John Brown (1728-1803) and Margaret Preston (1728-1802)

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1. John¹ Brown, son of James Brown and Jennet Stevenson, was born in Ireland circa 1728. John died 1803 in Frankfort, KY, at 75 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

He married Margaret Preston in Augusta Co., VA, ca 1754. Margaret was born in Ireland ca 1728. Margaret was the daughter of John Preston and Elizabeth Patton. Margaret died 1802 in Kentucky, at 74 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. At 27 years of age Margaret became the mother of Elizabeth Brown December 4, 1755. At 29 years of age Margaret became the mother of James Brown September 12, 1757. At 29 years of age Margaret became the mother of John Brown in near Staunton, VA, September 12, 1757. At 31 years of age Margaret became the mother of William Brown November 22, 1759. At 32 years of age Margaret became the mother of William Brown November 22, 1760. At 35 years of age Margaret became the mother of Mary Brown Augusta Co., VA, July 14, 1763. At 38 years of age Margaret became the mother of James Brown in near Staunton, VA, September 11, 1766. At 40 years of age Margaret became the mother of Samuel Brown in Rockbridge Co., VA, January 30, 1769. At 43 years of age Margaret became the mother of David Brown July 8, 1771. At 44 years of age Margaret became the mother of Eben Brown April 27, 1773. At 46 years of age Margaret became the mother of Preston W. Brown in Rockbridge Co., VA, January 15, 1775.

At 27 years of age John became the father of Elizabeth Brown December 4, 1755. At 29 years of age John became the father of James Brown September 12, 1757. At 29 years of age John became the father of John Brown in near Staunton, VA, September 12, 1757. At 31 years of age John became the father of William Brown November 22, 1759. At 32 years of age John became the father of William Brown November 22, 1760. At 35 years of age John became the father of Mary Brown Augusta Co., VA, July 14, 1763. At 38 years of age John became the father of James Brown in near Staunton, VA, September 11, 1766. At 40 years of age John became the father of Samuel Brown in Rockbridge Co., VA, January 30, 1769. At 43 years of age John became the father of David Brown July 8, 1771. At 44 years of age John became the father of Eben Brown April 27, 1773. At 46 years of age John became the father of Preston W. Brown in Rockbridge Co., VA, January 15, 1775. John Brown graduated from Princeton College in 1749. He was a Presbyterian mininster and served the New Providence Church in Rockbridge Co., VA for 44 years. In 1796 he retired and moved to Woodford County, Kentucky where he resided at an estate known as "Sumner's Forest" on the Shannon Run Pike. His biography from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman (The Filson Club, 1982) follows: John Bown was a graduate of Princeton College in 1749.[1] He was licensed by New Castle Presbytery and sent to the Valley of Virginia, where in 1753[2] he was called to Providence and Timber Ridge churches in Augusta County. He was ordained at Fagg's Manor, Chester Co., Pa., 11 Oct. 1753 and was one of the six ministers of the Presbytery of Hanover when it was formed in 1755.[3] On 25 Aug. 1756 he was one of the four appointed by Hanover Presbytery to transact business when the Presbytery could not meet.[4] He established a grammar school near his residence one-fourth mile north of the village of Fairfield in Augusta County. In 1774 the Presbytery of Hanover adopted this school and appointed William Graham teacher under Brown. In 1777 the school was transferred to Timber Ridge and later it was moved to Lexington. He was a trustee of this school, then known as Augusta Academy, from 1776 until 1782. From it developed Washington and Lee University.[5] About 1763 a difference took place between Brown and some of the leading men of the Timber Ridge congregation.[6] As a result, he resigned the ministerial charge of Timber Ridge in Oct. 1767 and thereafter confined his labors to New Providence Church.[7] Many of the Timber Ridge members retained such an affection for him, however, that they attended almost steadily the New Providence meetings and communions.[8] He was the moderator of the first stated meeting of Lexington Presbytery, held at Timber Ridge 26 Sept. 1786, and was again moderator of the meeting at New Providence Church 20 Oct. 1788.[9] In 1796, weighed down by the infirmities of age, he resigned as pastor of New Providence Church.[10] Shortly thereafter he moved to Kentucky and resided at "Sumners Forest" in Woodford County.[11] Footnotes: 1 Princeton University, Catologus (Princeton, 1857), p. 17. His diploma is preserved in the University library. 2 Alfred Nevin, ed., Encyclopaedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia, 1864), p. 106; William Henry Foote, Sketches of Virginia, v. 2 (Philadelphia, 1856), p. 94; Washington and Lee University, Historical Papers, no. 2 (Baltimore, 1890), p. 11; National Genealogical Society Quarterly, v. 59, pp. 24-26. 3 Contributions to the History of the Synod of Virginia (Washington, 1890), p. 34. 4 Foote, op. cit., p. 57. 5 Nevin, op. cit., p. 943; Washington and Lee University, The Alumni Directory (Lexington, 1926), p. 27. 6 Foote, op. cit., p. 59. 7 Ibid., p. 97. The records of Hanover Presbytery for 11 Oct. 1767 state: "Mr. Brown laid before Presbytery the extent of his charge, and the difficulties of performing the duties of his functions, and also declared to the Presbytery that he verily believes that his usefulness is at an end in Timber Ridge Congregation; and as he apprehends it would be for the good of said congregation that the pastoral relation he sustains to them should be dissolved (the people of Timber Ridge in the mean time petitioning against his dismission, and sending commissioners to oppose it), the Presbytery . . . leave it to himself to continue with them. or confine himself to Providence, at his own discretion." 8 Foote op. cit., p. 60. 9 Howard McKnight Wilson, The Lexington Presbytery Heritage (n.p., 1971), p. 417. 10 Ibid., p. 99; Nevin, op. cit., p. 943. 11William E. Railey, History of Woodford County (Frankfort, Ky., 1938), p. 78; Woodford Co., Ky., tax book, 1798, cited in The Filson Club History Quarterly, v. 19, p. 22.

John Brown and Margaret Preston had the following children:

+ 2 i. Elizabeth² Brown was born December 4, 1755.

3 ii. James Brown was born September 12, 1757. James Brown died in infancy.

+ 4 iii. John Brown was born September 12, 1757.

5 iv. William Brown was born November 22, 1759. William Brown died in infancy.

6 v. William Brown was born November 22, 1760. William died 1783 at 22 years of age.

+ 7 vi. Mary Brown was born July 14, 1763.

8 vii. James Brown was born in near Staunton, VA September 11, 1766. James died April 7, 1835 in Philadelphia, PA, at 68 years of age. He married Anne Hart. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Hart and Susanna Gray. Anne died October 20, 1830.

James's occupation: Attorney. James Brown was the first Secretary of State of Kentucky and served as Professor of Law at Transylvania University, Lexington, KY. He served several terms as U.S. Senator from Louisiana and was Minister to France from 1823 to 1829. His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress follows: BROWN, James, 1766-1835

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years of Service: 1813-1817; 1819-1823; 1823-1823 Party: Republican; Republican; Adams-Clay Republican

BROWN, James, (brother of John Brown of Virginia and Kentucky [1757-1837], cousin of John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge, and Francis Preston), a Senator from Louisiana; born near Staunton, Va., September 11, 1766; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., and William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Frankfort, Ky.; commanded a company of sharpshooters in an expedition against the Indians in 1789; secretary to the Governor 1792; soon after the cession of the Territory of Louisiana moved to New Orleans and was appointed as secretary of the Territory in 1804; subsequently became United States district attorney for the Territory; elected to the United States Senate on December 1, 1812, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John N. Destrehan, and served from February 5, 1813, to March 3, 1817; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; again elected to the United States Senate in 1819 and served from March 4, 1819, until December 10, 1823, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (Sixteenth Congress); appointed United States Minister to France 1823-1829; returned to the United States and settled in Philadelphia, Pa., where he died on April 7, 1835.

Bibliography

American National Biography; DAB; Padgett, James A., ed. ‘Letters of James Brown to Henry Clay, 1804-1835.’ Louisiana Historical Quarterly 24 (1941): 921-1177.

+ 9 viii. Samuel Brown was born January 30, 1769.

10 ix. David Brown was born July 8, 1771. David Brown died in infancy.

11 x. Eben Brown was born April 27, 1773. Eben Brown died young.

+ 12 xi. Preston W. Brown was born January 15, 1775.

2. Elizabeth² Brown (John¹) was born December 4, 1755. Elizabeth died 1829 at 73 years of age.

She married Rev. Thomas Brown Craighead. Rev. was born Augusta Co., VA 1753. Rev. was the son of Alexander Craighead and Agnes. Rev. died September 11, 1824 in Davidson Co., TN, at 71 years of age. Rev.'s occupation: Minister. Rev. became the father of John Brown Craighead in Virginia, ca 1782. At 30 years of age Rev. became the father of William Brown Craighead in Haysboro, TN, 1783. At 34 years of age Rev. became the father of Jane Craighead in Nashville, TN, 1787. At 37 years of age Rev. became the father of David Craighead in near Nashville, TN, 1790. At 39 years of age Rev. became the father of Alexander Craighead in Nashville, TN, 1792. At 42 years of age Rev. became the father of James Brown Craighead in Haysboro, TN, 1795. At 45 years of age Rev. became the father of Thomas Brown Craighead in Haysboro, TN, 1798. Thomas Brown Craighead graduated from Princeton College in 1775 and was a Presbyterian minister.

Elizabeth became the mother of John Brown Craighead in Virginia, ca 1782. At 27 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of William Brown Craighead in Haysboro, TN, 1783. At 31 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Jane Craighead in Nashville, TN, 1787. At 34 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of David Craighead in near Nashville, TN, 1790. At 36 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Alexander Craighead in Nashville, TN, 1792. At 39 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of James Brown Craighead in Haysboro, TN, 1795. At 42 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Thomas Brown Craighead in Haysboro, TN, 1798.

Elizabeth Brown and Rev. Thomas Brown Craighead had the following children:

13 i. John Brown³ Craighead was born in Virginia ca 1782. John died 1853 at 71 years of age. He married twice. He married Jane (Erwin) Dickinson in Davidson Co., TN, March, 1809. Jane was born ca 1787. Jane was the daughter of Joseph Erwin. Jane died July 28, 1821 at 34 years of age. He married Lavinia (Robertson) Beck in Davidson Co., TN, November 11, 1823. Lavinia was born February 23, 1790. Lavinia was the daughter of James Robertson and Charlotte Reeves. Lavinia died December 31, 1866 in Davidson Co., TN, at 76 years of age.

