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THOMAS HUMPHREYS - SOUVENIR [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #4 DEATH CERT---CATHERINE PEY [Anitarippe@aol.com] #5 Death cert---JOSEPHINE POINSOT [Anitarippe@aol.com] #6 DEATH CERT---JOSEPHINE HOFFEE [Anitarippe@aol.com] #7 DEATH CERT---GEORGE MENEGAY [Anitarippe@aol.com] #8 HENRY H. DEVORE - SOUVENIR SKETCHE [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:54:14, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: DENNIS MURPHY - SOUVENIR SKETCHES BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SOUVENIR For the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana John M. Gresham & Co., Chicago Printing Co., 1889 - Part II, pg. 30-32 with sketch. DENNIS MURPHY, a native of Water Grass Hill, County Cork, Ireland, was born September 28, 1840. He came to the Untied States, with his parents, in 1852, at the age of 12 years. Their first settlement in the new country was in the city of Boston, but owing to the fact that his father had six sons who had to be provided for, and the greater opening to secure employment, on account of the large manufacturing interests, in Milford, Mass., he moved there in 1853. It was in the is manufacturing town that the subject of this sketch learned the trade of shoemaker. He continued there working at his trade. Although a native of a foreign land, he loved his adopted country, and was a strong Union man, and when the War of the Rebellion broke out and the Southern States undertook to destroy the Union he responded to the call of his country for volunteer soldiers, and early in 1862 he enlisted as a private in the 15th Massachusetts Infantry. He was sent immediately, with his regiment, to the front. In October, 1862, his regiment was engaged in the battle of Balls Bluff, Va., where he was dangerously wounded and was left on the field for dead. His regiment went into this battle with six hundred and twenty-three strong, and came out with only three hundred and ten, so terrible was the fire of the enemy which they encountered. He was captured while lying wounded upon the filed of battle, and carried as a prisoner of war by the Confederate Army. He remained a prisoner until in March, 1863, when he was exchanged, and in the same month he was honorably discharged from the service on account of the wound he had sustained, and returned home to Milford,a and continued to reside there until the year 1867, when he came west and located in Jeffersonville, Ind., and was employed at the Government depot, where he remained nine years, until 1876, when he resigned his position and engaged in mercantile life in the same city. He continued in this business until the year 1885, when, in consequence of the wound which he had received in the head, at the battle of Balls Bluff, he was compelled to retire altogether from business, from the effects of which he died on the 15th of December, 1885, at the age of 46 years. As a business man and as a merchant, Mr. Murphy was a success. He had built up and conducted one of the largest dry goods houses in the city, making one of our most successful business men. Had not the health failed him, as it did, in the very midst of his most prosperous career, he would undoubtedly have made his fortune. He was a man of sterling worth. His intelligence, his stern integrity, and his moral courage commanded the respect of all who knew him; while his generous nature, his unassuming, gentle manners, his patriotic spirit made him warm personal friends wherever he went. He had a rare combination of virtues for one of his race, and Irishman, a Republican and a Prohibitionist, and he practiced all he preached. He was a member of the Order of the Knights of Pythias and the G.A.R. His heart was in the right place. His hand was ever open to the demands of the needy and deserving poor. He was married twice. He was married in 1870 to Miss Nannie Smith, of Jeffersonville, After but four short but happy years of wedded life she died and left him no children. His second venture in matrimonial line was Miss Sallie J. Bottorff, a daughter of Henry and Teresa Bottorff, of Clark county, Ind. It has been said that true marriages are made in heaven. If that poetic idea be true, the match between this couple must have had a celestial origin, for a happier couple than they never existed in this world. This time the husband was taken, and the wife left the lonely life of a widow. She resides in her beautiful residence, "Inmur View," on Spring Hill, in the north of the city, where she cherishes the memory of her late husband, and devotes her time to the rearing and educating of her sister's children. ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:54:18, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: WILLIAM MURPHY - SOUVENIR SKETCHES BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SOUVENIR For the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana John M. Gresham & Co., Chicago Printing Co., 1889 - page 102-103 WILLIAM MURPHY (deceased) was born January 9, 1809, in Hampshire county, Va., and was a son of John and Sally (Miller) Murphy, the former a native of "Auld Ireland," and the latter of Virginia. Her grandfather, Henry Miller, came to this country with William Penn, and at one time owned a farm on which the city of Philadelphia now stands. William Murphy, the subject, was reared on a farm; when very young removed with his parents to Shenandoah county. Here he was taken by Garrett Seymour, a large planter and slave owner. He worked for him until he was 15 years of age, when he became overseer and drover - it being his business to take all the surplus cattle raised on Seymour's plantation to New York and dispose of them. He followed this until he was 24 years of age, when he married Miss Eliza Sills, of his native county of Hampshire. The result of this union was six children, two of whom are living: Sarah married Mr. Martin and afterward Mr. Tyler, and lives in Harrison county; Hattie married John M. Utz, and lives in New Albany. His wife died about 1849, and in 1850 he was married to Miss Catherine Weaver, of Floyd county. The result of this marriage was ten children, of whom seven are now living, as follows: William H., Isaac, Amanda, Archie G., Mattie, Kate and James R. Those dead are Franklin, Charles and Jane. Previous to his second marriage he removed to Floyd county, and settled on Isaac Park's land near Edwardsville. His neighbors collected and erected a home to shelter his family, which they completed in one day. In after life he was often heard to say that those were the happiest days of his life spent in that little log house. He remained there seven years and then removed to the farm of William Sloan, and then to the farm now owned by Charles Duncan. He met with reverse here, sickness, failure of crops, etc., which embarrassed him financially. He sold corn at twelve and a half cents per bushel, oats at seven cents, eggs, three cents per dozen, and paid thirty-five cents a pound for coffee, calico fifty cents per yard. He followed teaming for a while, hauling, principally for Benjamin Baker, produce to Louisville, passing down the Knobs before the Pike was made. He then moved to New Albany, where he lived some twenty years. He worked in the shipyard of John Evans, and worked in boiler shed for Harper, who discharged him because he would vote for Henry Clay, in 1844, instead of James K. Polk for President. He followed different kinds of business until 1864, when he bought a farm in Georgetown township, on Indiana creek, to which he devoted his entire attention until hid death March 28, 1886, at the age of 77 years. He and wife joined the M.E. Church in 1867, and for nineteen years lived a most exemplary and consistent Christian life. Archie Murphy was born in Floyd county, December 4, 1859; was reared on a farm, educated in the common schools until 17, when he entered Marengo Academy, in Crawford county, taking a regular course. He then commenced teaching, and has taught every winter since; he also took a business course in New Albany commercial College in 1880. He is one of the most successful teachers in Floyd county. James R. Murphy was born December 3, 1867. He was brought up on a farm, educated in the common schools, spent two years at Hartville school and one term at Marengo Academy, and also took a business course in new Albany Commercial School. He also teaches in the public schools. The Murphy boys, as they are called, are industrious young men, and own 250 acres of fine land. ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:15:18, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: CAPT. THOMAS HUMPHREYS - SOUVENIR SKETCH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SOUVENIR For the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana John M. Gresham & Co., Chicago Printing Co., 1889 - Part II, page 93 CAPT. THOMAS HUMPHREYS, deceased, was born in Philadelphia, July 17, 1807, and died at New Albany, Ind., January 19, 1881, aged 73 years and 6 months. In February, 1830, he took up his residence at New Albany, Ind., where he continued to reside to the day of his death. He was twice married, the first time to Miss Dowerman and the second time to Miss Elizabeth Hangary. His first wife lived but two years. During his entire residence at New Albany, Capt. Thomas Humphreys was not only a good but a useful citizen. For many years he was the head of the steamboat building firm of Dowerman & Humphreys his business sagacity and unimpeachable integrity giving to the firm a reputation as one of the first and most reliable boat building firms in the West. Every steamboatman knows that Capt. Humphrey's word was as good as his bond, and the statements he made then in relation to contracts were taken as established facts. It was his integrity that did more than any other single agency to give to New Albany the high fame the city once enjoyed as the most notable boat building locality on the western rivers. From the establishment with which he was connected was turned out many of the most magnificent steamers that have navigated the rivers of the West and South. Running through his entire life, like a line of polished brightness, was this principle of integrity. It characterized every act of his life, and made for him friends of everyone with whom he came in business or social contact. His morals were most exemplary, and his influence was wielded in