Baldwin County GaArchives History .....History of Baldwin County - Humber Biography 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 7, 2004, 3:30 pm p. 372-377 HUMBER 1. John Humber, (1) Emigrant, ancestor of the Humber Family in America, at the age of sixteen embarked in a sailing vessel from the shores of the Humber River, England, where his family lived and from whom it is said the river derived its name "Humber." He reached America about 1720 or 1725 and settled in Hanover County, Va. II. In 1734 John Humber (2) married Betty Meeks. They had one child, John Humber of Saint Pauls Parish. John Humber married Elizabeth Christian on March 2, 1757. Elizabeth Christian was the daughter of Charles Christian, whose will was probated Feb. 16, 1784 in Goochland County, Va. The Christians were descended from the ancient family of McChristen of the Isle of Man, and the name was first written Christian about 1600. John Humber and Elizabeth Christian Humber settled in Goochland County, Va., thirty-five miles above Richmond, on their estate, "Air Hill." Here thirteen children were born to them who were: 2. Charles Humber—born Jan 22, 1758, died Mar. 30, 1758; Christian Humber—born April 26, 1759, married Mr. Jarrett; Mary Humber—born Mar. 31, 1761, died in infancy; John Humber—born Jan. 6, 1764, died June 30, 1765; Elizabeth Humber—born Jan. 26, 1765, married Mr. Mangum; Lucy Humber—born Oct. 9, 1768, married Mr. Pleasants; John Humber—born Aug. 7, 1770; Judith Humber—born June 9, 1775, married Edward Cox, Jr., Dec. 18, 1794, died Oct. 2, 1822; William Humber—born Feb. 23, 1778; Charles Christian Humber—born May 27, 1781; Robert Christian Humber—born June 6, 1783; Mary Christian Humber—born Feb. 19, 1786; Edward Humber—born Feb. 14, 1790. William Humber settled in North Carolina. John Humber settled in Alabama and their brother Robert Christian Humber settled in Monticello, Ga., and one of the other sons of John Humber, settled in Crab Orchard, Ky. 3. Robert Christian Humber, born June 6, 1783 in Goochland County, Va., and died in Butts Co., Ga., in 1842. After leaving Goochland County, Va., Robert C. Humber settled in Monticello, Ga., where he married on May 4, 1815, Elizabeth Flewellyn, of Putnam Co., Ga. She lived only a short time after her marriage. Robert C. Humber was in the Jasper Co. Cavalry in the war of 1812, commanded by Capt. John W. Compton. On Feb. 12, 1823, he married Mary Ellice Waller Davis, widow of Jonathan Davis, and daughter of James Waller and Elizabeth Ellis Waller. Mary Ellice Waller Davis Humber was born April 13, 1793 and died Oct. 1, 1836. After his second marriage, Robert C. Humber moved near Indian Springs, Butts Co. Robert C. Humber married for a third time on Jan. 21, 1840 to Elinor Anderson, sister of General Charles and Colonel William Anderson of Fort Valley, Ga. Robert C. Humber and his second wife, Mary E. W. Humber, are buried at the Sandy Creek Church near Flovilla, Georgia. The children of Robert C. Humber and Mary Ellice Waller Davis Humber are: Mary Christian Humber—born 1829, died 1860, married Geo. Whittier Keith in 1847; Charles Christian Humber—born 1827, died 1893, married Mary Jane Flowers on Oct. 4,1846; Martha Christian Humber—born 1824, died 1910, married James Bickerstaff in 1839; William Christian Humber—born 1832, died 1852, unmarried; Robert Christian Humber—born 1835, died 1891, married Sarah Elizabeth Emily Rebecca Ingram, June 13, 1861. The children of Robert C. Humber and Eleanor Anderson Humber: John Humber—born 1841, married Emma Hughes of Columbus, Ga.; Anna E. Humber—born 1842, died 1869, married Boney Mitchell in 1866. Honor graduate from Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga. 4. Robert Christian Humber, born in Butts County, Ga., on Oct. 24, 1835, and died in Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 11, 1891. He graduated with first honors from Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., and later graduated from the University of Georgia with honor. He married Sarah Elizabeth Emily Rebecca Ingram on June 13, 1861, which was the Fast Day of the Confederacy, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Tomlinson H. Fort, in Milledgeville, Ga. Mrs. Fort provided a Confederate Wedding Supper for the occasion and her guests without exception declined to touch anything offered because of the Fast Day Proclamation of His Excellency, President Jefferson Davis. Robert C. Humber at the time was a Lieutenant in the Infantry and had obtained a three day furlough in order to be married. His wife was better known as Elizabeth Ingram, the only daughter of Stith Harper Ingram, who married in 1838 Emily Hurt. Emily Hurt was the daughter of Spencer Hurt and wife, Rebecca Abercrombie. Elizabeth Ingram was a direct descendant of Col. William Randolph, Sr., of Turkey Island, Va., through her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Parham, wife of Presley Ingram. Elizabeth Ingram Humber was born March 17, 1839, in Putnam Co., Ga., and died July 14, 1901, in Milledgeville, Ga., and is buried beside her husband in the Milledgeville cemetery. Robert C. Humber, when he grew to manhood studied law under U. S. Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill, a cousin of his wife, and at an early age he acquired great success in his chosen profession. At the age of 23 he was sent to the State Legislature from Troup County and afterwards, with Senator Benj. H. Hill, he represented Troup County in the Secession Convention. Both of them favored the Union, but when Georgia took her place in the Confederacy in 1860, they followed their State. Robert Christian Humber enlisted as a .private in Company "B"—4th Regiment Georgia Volunteers— LaGrange Light Guards—April 21, 1861, at LaGrange, Ga. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on Oct. 16, 1861. He served throughtout the four years of the war with distinguished service at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Upon this battle he was promoted to Captain. After the war he settled on his plantation in Putnam County, Ga., near Little River. The people of Putnam County called him from his plantation on two occasions to represent them in the Legislature, which he did with distinguished ability. He served four years as Trustee of the State University and was a Trustee of the Georgia Military College from the time of its opening until his death. He served three years as steward of the State Asylum. A few years before his death, he made his home in Milledgeville, Ga. Charles Christian Humber, the only brother of Robert C. Humber, married and had heirs, was born in 1827 and died in 1893. He served in the Confederate Army and was wounded three times at the Battle of Atlanta. He married Mary Jane Flowers, on Oct. 4, 1846. Their children were—Robert T. Humber, of Lumpkin, Ga.; L. F. Humber, of Columbus, Ga.; W. H. Humber, of Cobb, Ga.; Charles Humber, J. E. Humber and J. T. Humber, of Hill House, Miss.; Mrs. Mattie Little, of Carrollton, and Mrs. M. D. Good, of Lumpkin, Georgia. The children of Robert Christian Humber and Sarah Elizabeth Ingram: Emily Hurt Humber, wife of Dr. Joseph Hill White, retired Assistant Surgeon General of the U. S. Public Health Service. Rendered distinguished service in stamping out Yellow Fever Epidemic at New Orleans. Special Representative of the Rockefeller Foundation on Tropical Diseases. She was a graduate of Wesleyan College, Macon. Mary Christian Humber—graduate of Methodist College, Staunton, Va.; Charles Ingram Humber—born Dec. 15, 1866, married Jan. 24, 1893, to Frances Perry Garrard. Attended G. M. C. and appointed to U. S. Military Academy at West Point. Leila Humber—Died in 1909; Robert Christian Humber—married Alice Gerding. Appointed 2nd Lieut. U. S. Army. Aug. 18, 1901. Held the rank of Colonel during the World War. Graduate of G. M. C. Milledgeville, Ga. Roberta Christian Humber—Graduate Wesleyan College, Macon; Kate Fort Humber—married Harry C. Inman, of Macon, Georgia. 5. The children of Emily Hurt Humber and Dr. Joseph Hill White: Roberta White, attended Tulane University; Emily H. White, married Dr. Robert Herring, graduate of Tulane Univer.; Josephine White, graduate of Tulane University; Joseph White, Jr., graduate of Bingham Military College, married Emma Edith Wehner, of St. Louis, Mo. The child of Kate Fort Humber and Harry C. Inman: Izetta Inman. The children of Charles Ingram Humber and Frances Perry Garrard are: Petrona Garrafd Humber—born Sept. 19, 1893 in Putnam Co., married June 19, 1919, to Frank Rahn Hean, Harrisburg, Penna.; graduate Wesleyan College, Macon; Ceres Wellman Humber—born Feb. 2, 1895, Putnam Co., graduate of Brenau College; Robert Christian Humber—born in Putnam Co., Apr. 10, 1898, attended G. M. C.; Marion Louise Humber—born in Putnam Co., May 20, 1900. Graduate Georgia State Woman's College; Charles Ingram Humber, Jr., born in Enid, Okla., May 3, 1905; Frances Perry Humber—born Enid, Okla., Oct. 3,1906. Emily, Kate and Charles I. Humber are the only children of Robert C. Humber who have heirs. (Written by Petrona Garrard Humber Hean, 807 Swede St., Norristown, Pa.) Additional Comments: From: Part V HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK ILLUSTRATED ANDERSON. S. C. Keys-Hearn Printing Co. -1925— File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/baldwin/history/other/gms298historyo.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 9.6 Kb