14 ii. William Brown Craighead was born in Haysboro, TN 1783. William died 1848 in near Knoxville, TN, at 65 years of age.

15 iii. Jane Craighead was born in Nashville, TN 1787.

16 iv. David Craighead was born in near Nashville, TN 1790. David died January 6, 1849 in Memphis, TN, at 58 years of age. He married Mary Hunt (Macon) Goodloe 1820. Mary is the daughter of John Macon and Joanna Tabb.

17 v. Alexander Craighead was born in Nashville, TN 1792. Alexander died January 14, 1827 in Sparta, TN, at 34 years of age.

18 vi. James Brown Craighead was born in Haysboro, TN 1795. James died 1860 at 65 years of age. He married Jane Preston December 27, 1846. Jane was born June 26, 1830. Jane was the daughter of John Preston and Margaret Brown Preston.

19 vii. Thomas Brown Craighead was born in Haysboro, TN 1798. Thomas died 1862 at 64 years of age.

4. John² Brown (John¹) was born in near Staunton, VA September 12, 1757. John died August 29, 1837 in Frankfort, KY, at 79 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

He married Margaretta Mason February 21, 1799. Margaretta was the daughter of John Mason and Catharine Van Wyck. Margaretta became the mother of Mason Brown in Philadelphia, PA, November 10, 1799. Margaretta became the mother of Orlando Brown in Frankfort, KY, September 26, 1801. Margaretta became the mother of Alfred Brown February 23, 1803. Margaretta became the mother of Alfred Brown May 9, 1804. Margaretta became the mother of Euphemia Helm Brown May 24, 1807.

At 42 years of age John became the father of Mason Brown in Philadelphia, PA, November 10, 1799. At 44 years of age John became the father of Orlando Brown in Frankfort, KY, September 26, 1801. At 45 years of age John became the father of Alfred Brown February 23, 1803. At 46 years of age John became the father of Alfred Brown May 9, 1804. At 49 years of age John became the father of Euphemia Helm Brown May 24, 1807. John Brown graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1780 and read law with Thomas Jefferson. He was the first U.S. Senator from Kentucky and served until 1805. At his death in 1837 he was the last surviving member of the Continental Congress. His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BROWN, John, 1757-1837

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years of Service: 1792-1795; 1795-1805 Party: Anti-Administration; Republican

BROWN, John, (brother of James Brown and grandfather of Benjamin Gratz Brown, cousin of John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge, and Francis Preston), a Delegate and a Representative from Virginia and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Staunton, Va., September 12, 1757; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., and Princeton College; enlisted in the Revolutionary Army and served until the close of the war; completed his studies at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.; taught school for several years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1782 and commenced practice in Frankfort, Ky.; member, Virginia senate from the district of Kentucky 1784-1788; Delegate from the Kentucky district of Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788; elected from Virginia to the First and Second Congresses and served from March 4, 1789, to June 1, 1792, when that portion of Virginia which is now Kentucky was admitted as a State into the Union; elected on June 18, 1792, to the United States Senate from Kentucky for the term ending March 3, 1793; reelected on December 11, 1792, and again in 1799 and served from June 18, 1792, to March 3, 1805; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Frankfort, Ky., August 29, 1837; interment in Frankfort Cemetery.

Bibliography

American National Biography; DAB; Sprague, Stuart S. ‘Senator John Brown of Kentucky, 1757-1837: A Political Biography.’ Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1972; Warren, Elizabeth. ‘John Brown and His Influence on Kentucky Politics: 1784-1805.’ Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern University, 1937.

John Brown and Margaretta Mason had the following children:

20 i. Mason³ Brown was born in Philadelphia, PA November 10, 1799. Mason died January 27, 1867 in Frankfort, KY, at 67 years of age. He married Judith Ann Bledsoe in Fayette Co., KY, March 10, 1825. Judith was born 1803. Judith was the daughter of Jesse Bledsoe and Sarah Howard Gist. Judith died August 28, 1827 in Lexington, KY, at 24 years of age. The biography of Mason Brown from The Kentucky Encyclopedia: BROWN, MASON. Mason Brown, jurist, son of John and Margaretta (Mason) BROWN, was born on November 10, 1799, in Philadelphia. He was raised at his parents' home, Liberty Hall, in Frankfort, Kentucky, where he received his schooling from tutors. In 1820 he graduated from Yale University, then studied law. Brown was appointed to the Kentucky circuit bench in 1839, a position he held until 1849, when he returned to his law practice. He coedited with Charles S. Morehead A Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky, published in 1834. Brown served as secretary of state of Kentucky under Gov. Charles S. Morehead (1855-59). He was dedicated to the public interests of Frankfort, assisting in the creation of the Frankfort. Cemetery in 1844. Brown married Judith A. Bledsoe of Lexington in 1825; they had one son, Benjamin Gratz Brown. In 1835, after the death of his first wife, Brown married Mary Yoder of Spencer County. They had six children: John Mason Brown, Margaretta M. (Brown) Barrett, Mary Yoder (Brown) Scott, Yoder Brown, Knox Brown, and Eliza (Brown) Baily. Brown died on January 27, 1867, and was buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. See Bayless Hardin, "The Brown Family of Liberty Hall," FCHQ 16 (April 1942): 75-87.

21 ii. Orlando Brown was born in Frankfort, KY September 26, 1801. Orlando died July 26, 1867 in Frankfort, KY, at 65 years of age. He married twice. He married Mary Watts Brown in Frankfort, KY, July 29, 1830. Mary was born in Woodford Co., KY 1808. Mary was the daughter of Preston W. Brown and Elizabeth Watts. Mary died August 17, 1841 in Blue Sulphur Springs, WV, at 33 years of age. He married Mary Cordelia Upshaw (Price) Brodhead in Frankfort, KY, October 12, 1852. Mary was born ca 1810. The biography of Orlando Brown from The Kentucky Encyclopedia: BROWN, ORLANDO. Orlando Brown, editor and confidant of Kentucky's Whig politicians, was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, on September 26, 1801. He was one of five children of John BROWN, Kentucky's first U.S. senator, and Margaretta (Mason) Brown. Orlando Brown attended Kean O'Hara's school in Danville and received an A.B. from Princeton in 1820 and a law degree from Transylvania University in 1823. He first practiced law in Alabama but returned to Frankfort in 1830, where he remained for most of his adult life. His marriage to Mary Watts Brown, his first cousin, on July 29, 1830, produced three children: Euphemia, John, and Orlando, Jr. In 1833 he became joint proprietor and editor of the Frankfort Commonwealth, where his facile pen and Whig sentiments brought him fame. He was the first corresponding secretary of the Kentucky Historical Society at its founding in 1836. Brown's wife died on August 17, 1841, and he resigned as editor early in 1842. Gov. John J. Crittenden (1848-50) appointed him secretary of state in 1848. Crittenden's ultimate purpose was to open his friend's path to Washington as patronage coordinator between the new federal administration and Kentucky. On June 30, 1849, President Zachary Taylor appointed Brown commissioner of Indian affairs, as a result of the patronage connections. Brown was unable to handle the confused Indian situation and resigned effective July 1, 1850. He returned to private life in Frankfort, marrying Mary (Price) Brodhead, widow of Lucas Brodhead, on October 12, 1852. He returned as editor of the Commonwealth for seven months in 1862, venting his wrath on secessionists. He published thirteen chapters of a history, "The Governors of Kentucky," in his paper, but left it incomplete. Washington Irving stated that Brown could have produced works of long-lived literary merit but for his editorial tasks. Brown died on July 26, 1867, and was buried in Frankfort Cemetery. See G. Glenn Clift, "The Old Master, Colonel Orlando Brown, 1801-1867," Register 49 (Jan. 1951): 5-24 .FRANK F. MATHIAS

22 iii. Alfred Brown was born February 23, 1803. Alfred died January 29, 1804 at less than one year of age.

23 iv. Alfred Brown was born May 9, 1804. Alfred died July 30, 1804 at less than one year of age.

24 v. Euphemia Helm Brown was born May 24, 1807. Euphemia died October 1, 1814 at 7 years of age.

7. Mary² Brown (John¹) was born Augusta Co., VA July 14, 1763. Mary died January 28, 1836 South Frankfort, KY, at 72 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