favor of all movements that were for the advancement and elevation of his fellow-men. Yet he was modest and unobstrusive, and, while a man of strong convictions, never tried to force his views upon others, choosing rather the principals he advocated should illustrate and shine forth through his daily walk and conversation. He thus filled the measure of good citizenship. For several months before his death he gave much thought to religion and preparation for the change he knew was speedily to come. In his inquiries for light upon this important subject, he took counsel of such men as Rev. J.S. Wood and Peter R. Stoy, and when the messenger's summons came to him he was ready to depart in peace, his last days being full of light and joy. He left a wife, one son and two daughters, Mrs. S.M. Weir and Mrs. Dr. G.H. Cannon being the daughters. The surviving son is Mr. Daniel Humphreys. ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:52:49 EDT From: Anitarippe@aol.com Subject: DEATH CERT---CATHERINE PEY Place of death; Stark Cty, Louisville, Ohio Full name; CATHERINE PEY Sex; F Color or race; W Married Age; 68 years 9 months 2 days Occupation; Housewife Birthplace; Ohio Name of Father; Jacques Monnie Birthplace; France Maiden name of Mother; Genereause Menegay Birthplace; France Date of death; Nov 27, 1917 Cause of death; Aortic Stenosis Informant; Albert Pey Louisville, Ohio Burial; St. Louis Cemetery Undertaker; Paquelet Bros Louisville, Ohio Submitted by Anita A. Rippel ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:03:56 EDT From: Anitarippe@aol.com Subject: Death cert---JOSEPHINE POINSOT Place of death; Stark Cty, Canton, Ohio Name of deceased; JOSEPHINE ESTHER POINSOT Date of death; September 2, 1960 Sex; Female Color or race; White Widowed Date of birth; 10-31-1866 Age; 93 years 10 months 1 day Occupation; Housewife Kind of business; Own home Birthplace; Ohio Father; Joseph Paumier Mother's maiden name; Catherine Vauthier Informant; Mildred Zimmerman Canton, Ohio Cause of death; Congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, arteriosclerosis Cemetery; St. John's Cemetery Canton, Ohio Funeral Firm; Eugene C. Wackerly, Inc. Canton, Ohio Submitted by Anita A. Rippel ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:12:58 EDT From: Anitarippe@aol.com Subject: DEATH CERT---JOSEPHINE HOFFEE Place of death; Stark Cty, Louisville, Ohio Full name; Josephine Elizabeth Hoffee Sex; F Color or race; W Single Date of birth; Aug. 27, 1914 Age; 9 years 4 months 2 days Occupation; Schoolgirl Birthplace; Canton, Ohio Name of Father; Ralph W. Hoffee Birthplace; Canton, Ohio Maiden name of Mother; Cecelia Menegay Birthplace of Mother; Louisville, Ohio Date of death; Dec 29, 1923 Cause of death; Suryngeal Diptheria Informant; Cecelia Hoffee Louisville, Ohio Burial; St. Louis Cemetery Louisville, Ohio Undertaker; F. Paquelet Louisville, Ohio Submitted by Anita A. Rippel ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:23:21 EDT From: Anitarippe@aol.com Subject: DEATH CERT---GEORGE MENEGAY Place of death; Stark Cty, Louisville, Ohio Full name; GEORGE FRANK MENEGAY Sex; M Color or race; W Widowed Birth date of deceased; Nov. 3, 1881 Age; 65 years 10 months 13 days Birthplace; Louisville Usual occupation; Machinist Father; Louis Menegay Birthplace; Louisville O. Mother maiden name; Mary Poinsot Birthplace; Louisville, Ohio Date of death; Sept. 16th, 1947 5:50pm Cause of death; Acute coronary occlusion Informant; Roy L. Menegay Louisville, Ohio Burial; St. Louis Cemetery Louisville, Ohio Submitted by Anita A. Rippel ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:59:05, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: HENRY H. DEVORE - SOUVENIR SKETCHES BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SOUVENIR For the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. John M. Gresham & Co., Chicago Printing Co., 1889 - page 275 HENRY H. DEVORE -Of Harrison county, was born in Hart county, Kentucky, Jan. 14th, 1846, and is a son of Philip Devore, a native of Kentucky, and a grandson of Philip Devore Sr., of Pennsylvania. Philip, Jr., the father of Henry, married Eunice Reese, a daughter of Philip Reese. To them were born twelve children. Henry H., the subject of this sketch, being the youngest. His father emigrated from Kentucky to New Albany, about 1850 and died in 1867 -his wife died about 1853-55. Henry H. was bred a farmer and educated in the public schools, receiving all the advantages they afforded. He enlisted in Co. C, Forty-ninth Indiana Vol. Infantry, Sept. 30th, 1861. In February, 1864, he veteranized and served until the close of the war, being discharged Sept. 13th, 1865. His service was long and severe and he took part in all the battles and skirmishes of his regiment. When the war was over and peace again smiled upon the country, he laid down his arms and returned to his plow. He was married Jan. 29th, 1872, to Miss Eliza C. Cromwell. They have three children, born as follows: Mary E., Sept. 29th, 1879; Viola, March 15th, 1882, and Rose M., April 5th, 1886. Wm. Devore is a prosperous farmer and an exemplary citizen. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #380 *******************************************