Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Humphrey, William D. 1853 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   WILLIAM D. HUMPHREY, teacher and farmer. P. 0. Mount Blanchard, was born
April 2, 1853, in Delaware Township, this county, son of Samuel and Susannah
(Dorrow) Humphrey. William D. Humphrey was reared on his father's farm, and
after completing a course in the schools of the home district, he attended a
short term each in the high schools at Mt. Blanchard, Findlay and Dunkirk, Ohio.
He then taught a term of four months near Forest, Ohio, and afterward entered
upon a course of instruction in the Northwestern Ohio Normal School, Ada, Ohio,
in 1874. He continued this course, alternating with terms of teaching, until
1881. December 29, 1881, he married Mary Bell, of Logan County, Ohio. They
purchased 160 acres of land, a part of the homestead farm, and located in
Delaware Township, this county, where they now reside. They have one daughter,
Bertha Bell, and an infant son. Mr. Humphrey has taught school, in all, thirty
nine terms in Hancock, Hardin. Allen and Logan Counties, Ohio, including two
years in the Union School of Mt. Blanchard, and the same length of time at
Scott's Crossing. Allen Co., Ohio, and six years in home school. He has made
thorough preparation for the profession of teacher, and has a fine record as a
faithful and efficient instructor. Our subject is a Republican in politics; he
takes a deep interest in public affairs, and is regarded as one of the leading
citizens of Delaware Township.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Delaware Township




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