She married Alexander Humphreys M.D. in Rockbridge Co., VA, April 8, 1788. Alexander was born in County Armagh, Ireland 1757. Alexander was the son of John Humphreys and Margaret Carlisle. Alexander died May 23, 1802 in near Staunton, VA, at 44 years of age. His body was interred in Staunton, VA. Alexander's occupation: Physician. At 32 years of age Alexander became the father of John Brown Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, 1789. At 33 years of age Alexander became the father of Margaret Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, 1790. At 37 years of age Alexander became the father of James B. Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, 1794. At 37 years of age Alexander became the father of Samuel P. Humphreys in Staunton, VA, 1794. At 39 years of age Alexander became the father of David Carlisle Humphreys in Staunton, VA, October 15, 1796. At 42 years of age Alexander became the father of Elizabeth L. Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, January 1800. At 44 years of age Alexander became the father of Alexander Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, 1801. Alexander Humphreys took degrees in medicine and surgery at the University of Edinburgh. He settled at Staunton, Virginia in 1787. A brief sketch of his life from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman (Filson Club, 1982) follows: Mary Brown, second daughter of John and Margaret (Preston) Brown, was born 14 July 1763 and died 28 Jan. 1836, South Frankfort, Ky. She married 8 April 1788 Dr. Alexander Humphreys who was born 1757, County Armagh, Ireland, and died 23 May 1802, Staunton, Va. Alexander Humphreys took degrees in medicine and surgery at the University of Edinburgh. He settled in Staunton, Va., in 1787 and on 22 March 1788 was granted permission by the County Court to build an "elaboratory" on the prison lot. In 1787 and 1788 he was appointed by the Court to examine applicants for Revolutionary War pensions, On 20 Dec. 1791 he was recommended to be added to the Commission of the Peace of Augusta County, and he took the oaths of a justice on 20 March 1792. The Act creating Staunton Academy, passed 4 Dec. 1792, named him as one of the trustees, and he was appointed president of the Board of Trustees 23 May 1793. On 12 Nov. 1793 he entered into partnership with George G. McIntosh to practice physic and surgery. After his death Mrs. Humphreys moved to Frankfort, Ky., where in 1802-03 she built a house on Second Street which was later known as the Haggin House. The following biographical material is taken from Augusta Historical Bulletin, Vo. 3, No., 2 (Fall, 1967): ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS, M. D. 1757-1802 (Address delivered before the Augusta County Medical Association on the occasion of the dedication of a bronze tablet at the grave of Dr. Humphreys in Trinity Churchyard, Staunton, Virginia, April 15, 1951.) by Richard P. Bell, M. D. Staunton, Virginia. Today is an important one in the medical history of this city and county. The dedication this afternoon of the new King's Daughters' Hospital will, we believe, usher in for us a new era in medical practice; and on this day, when we are looking forward with so much hope and so much confidence, our Medical Society chooses also to look backward over a long period of time to the years between 1757 and 1802. This was the short life span of the man in whose honor we are here gathered. Who was this Dr. Alexander Humphreys and what did he do to warrant this long retrospect? Alexander Humphreys was born in County Armagh, Ulster Province, in the north of Ireland, in 1757, being one of a family of ten children. His people were prosperous, well-educated members of the so-called Scotch-Irish race. That term, I claim, is a misnomer. These people were pure Scotch, transplanted to the north of Ireland by the forces of economic, political and religious adversity; and though living in Ireland, pure Scotch they remained. They neither intermarried nor intermingled with the native Irish; and now, after four hundred years, those who remain in Ireland of that Scotch-Irish race are still pure Scotch. Of Alexander Humphreys' boyhood, we know little, except that he received the best schooling available. His people were highly religious and of strictest Covenanter type. His mother's brother, Dr. Carlisle, was a well-known medical practitioner nearby; and young Alexander, having decided in his early youth on medicine as a profession, in due time became the pupil of his uncle. Those were the days of Preceptorships, when medical students read medicine and secured practical instruction in the homes and offices of successful practitioners. This tutelage continued from two to four years; and after this time some students entered directly into private, independent practice. Others transferred to medical schools, which were few in number, and there finished their education under eminent professors, many of them receiving finally the M. D. degree, but a considerable number entering practice with no degree. Alexander Humphreys, after absorbing all the medical lore Dr. Carlisle could impart, betook himself across the narrow waters and enrolled at the University of Edinburgh, then the most famous medical school in the world. After three years he graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. By this time he had attained the age of twenty-five. The lure of America which was affecting so many of his countrymen began to draw him and he decided at about the termination of the Revolutionary War to emigrate to Virginia. The Scotch in Ireland were no lovers of England, and Humphreys doubtless heartily sympathized with the American Colonies and rejoiced in their triumph over the mother country. In fact, he had an older brother in Virginia who had lived in Augusta County near Greenville since 1764, and who had fought in the American Army. This brother, David Carlisle Humphreys, had become an influential citizen of the county; he had married a distant cousin, Miss Finley, and they had raised a large family of boys and girls who had intermarried with leading families in the county. Many descendants of David Carlisle Humphreys still live in this area. And so young Alexander, with his new medical degree and much enthusiasm, emigrated to the New World, came directly to Augusta County and settled near his brother's home. He lived and practiced in the county between the years 1783 and 1787. The latter year found him in Staunton, lured hither by the greater opportunities offered by residence in the county seat and largest town west of the Blue Ridge. And what sort of place did he find himself in when he moved here? A frontier town of about eight hundred people, one-fourth of them colored slaves; one church, the parish church of the county. The block surrounding this church had been presented in 1750 to the county by William Beverley. The cemetery was the community burying ground and was so used by all denominations and races until 1850 when it could hold no more graves. There were from fifteen to eighteen stores in the town, and seven inns. Staunton was at the crossing of two important highways and in those days of great migration to the west and south, many travellers stopped here. There was a courthouse, a primitive prison, a whipping post and a ducking stool, the latter never having been used because there was insufficient water in Lewis Creek to operate it. There were three doctors in the town besides Dr. Humphreys: William Groves, Hugh Richie and Alexander Long. Of them we know little. Richie was a Frenchman who had come over with the French troops who fought in the Revolution. There were no four-wheeled vehicles in Staunton, and only two gigs, or two-wheelers. Neither of these was owned by a doctor, so we conclude that these four were doctors on foot, sometimes on horseback. We have interesting but unflattering descriptions of the Staunton of that period written by two foreigners, an Englishman named Isaac Wald, and a Frenchman by the name of Rochefoucauld. From their accounts we learn that there were about two hundred houses in the town, mainly built of stone; that military titles and uniforms were very numerous; that gambling and betting were prevalent; that the food markets held twice weekly were exceedingly poor and that the horse races were miserable. Also, that the manners of the people were about like those of Richmond, whatever that may have implied. There was no post-office until 1793. The town was governed until 1802 by Trustees elected by the freeholders. Into such a town moved Dr. Alexander Humphreys in 1787, four years after peace had been concluded with England. He was then thirty years of age. The following year he married Mary, the fourth child of the Reverend John Brown of New Providence Church, the first Presbyterian minister of Rockbridge County, and a man of outstanding character, education and intellect. Dr. Brown had a marked effect for good in his community. Beside his great work in his Church, he established and taught the first school in this part of the Valley of Virginia. Four sons and two daughters were born to Alexander and Mary Humphreys. Searching for information about Dr. Alexander Humphreys, we find references to him in court records, deed books, various medical histories of his time, in government archives, in private letters and other sources. Pieced together, these records and references, all too few, seem to present the picture of a man whose short life had three different aspects:--his life as a citizen in a growing pioneer town; his life as a busy doctor; and his life as a teacher of medical students. As a citizen of his new home, he soon came into prominence. We find him in 1790 helping to organize a Fire Company. Along with about forty of the leading business and professional men of the town, he became a member of that highly important organization. We next find him appointed by the court to a committee of five prominent citizens to report on plans for a new jail. We have records of his buying and selling numerous pieces of real estate in the town and in this and adjoining counties. We note his appointment, in 1791, as Gentleman Justice of the Peace. In 1792, with twelve other leading men, he was appointed by the Legislature as Trustee of the Staunton Academy, the first school established in the town. He was elected first president of its Board, and the following year we read of his serving on a committee of three Trustees to examine an applicant for the chair of Latin and Greek in the new school. During Dr. Humphreys' life-time this academy was housed in rented rooms; but the year of his death saw the construction of a large brick schoolhouse on the northeast corner of New and Academy streets, which stood until about forty years ago. Dr. Humphreys served on a court of Gentlemen Justices, acting as a grand jury which indicted John Bullitt for horse-stealing, for which capital crime this unfortunate man was hung at the place of execution located by the court at the intersection of New and Augusta streets in the then northern limits of the town. From this fact that part of Staunton was for many years known as Gallows Town. As a practitioner of medicine, Dr. Humphreys appears to have soon become exceedingly busy and increasingly well-known throughout the town, the county and adjoining counties. His name appears in numerous court records attesting wills of prominent citizens, certifying the fitness of midwives to perform their duties, examining Revolutionary War pensioners. Some of these latter records show his intimate knowledge of anatomy. In 1793 he found it necessary to employ an apothecary to assist him with his work. Accordingly, he wrote to Edinburgh and secured the services of one George C. McIntosh, making a contract with him for a period of four years. McIntosh after one year defaulted on the agreement and entered practice independently, advertising his services to the public, claiming to have graduated at Edinburgh and to have studied under the great Dr. Monroe. Humphreys sued him for breach of contract, but the suit was dismissed at the cost of the defendant. In 1788, soon after his arrival in Staunton, Humphreys petitioned the court for permission to erect an "elaboratory" on the prison lot. Permission was granted and he accordingly built a workshop at about the site of the present jail. Here he compounded drugs and carried on dissection for his own benefit and for that of his students. His own office and rooms for instructing students were also located in this building. His fame spread, he was sent for by doctors at a distance in consultation over difficult cases. One of these consultations we know was historic. Dr. Jesse Bennett, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, had settled in Rockingham County at the village of Edom. On January 14, 1794, his own wife was in labor with her first child. The labor was prolonged and unproductive, and Dr. Bennett, becoming alarmed, dispatched a messenger for Dr. Humphreys. On his arrival, the two endeavored in every way to bring about a successful delivery, attempting to apply forceps several times. The pelvis was found to be contracted and normal delivery impossible. Two procedures were then discussed: first craniotomy, with destruction of the child; second Caesarian section, an operation never performed on a living woman up to that time. Dr. Humphreys advised against the Caesarian operation and advocated craniotomy. Mrs. Bennett, the patient, then spoke up and begged for the Caesarian section, saying thata she felt sure she would die under either procedure and wanting the life of the child saved. Dr. Bennett then requested Dr. Humphreys to operate, but he most positively desclined to do so. Bennett then decided to attempt the job himself and accordingly, on a table of two planks resting on barrels, with two negro women holding the patient and a huge dose of laudanum the only anesthetic, this heroic maan proceeded to perform the first Caesarian section in history on a living woman, and remarkable to relate, both mother and child survived and lived, both of them to old age. Dr. Bennett has not been accorded the place in history which he deserves, because he failed to report the case in medical literature. When asked by his colleagues wwhy he failed so to report it, he replied that there were two reasons - First, no decent man would report such an operation on his own wife; and, second, his medical friends already knew of the operation and that doctors who didn't know him would never believe him if he reported it, and he was not going to give them the opportunity to call him a liar. This operation has since been duly authenticated and recorded by other doctors. It antedated Ephraim McDowell's ovariotomy by fifteen years. Incidentally, double ovariectomy was done by Dr. Bennett as part of the operation. But it is as a teacher that the name of Alexander Humphreys has persisted for one hundred and fifty years in medical history; and it is mainly for his achievements as a teacher of medicine that we honor him here at his grave today. He attracted students from near and far. How many young men studied under him as preceptor, we do not know. Immediately after his death in 1802 his whole family moved to Kentucky and his records were either destroyed or taken along by the family. It is inconceivable that a man of his ability kept no recerds of any sort. Let us hope that there are records and that one of his six children preserved them and that they may some day come to light. Out of the group of young doctors that Dr. Humphreys trained, there are five of whom we know who attained eminence of one sort or another. William Wardlaw, one of his first students, studied here more than two years, then emigrated to Tennessee and became famous in the early medical history of that state. William Wardlaw and another student. James McPheeters, unwillingly brought trouble upon their preceptor. The remains of a human body which they had caused to be exhumed and had used for dissection, were sewed up by them in a crocus sack and deposited in a cave on Sear's Hill. The sack had the name of Dr. Humphreys on it; and after being found and inspected, a grand jury investigation was held. A traveller had disappeared from one of the town taverns and murder was suspected. The grand jury, on hearing the testimony of the students, acquitted Dr. Humphreys; but rumors spread to other towns and he had much worry and unhappiness and several lawsuits in connection with the case. Another student was Andrew Kean of Goochland County. He afterwards made a name for himself as a physician in his home county. He was chief surgeon of the Eighth Regiment of Virginia Militia in the War of 1812. He became more and more eminent after this war and was offered a chair in the medical school of Thomas Jefferson's new University of Virginia. He declined the offer and continued in private practice. William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, in his youth started to study medicine under Dr. Andrew Leiper of Richmond. He then came to Staunton and continued his studies under Dr. Humphreys. Then he entered the University of Pennsylvania and was there when his father, Benjamin Harrison, of Charles City County, died. William Henry Harrison then gave up medicine and entered the Army, rising to the grade of General. He defeated the Indians at the famous battle of Tippecanoe Creek and soon thereafter was elected President, defeating Martin Van Buren. He died one month after his inauguration and was succeeded by Tyler, his vice-president and a fellow Virginian. Samuel Brown, younger brother of Dr. Humphreys' wife, was also a medical pupil of his brother-in-law. He studied in Staunton three years and then entered the University of Edinburgh, where he remained two years. He did not graduate, but returned to America in 1795. He tried out several locations, near Washington, in New Orleans, in Alabama, and, finally, he settled in Lexington, Kentucky. He was pioneer vaccinator of America. Four years after Jenner's famous discovery, Samuel Brown had vaccinated successfully more than five hundred persons in Kentucky. Vaccination was still being only tentatively used at that time in the large cities of the East. Brown became professor of medicine in Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, the first medical school west of the Alleghanies. He was also a scientist and contributed to scientific magazines. He wrote the first medical paper published by a Kentucky doctor. He also had the distinction of introducing lithography into America. Last, and most famous of Dr. Humphreys' pupils, was Ephraim McDowell. Born in Rockbridge County just south of Fairfield, he moved to Kentucky with his family at the age of twelve. His father became one of the first judges in the new state. At the age of nineteen, Ephraim returned to Virginia and enrolled under Dr. Humphreys. After three years here, his teacher persuaded him to finish his education in Edinburgh. He remained there two years but did not graduate. He was mainly interested in surgery and was greatly moved and influenced by the famous Edinburgh surgeon and anatomist, John Bell. Returning to America in the late summer of 1794, he remained in Staunton until January, 1795, when he returned to his home in Danville, Kentucky. There he accomplished his amazing and revolutionary work in surgery, acquiring the title of Father of Ovariotomy and Founder of Abdominal Surgery. His work is too well known and reported to be further commented on here. How are we to appraise and evalute the worth of this man, Alexander Humphreys, one hundred and forty-nine years after his passing? I submit that he was a doctor and a teacher far ahead of his times, and that he carried the torch of medical learning with honor to himself and benefit to humanity. It is pleasant to think that he may know of this gathering here today to do him honor; but whether he does or he doesn't, I would say to him:-"Dr. Humphreys, your successors in medicine after many years salute you; and it is our prayer that your great energy, your keen intellect and your abounding zeal to learn and to teach may so inspire us that we may become better and more useful practitioners of the art of healing." REFERENCES 1. Biography of Ephraim McDowell: Mary Young Rutenbaugh. W. J. Donovan; Philadelphia, 1887. 2. Supplement to Kentucky Medical Journal, 33: No. 9, September, 1935. 3. Medicine in Virginia, Wyndham Blanton. 4. Annals of Augusta County, J. Addison Waddell. 5. Doctors on Horseback, Flexner. 6. Surgery, Queen of the Arts, William Haggard. 7. Historic Families of Kentucky, Thomas Marshall Green. 8. Scotch-Irish Influence, Ann. of Med. Hist., 1938, N. S.,X: 71-82, 162-168, H. H. Trout. 9. Augusta County Court Records, Lyman Chalkley. 10. Humphreys Family in America, Frederick Humphreys, M. D., Humphreys Print; New York, 1887. 11. Augusta County Deed Books; Augusta County Will Books; Augusta County Order Books. (Reprint from Virginia Medical Monthly, Vol. 81, pages 13-16, January, 1954)

