William "Harrison" Humphries

Birth Date

c1843

Death Date

1881-04-09

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Fleming County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William M. Humphries and Mariah L. Humphries. Student in Fleming County in 1850. Student in Fleming County in 1860. Farmer in Fleming County in 1863. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal from September 29, 1863, to December 30, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Division 2, p. 388B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 671.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 438.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0432.
Find A Grave, “William Harrison Humphries (1842-1881)," Memorial # 35677735, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25946791/william-harrison-humphries (accessed January 29, 2021).

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