"Obituary of Dr. Abel Humphrey in the Wellsboro Agitator, June 10, 1890".