At 25 years of age Mary became the mother of John Brown Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, 1789. At 26 years of age Mary became the mother of Margaret Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, 1790. At 30 years of age Mary became the mother of James B. Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, 1794. At 30 years of age Mary became the mother of Samuel P. Humphreys in Staunton, VA, 1794. At 33 years of age Mary became the mother of David Carlisle Humphreys in Staunton, VA, October 15, 1796. At 36 years of age Mary became the mother of Elizabeth L. Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, January 1800. At 37 years of age Mary became the mother of Alexander Humphreys in near Staunton, VA, 1801. Mary was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Franklin Co., KY. Mary Humphreys was listed on the 1820 Census for Franklin County, Kentucky with 2 white males under 10, 1 19-26, 2 white females under 10, 1 16-26, 1 45 up, 1 black male under 14, 1 26-45, 1 black female 14-26, and 1 45 up.

Mary was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Franklin Co., KY. Mary Humphreys was listed on the 1830 Census for Franklin County, Kentucky with 1 white male 15-20, 1 white female 10-15, 2 15-20, 1 60-70, 1 black male under 10, 1 36-55, 1 black female under 10, and 2 24-36. Mary Brown Humphreys moved to Frankfort, KY in 1802 after the death of her husband.

Mary Brown and Alexander Humphreys, M.D. had the following children:

25 i. John Brown³ Humphreys was born in near Staunton, VA 1789. John died July 30, 1835 Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, at 46 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. He married Martha Kenner. Martha was born 1804. Martha was the daughter of William Kenner and Mary Minor. Martha died April 25, 1873 in New Orleans, LA, at 68 years of age.

John's occupation: Sugar Planter.

26 ii. Margaret Humphreys was born in near Staunton, VA 1790. Margaret died December 1816 in Frankfort, KY, at 26 years of age. She married Charles Sproule October 31, 1808.

27 iii. James B. Humphreys was born in near Staunton, VA 1794. James died December 10, 1819 at 25 years of age. He married ? Harry.

28 iv. Samuel P. Humphreys was born in Staunton, VA 1794. Samuel died December 10, 1819 at 25 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort, KY.

+ 29 v. David Carlisle Humphreys was born October 15, 1796.

+ 30 vi. Elizabeth L. Humphreys was born January 1800.

+ 31 vii. Alexander Humphreys was born 1801.

9. Samuel² Brown (John¹) was born in Rockbridge Co., VA January 30, 1769. Samuel died January 12, 1830 in Madison Co., AL, at 60 years of age.

He married Catherine Percy September 27, 1808. Catherine was born in Wilkinson Co., MS. Catherine was the daughter of Charles Percy and Susannah Collins. Catherine became the mother of Susan Catherine Brown ca 1810.

Samuel became the father of Susan Catherine Brown ca 1810. The biography of Samuel Brown from The Kentucky Encyclopedia follows: BROWN, SAMUEL. Samuel Brown, physician, was born on January 30, 1769, in Augusta (now Rockbridge) County, Virginia, the eighth of eleven children of the Rev. John and Margaret (Preston) Brown. He earned a B.A. degree in 1789 at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine under his brother-in-law, Dr. Alexander Humphreys; as a private pupil of Dr. Benjamin Rush at the medical school in Philadelphia for approximately two years; at Scotland's Edinburgh University for two years; and at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with an M.D. degree in 1794. He first practiced medicine at Bladensburg, Maryland, then moved to Lexington, Kentucky, in 1797 to join his family. In 1799 Brown was named professor of surgery, anatomy, and chemistry and pharmacy at the newly established medical school at Lexington's Transylvania University. In 1806 he moved to New Orleans. On September 27, 1808, Brown married Catherine Percy and settled on a plantation near Natchez, Mississippi. They had three children: Susan Catherine, James, and Catherine. After his wife's death in 1813, he moved to a plantation near Huntsville, Alabama. In 1819 Brown became professor of theory and practice of medicine at Transylvania. Brown, one of the foremost medical professionals of his time, had a wide range of interests and associates. He corresponded with Thomas Jefferson and partly through the influence of Jefferson, was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society. He is credited with being the first Kentucky physician to write a medical paper published in the New York Medical Repository, the only medical journal published in the United States at that time. Brown was an early supporter and user of the cowpox virus for smallpox inoculation, and he vaccinated people in Lexington as early as 1802. He is credited with inventing an improved method of distilling spirits that used steam; with first suggesting the method for clarifying ginseng for the Chinese market; with playing a major role in establishing lithography in America (ca. 1819); and with helping to introduce lithotrity into the United States from France (1824). In an attempt to establish harmony and a code of ethics among doctors, Brown founded the Kappa Lambda Society of Hippocrates in Lexington around 1819. After leaving Transylvania in 1825, Brown retired to his Alabama plantation. He died in Alabama on January 12, 1830. See Bayless E. Hardin, "Dr. Samuel Brown, 1769-1830: His Family and Descendants," FCHQ 26 (Jan. 1952): 3-27. JAMES J. HOLMBERG

Samuel Brown and Catherine Percy had the following children:

32 i. James Percy³ Brown. James died 1844. He married Leczinska Campbell in Nashville, TN, April 25, 1839. Leczinska was born in Russia 1820. Leczinska was the daughter of George Washington Campbell and Harriet Stoddert. Leczinska died January 22, 1872 in Maury Co., TN, at 51 years of age.

33 ii. Susan Catherine Brown was born ca 1810. She married Charles Ingersoll in Philadelphia, PA, November 24, 1831. Charles was born in Philadelphia, PA December 8, 1805. Charles was the son of Charles Jared Ingersoll and Mary Wilcocks. Charles died August 23, 1882 in at sea, at 76 years of age.

12. Preston W.² Brown (John¹) was born in Rockbridge Co., VA January 15, 1775. Preston died September 22, 1826 in Jefferson Co., KY, at 51 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

He married Elizabeth Watts in Campbell Co., VA, October 13, 1802. Elizabeth became the mother of Louisa V. Brown December 3, 1803. Elizabeth became the mother of Henrietta Maria Brown 1805. Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Watts Brown in Woodford Co., KY, 1808. Elizabeth became the mother of Elizabeth Watts Brown in "Sumners Forest", Woodford Co., KY, July 3, 1811. Elizabeth became the mother of John Preston Watts Brown November 29, 1815.

Preston's occupation: Physician. At 28 years of age Preston became the father of Louisa V. Brown December 3, 1803. At 30 years of age Preston became the father of Henrietta Maria Brown 1805. At 33 years of age Preston became the father of Mary Watts Brown in Woodford Co., KY, 1808. At 36 years of age Preston became the father of Elizabeth Watts Brown in "Sumners Forest", Woodford Co., KY, July 3, 1811. At 40 years of age Preston became the father of John Preston Watts Brown November 29, 1815.

Preston W. Brown and Elizabeth Watts had the following children:

34 i. Mary Watts³ Brown.

35 ii. Louisa V. Brown was born December 3, 1803. Louisa died May 10, 1849 in Lake Washington, MS, at 45 years of age. She married James Rucks in Nashville, TN, May 16, 1827. James was born in North Carolina September 27, 1791. James died April, 1862 in "Three Oaks", Washington Co., MS, at 70 years of age.

36 iii. Henrietta Maria Brown was born 1805. Henrietta died July 1, 1859 at 54 years of age. She married William Brown Reese in Frankfort, KY, February 13, 1831. William was born in Jefferson Co., TN November 19, 1793. William died July 7, 1860 in Knoxville, TN, at 66 years of age.

37 iv. Mary Watts Brown was born in Woodford Co., KY 1808. Mary died August 17, 1841 in Blue Sulphur Springs, WV, at 33 years of age. She married Orlando Brown in Frankfort, KY, July 29, 1830. Orlando was born in Frankfort, KY September 26, 1801. Orlando was the son of John Brown and Margaretta Mason. Orlando died July 26, 1867 in Frankfort, KY, at 65 years of age. The biography of Orlando Brown from The Kentucky Encyclopedia: BROWN, ORLANDO. Orlando Brown, editor and confidant of Kentucky's Whig politicians, was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, on September 26, 1801. He was one of five children of John BROWN, Kentucky's first U.S. senator, and Margaretta (Mason) Brown. Orlando Brown attended Kean O'Hara's school in Danville and received an A.B. from Princeton in 1820 and a law degree from Transylvania University in 1823. He first practiced law in Alabama but returned to Frankfort in 1830, where he remained for most of his adult life. His marriage to Mary Watts Brown, his first cousin, on July 29, 1830, produced three children: Euphemia, John, and Orlando, Jr. In 1833 he became joint proprietor and editor of the Frankfort Commonwealth, where his facile pen and Whig sentiments brought him fame. He was the first corresponding secretary of the Kentucky Historical Society at its founding in 1836. Brown's wife died on August 17, 1841, and he resigned as editor early in 1842. Gov. John J. Crittenden (1848-50) appointed him secretary of state in 1848. Crittenden's ultimate purpose was to open his friend's path to Washington as patronage coordinator between the new federal administration and Kentucky. On June 30, 1849, President Zachary Taylor appointed Brown commissioner of Indian affairs, as a result of the patronage connections. Brown was unable to handle the confused Indian situation and resigned effective July 1, 1850. He returned to private life in Frankfort, marrying Mary (Price) Brodhead, widow of Lucas Brodhead, on October 12, 1852. He returned as editor of the Commonwealth for seven months in 1862, venting his wrath on secessionists. He published thirteen chapters of a history, "The Governors of Kentucky," in his paper, but left it incomplete. Washington Irving stated that Brown could have produced works of long-lived literary merit but for his editorial tasks. Brown died on July 26, 1867, and was buried in Frankfort Cemetery. See G. Glenn Clift, "The Old Master, Colonel Orlando Brown, 1801-1867," Register 49 (Jan. 1951): 5-24 .FRANK F. MATHIAS

+ 38 v. Elizabeth Watts Brown was born July 3, 1811.

39 vi. John Preston Watts Brown was born November 29, 1815. John died May 2, 1850 in "Mansfield", near Nashville, TN, at 34 years of age. He married Jane Ramsey Nichol in Davidson Co., TN, November 16, 1837. Jane was born June 4, 1818. Jane was the daughter of Josiah Nichol and Eleanor Ryburn. Jane died February 8, 1899 at 80 years of age.

29. David Carlisle³ Humphreys (Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Staunton, VA October 15, 1796. David died August 19, 1864 in Woodford Co., KY, at 67 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

He married Sarah Finley Scott in Ross County, OH, October 6, 1825. Sarah was born in Chillicothe, OH November 27, 1806. Sarah was the daughter of Joseph Scott, M.D. and Martha Berkley Finley. Sarah died December 4, 1883 in Woodford Co., KY, at 77 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. At 19 years of age Sarah became the mother of Joseph Alexander Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, July 29, 1826. At 21 years of age Sarah became the mother of Samuel P. Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, June 28, 1828. At 23 years of age Sarah became the mother of Mary Brown Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, March 1, 1830. At 26 years of age Sarah became the mother of Lucy Caroline Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, May 27, 1833. At 28 years of age Sarah became the mother of Martha Humphreys January 28, 1835. At 29 years of age Sarah became the mother of David Carlisle Humphreys August 1, 1836. Sarah was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. The 1870 Census of Woodford County, Kentucky shows Sarah Humphreys, age 64, living in the household of her daughter, Mary Dey, age 40, with $12,000.00 in real estate and a mistaken birthplace of Kentucky instead of Ohio. Mary Dey is age 40 with $100,000.00 in real estate and $11,200.00 in personal property, keeping house, with her birthplace in Kentucky. Also listed are 11 blacks all born in Kentucky: Alfred Gaines, 55, farm hand, Kitty Gaines, 40, cook, Mary Gaines, 23, house servant, Alfred Gaines, 18, farm hand, Lavel Gaines, 14, farm hand, Lucy Gaines, 12, Will Gaines, 10, Hannah Gaines, 8, Charles Gaines, 6, John Gaines, 4, and Ada Gaines, 1.

Sarah was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. The 1880 Census of Woodford County, Kentucky shows Sarah Humphreys living alone, age 73, a widow, born in Ohio. The Census incorrectly lists both her parents as being born in Kentucky.

At 29 years of age David became the father of Joseph Alexander Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, July 29, 1826. At 31 years of age David became the father of Samuel P. Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, June 28, 1828. At 33 years of age David became the father of Mary Brown Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, March 1, 1830. David was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1830 Census of Woodford County Kentucky, David C. Humphreys is listed with 2 white males under 5, 1 white male 20-30, 2 white males 30-40, 1 white females under 5, 1 white female 20-30, and 46 slaves including 11 males under 10, 22 10-24, 3 24-36, 2 females under 10, 5 10-25, and 3 24-36.

At 36 years of age David became the father of Lucy Caroline Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, May 27, 1833. At 38 years of age David became the father of Martha Humphreys January 28, 1835. At 39 years of age David became the father of David Carlisle Humphreys August 1, 1836. David was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1840 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, David C. Humphreys is listed with 2 white males 10-15, 1 white male 20-30, 1 white male 40-50, 2 white females 5-10, 2 white females 20-30, 4 male slaves under 10, 12 10-24, 12 24-36, 3 36-55, 5 female slaves under 10, 2 10-24, 3 24-36, and 2 36-55 for a total of 43 slaves. Twenty one persons were engaged in agriculture.

David was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1850 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, David C. Humphreys is listed as age 53 with his occupation given as farmer. His real estate is valued at $58,100.00 and his birthplace is Virginia. His wife, Sarah, is listed as 43 with her birthplace given as Ohio. Also listed are Samuel P. Humphreys, age 22, farmer, born in Kentucky with real estate valued at $22,500.00. Also listed are Mary B. Humphreys, 20, born in Kentucky and Lucy S. Humphreys, age 17, born in Kentucky and attended school within the year.

David was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1860 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, David C. Humphreys is listed as are 64 and his occupation is stated to be farmer. His real estate is valued at $237,000.00 and his personal estate is valued at $44,000.00. He was born in Virginia. His wife, Sarah is listed as a housekeeper, age 54, born in Ohio. Mary B. Humphreys, age 30, is listed with Kentucky as her birthplace. Also listed is Mag Humphreys, nee Stribling, widow of Samuel P. Humphreys, age 26, housekeeper, born in Virginia with a personal estate of $3,000.00 as well as David C. Humphreys, age 9, born in Kentucky, Thomas Humphreys, age 7, born in Kentucky, and R. Stribling, female, age 50, housekeeper, with a personal estate of $1,200.00, born in Virginia. A sketch of his life from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman (Filson Club, 1982) follows: David Carlisle Humphreys, third son of Alexander and Mary (Brown) Humpheys, was born 15 Oct. 1796, Staunton, Va., and died 19 Aug. 1864, "Waverly," Woodford Co., Ky. He married 6 Oct. 1825 Sarah Finley Scott, daughter of Dr. Joseph and Martha Berkley (Finley) Scott, who was born 27 Nov. 1806, Chillicothe, Ohio, and died 4 Dec. 1883, "Waverly." David C. Humphreys was a farmer of Woodford Co., Ky. In 1825 he bought "Sumners Forest," which had formerly been owned by Dr. Preston W. Brown, and he lived there several years before acquiring 3,000 acres near Spring Station where he built "Waverly." He was elected a trustee of Kentucky Seminary at Frankfort in 1825 and was a trustee of Centre College 1844-45. From 1825 to 1828 he was ruling elder and Clerk of Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, Ky. His will, dated 7 May 1863, gave to his wife Sarah 460 acres of land, all household and kitchen furniture, the silver ware, books, carriage, carriage horses, the crop growing on the land and ten slaves. He gave to Lucy, Annie, Sally, and Joseph, children of his son Joseph A. Humphreys, "Sumners Forest," about 630 acres which he purchased from Dr. Preston W. Brown and the heirs of Lewis Perry, and thirteen slaves and their children, having given his son a number of slaves and taken up his notes amounting to upwards of $22,000. His daughter Mary G. Humphreys was given 550 acres on the south side of Elkhorn, 125 acres in Scott County adjoining Cottinghan's Mill, all his land in Muhlenburg and Russell counties, a tract in Louisiana owned jointly with the heirs of William Barr, a house and lot in Bloomington, Ill., and 960 and 30 acres in Sangamon Co., Ill., and the crops, farming utensils on these lands, and also twenty-four servants and their children. To his grandsons David C. and Thomas S. Humphreys he gave 1200 acres in Logan Co., Ill., and nine Negroes and their children, and also his claim on their father's estate for money advanced to save his property in Chicago, Chenoah, Kankakee, and Christian Cos., Ill., reserving to Margaret A. Humphreys, wife of his son Samuel, one-third of the income from the rent or hire of the property. He also gave to Margaret A. Humphreys the household and kitchen furniture and books he took at valuation at Samuel P. Humphreys' sale. He emancipated his Negro man Bill Brown. The residue was given to his wife, daughter Mary B. Humphreys, the four children of Joseph A. Humphreys, and the two sons of Samuel P. Humphreys in four equal shares. He gave his gold watch to David C. Humphreys and his Henry rifle to Thomas S. Humphreys. Robert W. Scott and Mason Brown were named executors. A codicil dated at Louisville 8 May 1863 provided for the payment of two notes of Samuel P. Humphreys and gave $1000 to his granddaughter Lucy Humphreys which was the amount belonging to her aunt Lucy C. Alexander, presented to her by A. J. Alexander in consideration of her being named for her. The will was proved Sept. 1864 (Woodford Co.. Ky., Will Book S, pp. 128-30). The inventory of his estate, made 1 Nov. 1864, was valued at $16,703.96 but did not include legacies given in his will and listed cash and notes separately without totals (ibid., pp. 178-80). A division of the "Sumners Forest" land was made in 1883 among Joseph A., Sallie, and Lucy Humphreys (ibid., WIll Book Y, Pp. 276-80).

David Carlisle Humphreys and Sarah Finley Scott had the following children:

+ 40 i. Joseph Alexander⁴ Humphreys was born July 29, 1826.

+ 41 ii. Samuel P. Humphreys was born June 28, 1828.

42 iii. Mary Brown Humphreys was born in Woodford Co., KY March 1, 1830. Mary died September 4, 1885 at 55 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. She married Anthony Dey. Anthony was born in Greenfield Hill, CT July 5, 1829. Anthony died October 11, 1912 in New York, NY, at 83 years of age. Anthony's occupation: Lawyer.

+ 43 iv. Lucy Caroline Humphreys was born May 27, 1833.

44 v. Martha Humphreys was born January 28, 1835. Martha died January 28, 1835 at less than one year of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

45 vi. David Carlisle Humphreys was born August 1, 1836. David died January 1839 at 2 years of age.

30. Elizabeth L.³ Humphreys (Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in near Staunton, VA January 1800. Elizabeth died February 16, 1874 in Lexington, KY, at 74 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married Robert Smith Todd in Franklin County, KY, November 1, 1826. Robert was born in Lexington, KY February 25, 1791. Robert was the son of Levi Todd and Jane Briggs. Robert died July 16, 1849 in Lexington, KY, at 58 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Robert's occupation: Lawyer. At 27 years of age Robert became the father of Mary Todd in Lexington, KY, December 13, 1818. At 28 years of age Robert became the father of Levi Todd 1819. At 29 years of age Robert became the father of Ann Todd 1820. At 37 years of age Robert became the father of Margaret Todd in Lexington, KY, December 14, 1828. At 39 years of age Robert became the father of Samuel Briggs Todd in Lexington, KY, March 20, 1830. At 42 years of age Robert became the father of Martha K. Todd June 9, 1833. At 45 years of age Robert became the father of Emilie Paret Todd November 11, 1836. At 47 years of age Robert became the father of Alexander H. Todd February 16, 1839. At 49 years of age Robert became the father of Elodie Breck Todd April 1, 1840. At 50 years of age Robert became the father of Catherine Bodley Todd October 7, 1841.

At 28 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Margaret Todd in Lexington, KY, December 14, 1828. At 30 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Samuel Briggs Todd in Lexington, KY, March 20, 1830. At 33 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Martha K. Todd June 9, 1833. At 36 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Emilie Paret Todd November 11, 1836. At 39 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Alexander H. Todd February 16, 1839. At 40 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Elodie Breck Todd April 1, 1840. At 41 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Catherine Bodley Todd October 7, 1841.

Elizabeth L. Humphreys and Robert Smith Todd had the following children:

46 i. David Humphreys⁴ Todd. He married Susan (Turner) Williamson in Marion, AL, April 4, 1865.

47 ii. Margaret Todd was born in Lexington, KY December 14, 1828. Margaret died March 13, 1904 in Daytona Beach, FL, at 75 years of age. She married Charles Henry Kellogg in Lexington, KY, October 28, 1847. Charles was born in Manlius, NY August 28, 1812. Charles died March 20, 1892 in Tampa, FL, at 79 years of age.

48 iii. Samuel Briggs Todd was born in Lexington, KY March 20, 1830. Samuel died April 8, 1862 in near Corinth, MS, at 32 years of age. He married Clelie Cecile Royer. Clelie was born in St. Charles Parish, LA 1836. Clelie died July 15, 1902 in New Orleans, LA, at 66 years of age. He died from wounds suffered at the Battle of Shiloh. He was a member of the Crescent Blues, C.S.A.

49 iv. Martha K. Todd was born June 9, 1833. Martha died July 9, 1868 in Anna, IL, at 35 years of age. She married Clement Billingslea White 1850. Clement was born in Dallas Co., AL 1829.

50 v. Emilie Paret Todd was born November 11, 1836. Emilie died February 20, 1930 in "Helm Place", Fayette Co., KY, at 93 years of age. She married Benjamin Hardin Helm in Frankfort, KY, March 20, 1856. Benjamin was born in Hardin Co., KY July 2, 1831. Benjamin died September 20, 1863 in Chikamauga, TN, at 32 years of age. He was a Brigadier General, C.S.A. and was killed in battle. His biography from The Kentucky Encyclopedia follows: HELM, BENJAMIN HARDIN. Benjamin Hardin Helm, Confederate general, was born on June 2, 1831, in Bardstown, Kentucky, to later Gov. John Larue (1850-51, 1867) and Lucinda Barbour (Hardin) Helm. He received his primary education at the Elizabethtown Seminary and the Kentucky Military Institute near Frankfort. On July 1, 1847, he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated ninth in his class in 1851 and received the rank of second lieutenant in the 2d Regular U.S. Cavalry on July 1 of that year. He served on the Texas frontier at Fort Lincoln for six months, until illness forced him to return to Kentucky. On October 9, 1852, he resigned from the army at his father's request, to study law. He graduated from the school of law at the University of Louisville in the spring of 1853, went to Harvard Law School for a six-month advanced course, then practiced law with his father in Elizabethtown until 1856. In 1855 he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives, where he served one term. From 1856 until 1858 he was the commonwealth attorney for the 3d District. At this time, he also practiced law with Judge Martin D. Cofer. In 1858 he moved to Louisville to practice law with his brother-in-law, Harice M. Bruce, until 1861. In 1860 he was appointed assistant inspector general of the Kentucky State Guard. On the eve of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, a brother-in-law of Helm's wife, personally offered Helm the position of paymaster of the Union army with the rank of major. Helm turned it down to recruit for the South and was appointed colonel of the 1st Regiment of the Kentucky Confederate Cavalry in September 1861. After the Battle of Shiloh, he received a promotion to brigadier general of the 3d Brigade of the Reserve Corps, predated to March 14, 1862. On July 8, 1862, he received command of the 2d Brigade of the 1st Division under Gen. John C. Breckinridge and was posted to Vicksburg, Mississippi. He fought in the Louisiana campaigns and on August 5, 1862, was wounded at the battle of Baton Rouge. While recovering in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Helm commanded the eastern district of the Department of the Gulf. On January 31, 1863, he returned to General Breckinridge, to command the Kentucky Brigade of the Army of Tennessee and the Department of the West. He fought in the Mississippi expedition to relieve Vicksburg and later in the Battle of Chickamauga. Helm was married to Emily Todd, sister of Mary (Todd) Lincoln, on March 20, 1856. He was killed in the battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863, and was buried in Citizens' Graveyard in Atlanta. On September 9, 1884, he was reinterred in the Helm Cemetery in Hardin County. See R. Gerald McMurtry, Ben Hardin Helm, 'Rebel" Brother-in-Law of Abraham Lincoln (Chicago 1943); Lowell H. Harrison, "Kentucky-Born Generals in the Civil War," Register 64 (April 1966): 129-60.

51 vi. Alexander H. Todd was born February 16, 1839. Alexander died August 5, 1862 in Baton Rouge, LA, at 23 years of age. He was a first lieutenant C.S.A. and was killed at the Battle of Baton Rouge.

52 vii. Elodie Breck Todd was born April 1, 1840. Elodie died 1877 at 37 years of age. She married Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson May 15, 1862. Nathaniel was born in Charleston, SC February 14, 1829. Nathaniel died February 1, 1895 in Selma, AL, at 65 years of age.

53 viii. Catherine Bodley Todd was born October 7, 1841. Catherine died April 17, 1875 in St. Matthews, KY, at 33 years of age. She married William Wallace Herr in Fayette Co., KY, January 12, 1866. William was born in Jefferson Co., KY June 9, 1834. William died 1911 at 77 years of age.

31. Alexander³ Humphreys (Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in near Staunton, VA 1801. Alexander died December 9, 1846 in St. James Parish, LA, at 45 years of age.

He married Emilie Perret. Emilie was born in St. Charles Parish, LA ca 1811. Emilie was the daughter of Evariste Perret and Emilie Delhommer. Emilie became the mother of Elizabeth L. Humphreys in St. Charles Parish, LA, ca 1835. Emilie became the mother of Elodie Mary Humphreys circa 1837. Emilie became the mother of Amelia C. Humphreys in St. James Parish, LA, ca 1839. Emilie became the mother of Eulalie Humphreys ca 1841. Emilie became the mother of Maguerite Humphreys in St. James Parish, LA, ca 1844. Emilie became the mother of Alexander Humphreys in St. Charles Parish, LA, ca 1846.

Alexander became the father of Elizabeth L. Humphreys in St. Charles Parish, LA, ca 1835. Alexander became the father of Elodie Mary Humphreys circa 1837. Alexander became the father of Amelia C. Humphreys in St. James Parish, LA, ca 1839. Alexander became the father of Eulalie Humphreys ca 1841. Alexander became the father of Maguerite Humphreys in St. James Parish, LA, ca 1844. Alexander became the father of Alexander Humphreys in St. Charles Parish, LA, ca 1846.

Alexander Humphreys and Emilie Perret had the following children:

54 i. Elizabeth L.⁴ Humphreys was born in St. Charles Parish, LA ca 1835. She married Lovenski Reine in St. James Parish, LA, November 20, 1856. Lovenski was born in St. James Parish, LA ca 1830.

55 ii. Elodie Mary Humphreys was born circa 1837. She married William Preston Gibson in St. James Parish, LA, July 19, 1855. William was born in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA October 16, 1833. William was the son of Tobias Gibson and Louisiana Breckinridge Hart. William died December 9, 1865 at 32 years of age.

56 iii. Amelia C. Humphreys was born in St. James Parish, LA ca 1839.

57 iv. Eulalie Humphreys was born ca 1841. She married Francois E. Trepagnier in St. James Parish, LA, November 25, 1858.

58 v. Maguerite Humphreys was born in St. James Parish, LA ca 1844.

59 vi. Alexander Humphreys was born in St. Charles Parish, LA ca 1846.

38. Elizabeth Watts³ Brown (Preston W.², John¹) was born in "Sumners Forest", Woodford Co., KY July 3, 1811. Elizabeth died December 25, 1886 in Frankfort, KY, at 75 years of age.

She married Robert Wilmot Scott in Frankfort, KY, October 28, 1831. Robert was born in "Mill Farm", Scott Co., KY November 2, 1808. Robert was the son of Joel Scott and Rebecca Ridgley Wilmot. Robert died November 9, 1884 in Frankfort, KY, at 76 years of age. At 36 years of age Robert became the father of Louise Rucks (Scott) Wing in "Scotland", Franklin Co., KY, May 3, 1845.

At 33 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Louise Rucks (Scott) Wing in "Scotland", Franklin Co., KY, May 3, 1845.

Elizabeth Watts Brown and Robert Wilmot Scott had the following child:

60 i. Louise Rucks (Scott)⁴ Wing was born in "Scotland", Franklin Co., KY May 3, 1845. Louise died April 27, 1920 at 74 years of age. She married twice. She married Edward Rumsey Wing in Franklin Co., KY, May 17, 1865. Edward was born in Owensboro, KY December 16, 1843. Edward died October 6, 1874 in Quito, Ecuador, at 30 years of age. She married William Campbell Preston Breckinridge 1893. William was born in Baltimore, MD August 28, 1837. William was the son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Ann Sophonisba Preston. William died November 19, 1904 in Fayette Co., KY, at 67 years of age. At 28 years of age William became the father of Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, April 1, 1866. At 29 years of age William became the father of Desha Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, August 5, 1867. His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRECKINRIDGE, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904

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BRECKINRIDGE, William Campbell Preston, (grandson of John Breckinridge, uncle of Levin Irving Handy, and great-uncle of John Bayne Breckinridge), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Baltimore, Md., August 28, 1837; attended the common schools, Jefferson College, Chambersburg, Pa., and Pisgah Academy, Woodford County, Ky.; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1855 and from the law department of the University of Louisville in 1857; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Lexington, Ky.; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as captain and was subsequently promoted to the rank of colonel in the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry; was in command of the Kentucky cavalry designated to act as bodyguard for President Jefferson Davis and the members of his cabinet at the close of the Civil War; returned to Lexington, Ky., and was attorney for Fayette County; edited the Lexington (Ky.) Observer and Reporter 1866-1868; professor of equity and jurisprudence in the University of Kentucky at Lexington; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1876 and 1888; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law and also edited the Lexington Herald; died in Lexington, Ky., November 18, 1904; interment in Lexington Cemetery.

Bibliography

DAB; Klotter, James C. The Breckinridges of Kentucky, 1760-1981. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

40. Joseph Alexander⁴ Humphreys (David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Woodford Co., KY July 29, 1826. Joseph died February 15, 1863 in New York, NY, at 36 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

He married Sarah Thompson Gibson in Lexington, KY, June 21, 1853. Sarah was born in Warren Co., MS May 17, 1830. Sarah was the daughter of Tobias Gibson and Louisiana Breckinridge Hart. Sarah died May 31, 1907 in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA, at 77 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 24 years of age Sarah became the mother of Lucy Alexander Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, May 22, 1854. At 25 years of age Sarah became the mother of Louisiana Hart Humphreys in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY, September 26, 1855. At 26 years of age Sarah became the mother of Isabella Hart Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, November 29, 1856. At 27 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Gibson Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, March 21, 1858. At 29 years of age Sarah became the mother of Joseph Alexander Humphreys II in Woodford Co., KY, June 28, 1859. Sarah was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Woodford Co., KY. Sarah Humphreys is listed in the 1870 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky as a member of the household of Mary Dye (a sister of her deceased husband). Sarah is 64 with real estate worth $12,000, born in Kentucky which is incorrect. Mary Dye is listed as age 40 with real estate worth $100,000 and personal property worth $11,200. Also listed are the following blacks all named Gaines: Alfred, age 55, farm hand; Kitty, 40, cook; Mary 23, house servant; Alfred, 18, farm hand; Lance, 14, farm hand; Lucy, 12; Will, 10; Hannah, 8; Charles, 6; John, 4; and Ada, 1. All persons are listed as born in Kentucky. There is a biography of Sarah Gibson Humphreys, Sarah G. Humphreys: Antebellum Belle to Equal Rights Activist, 1830-1907, published in the Filson Club History Quarterly, Vo. 65, No. 2 (April, 1991) by Mary G. McBride and Ann M. McLaurin. This is too lengthy to copy and is under copyright. I will quote a few brief excerpts from it: "Although the biography of Sarah Thompson Gibson Humphreys seems to illustrate the development of a daughter of the planter class from antebellum belle to equal rights activist, by her own account Sarah was never intended by circumstances of heredity or education to be a conventional belle. Descended from a distinguished Southern family, Sarah was the daughter of Tobias Gibson of Mississippi and Louisiana Breckinridge Hart of Kentucky. In an undated autobiographical fragment written late in her life, Sarah described her mother, daughter of Nathaniel Hart and Susan Preston of "Spring Hill," Woodford County, Kentucky, as a woman of "masculine intellect, great force of character and strength of will." Of Tobias Gibson, Sarah wrote: My father Tobias Gibson came of a long line of clergymen who were the pioneers of Methodism in the South. My father was a man of accurate education, of unusual culture and of broad ideas, far in advance of his time. Although by inheritance a large slave owner he was at heart opposed to slavery. He was also that anomaly amongst Southern men a "Woman Suffragist." He believed and taught me to believe that "taxation without representation" was as unjust to women as to men and he educated me up to the idea that our advancing civilization would sooner or later demand not only the political enfranchisement of women but their equal share in the control of the government. The family divided its time between its Louisiana sugar plantations and its home in Lexington, Kentucky. Sarah's earliest memories were of the suffering of the Indians and the slaves. She described her mother's naming the town of Houma, Louisiana, in commemoration of the Indians who lived there and remembered "the straggling Indians of this tribe who used to come to my mother to exchange their beaded wares for food and blankets. My child's heart was always touched with sympathy for them as I listened to my mother's stories of their wrongs, suffered at the hands of the whites." Sarah felt "tenderest sympathy for the Negroes; in fact at that early age I so hated slavery of every kind that I constantly surprised our Negroes by refusing the birds, squirrels, fawns and young alligators which they brought to me for pets. I could not bear to see anything caged. ... Widowed at thirty-three, Sarah was left with three children, aged nine, five, and four, with a large estate to manage in the midst of a civil war in which four of her surviving five brothers were actively engaged. Her younger sister had been sent to France in late 1863 for the duration of the war while her father struggled to keep his plantation afloat in occupied Louisiana. She joined him there for a few months in 1864, for he was convinced that leaving his land meant losing it. Sarah observed at first hand her father's attempt to work with the Union commanders in establishing a labor system utilizing the former slaves whose legal status was still so ambiguous in Louisiana. The Federal provost marshall provided the Gibsons with a guard, but in March the Negroes rebelled and sixteen of them left the Gibson plantations for Tigerville and Houma. Soon after she returned to Kentucky, Sarah's father-in-law died, and she was left with few sources of advice and support. ... Sarah placed no credence whatsoever in the popular idea that men and women should occupy separate (and probably unequal) spheres: We need each other. God never intended that we should occupy different spheres. He did not put women in Venus and man in Mars or Jupiter. We find ourselves on this earth together--dependent one upon the other. We are born alike--we die alike. We should live alike. Sarah cited Biblical scholarship to argue that "God is male and female," noting that Arabic and Hebrew scholars revealed that the words for the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit were always feminine in the original texts. God thus created "the Almighty Us--male and female and called their name Adam--giving both the same name, being the same person- two in one, yet a unit." When the male and female Adam did not obey, God performed a second creation in which Adam was given form and woman created, "so that they might be company and help for each other." Sarah argued, however, that "only equal halves make a whole" and that equal rights were thus essential to both men and women. Just as she rejected the idea of separate spheres, Sarah denied the Victorian ideal of the "womanish woman." She expressed scorn for "conservative and conventional society ladies, and our weak-nerved, weak-kneed and weak-brained" ladies who could do nothing on their own and needed the protection of men. On an issue such as the use of firearms, for example, Sarah was contemptuous of women who did not know how to handle a gun. Some women, believing in chivalry rather than justice, pictured "men as knights.., wandering over the world with lance and battle ax in quest of foes to fight for her sweet sake." Not so, Sarah declared, for "the rustle of angel's wings possesses no terrors for mortal man. No, my dear sweet womanly women and lady-like sisters, it don't scare worth a cent." A good Smith and Wesson pistol is better protection than a pair of angel's wings, Sarah wrote, and "it is safer to fire a pistol than fly with your wings": My daughters and myself have lived for years alone in an isolated country home, both in Louisiana and Kentucky, and enjoyed a sense of perfect security from the fact that our pistols were always ready and in reach, and that we knew how to use them, and it was generally believed that we would use them, which knowledge is in itself a protection. Sarah argued that women should carry firearms even if the law did not sanction it. She concluded that "firearms in the hands of women will help to civilize our State.'' ...

At 27 years of age Joseph became the father of Lucy Alexander Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, May 22, 1854. At 29 years of age Joseph became the father of Louisiana Hart Humphreys in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY, September 26, 1855. At 30 years of age Joseph became the father of Isabella Hart Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, November 29, 1856. At 31 years of age Joseph became the father of Sarah Gibson Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, March 21, 1858. At 32 years of age Joseph became the father of Joseph Alexander Humphreys II in Woodford Co., KY, June 28, 1859. Joseph was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. The 1860 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky lists Joseph A. Humphreys, age 34, farmer, born in Kentucky, with a personal estate of $20,000.00 and wife Sarah, 30, with a personal estate of $5,000, born in Mississippi. Also listed are Lucy Humphreys, age 6, Anna Humphreys, age 5, born September 26, 1855, Sallie Humphreys, age 3, born March 29, 1858, and Gibson Humphreys, age 1, born June 28, 1859, all born in Kentucky. His biography from History of Kentucky by Judge Charles Kerr (Chicago and New York, 1922): JOSEPH ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS. "Sumner's Forest," located about eleven miles west of Lexington in Woodford County, now owned by Lucy Alexander Humphreys Johnstone and her sister, Sarah Gibson Chenault, is one of the historic places of Kentucky. It takes its name from General Jethro Sumner, who was born in Virginia about 1733 and who was active and prominent in the measures that preceded the Revolution and in the Revolution itself. In 1760 he was paymaster of the Provincial troops of North Carolina, and in 1776 was appointed colonel of the Third North Carolina Regiment. He served under Washington in the North, was commissioned a brigadier general in 1779, and took part in the campaign under General Greene when the British were expelled from the Carolinas. This Revolutionary soldier died in North Carolina about 1790. For his services he received a grant of about 3,000 acres on the South Elkhorn. The modern Sumner's Forest is about four miles from that creek. General Sumner owned other large tracts, and it is probable that his holdings in this section of Kentucky were nearer 20,000 acres. It is supposed that he erected or had erected the residence, which was a combined dwelling and fort and is located about two miles from the Village of Fort Garrett and some twelve miles southwest of Lexington, and about eight miles from Versailles. Within the recollection of men still living this pioneer building was surrounded by dense forests. The property and about 3,000 acres of the land was acquired in 1792, or perhaps some years earlier, by John Brown, the first United States senator from Kentucky, whose career is noted elsewhere in this publication. John Brown was the ancestor of the present owner. John Brown acquired it from Thomas Sumner, a son of General Sumner for $2 an acre. John brown's wife was from Philadelphia and, not liking the forest life, he abandoned it as a home and brought his father, John, and his mother from Virginia and gave to them the property. In 1803 it passed to another son, Preston Brown, who in turn sold it to his nephew David Carlisle Humphreys in 1826. The mother of Mr. Humphreys was Mary Brown. Sumner's Forest has ever been a place of entertainment and noted for its hospitality. The bill of fare is still preserved of a noted dinner given July 29, 1856 to thirty-four prominent guests. Almost everything good to eat is listed, and waiters for the occasion were imported from Louisville. David Carlisle Humphreys, who acquired Sumner's Forest in 1826, had been a merchant, a dealer in flour, buying the output of several mills and shipping the product to the sugar planters of Louisiana and Mississippi. When he bought Sumner's Forest it contained about 640 acres. later he bought Waverly, the old home of the parents of John B. Haggin, a noted horseman, near Midway, and at Waverly Mr. Humphreys spent his later years. He married Sarah Scott, daughter of Doctor Joseph and Martha (Finley) Scott, of Lexington and Frankfort. To their marriage were born two sons, Joseph Alexander Humphreys and Samuel Brown Humphreys. The family line represented in Samuel Brown Humphreys is now extinct. He married Margaret Stribling of Virginia, and died when comparitively young on a farm near his father's place. His two sons, David and Thomas both died childless. His daughter Mary became the wife of Anthony Dey, her cousin, of New York, and she died without issue. Lucy, another daughter of David became the wife of A. J. Alexander, of Woodburn, and they lived at Sherwood, near her father, but her three children died in childhood. The only daughter [note: she was not the only daughter] of David Carlisle Humphreys was Mary Brown Humphreys, who was born in 1830 and was famous for her beauty of person and charm of intellect. Her hand was sought by scores of suitors before it was finally bestowed. On the wall of the library of Sumner's Forest hang two portraits in oil, one showing this famous beauty and another her mother, Sarah Scott Humphreys. Joseph Alexander Humphreys, a son of David C. Humphreys, was born at Frankfort in 1826, and at the age of eighteen months was taken to Sumner's Forest. After the age of twelve he lived with the family at Waverly. His father gave him Sumner's Forest, and he took possession of the property at the age of twenty-one. His talents and education were such as to admirably qualify him for the possession of such a home. He was a graduate of Centre College and also Yale College, and took a special course in medicine at Princeton University. For three years he was a student in Europe, studying at Paris and traveling through nearly all the great centers of culture. In 1853 he married his cousin, Sarah Gibson, daughter of Tobias Gibson, of Terrebonne Parish Louisiana. Tobias Gibson was a sugar planter, and married Louisiana Hart, a daughter of Nathaniel and Susannah (Preston) Hart, names conspicuous in. Kentucky history. It was during the ownership of Joseph A. Humphreys that Sumner's Forest became noted for its production and its home industries. He employed an expert gardener to plant orchards and vineyards, and made the farm notable for its livestock. He brought from Vermont the first celebrated Morgan race horses, including Mambrino Chief, from which the greatest of all horses are proud to trace lineage. "Nancy King" was a great brood mare in the Sumner's Forest stables. Mr. Humphreys introduced to that section of Kentucky the first portable steam engine, using it to replace horse power for threshing grain. He was a student, an observer, and had the courage to try out his advanced ideas. He lived in advance of his time, and many of his visions have since been realized in the time of his children. He made extensive enlargements and remodeled the old residence, nearly doubling its capacity. He added entirely new the library section. The possessor of ample means, as he traveled he collected articles of rare value in various countries and exemplifying the best handiwork of special artists. A large part of this collection is still preserved and now has a priceless value. While still unmarried and with no definite attachments, he secured while in Prague a full set of several hundred pieces of rare Bohemian cut glass, which he planned as a wedding present for his future wife. Doubtless this was the first of such work ever seen in Kentucky, and some of it is still in the old home. His collection also included paintings, ivory, jade carving and rare books, and many pieces of magnificent furniture, and practically all of them have special associations with the home and those of the family whose lives have been chiefly spent at Sumner's Forest. In the collection are coats of arms of a dozen related families and recorded in books of heraldry. Joseph A. Humphreys lived intensively and enjoyed the resources of the world as he passed through it. He died at the age of thirty-six in New York in 1863. His wife survived him nearly half a century and spent her last years at her father's old estate; Magnolia, in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. To their union were born five children. Of these Lucy Alexander became the wife of Lewis Johnstone in 1884, and for many years they have occupied Sumner's Forest. The second child, Louisiana Hart, died at an early age. Belle died in childhood. The other surviving daughter is Sarah Gibson, now Mrs. C. D. Chenault, of Lexington, and a joint owner of Sumner's Forest. They have two daughters, Sarah Gibson, who married G. D. Buckner, and Lucy Humphreys who married M. W. Anderson great-grandson of Henry Clay. The only son, Joseph A., Jr., is in the real estate business at Houma, Louisiana. He has one son Joseph A., III. Lewis Johnstone, who has given a practical direction to the management of Sumner's Forest as an agricultural property, is a native of South Carolina where his father was a rice planter. His father subsequently removed to Louisiana and became an extensive sugar grower. Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone have lived at Sumner's Forest since 1887 and he entered at once into the affairs of his community and to the promotion of the best interests of Kentucky. He is an extensive sheep grower has made tobacco a special crop of the farm, and is interested in the Fayette Tobacco Warehouse. Mr. Johnstone some years ago was prohibition candidate for Congress against W. C. P. Breckinridge, and the campaign served to bring the prohibition question squarely before the public.

Joseph Alexander Humphreys and Sarah Thompson Gibson had the following children:

61 i. Lucy Alexander⁵ Humphreys was born in Woodford Co., KY May 22, 1854. Lucy died August 25, 1941 in Lexington, KY, at 87 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. She married Lewis Simons Johnstone in Woodford Co., KY, 1884. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

62 ii. Louisiana Hart Humphreys was born in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY September 26, 1855. Louisiana died January 15, 1867 in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY, at 11 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

63 iii. Isabella Hart Humphreys was born in Woodford Co., KY November 29, 1856. Isabella died January 20, 1860 in Woodford Co., KY, at 3 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

+ 64 iv. Sarah Gibson Humphreys was born March 21, 1858.

+ 65 v. Joseph Alexander Humphreys II was born June 28, 1859.

41. Samuel P.⁴ Humphreys (David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Woodford Co., KY June 28, 1828. Samuel died November 17, 1857 in New Mexico, at 29 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

He married Margaret Ann Stribling in Fayette Co., KY, October 29, 1850. Margaret was born in near Huntington, WV July 20, 1834. Margaret died January 21, 1884 in Richmond, VA, at 49 years of age.

Samuel's occupation: Farmer.

Samuel P. Humphreys and Margaret Ann Stribling had the following children:

66 i. David⁵ Humphreys.

67 ii. Thomas Humphreys.

43. Lucy Caroline⁴ Humphreys (David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Woodford Co., KY May 27, 1833. Lucy died September 25, 1858 at 25 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.

She married Alexander John Alexander in Woodford Co., KY, May 6, 1851. Alexander was born in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY October 7, 1824. Alexander died December 2, 1902 at 78 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. At 27 years of age Alexander became the father of David Humphreys Alexander February 19, 1852. At 28 years of age Alexander became the father of Mary Alexander October 6, 1853. At 30 years of age Alexander became the father of Robert Alexander July 14, 1855. At 47 years of age Alexander became the father of Robert A. Alexander August 27, 1872. At 48 years of age Alexander became the father of Elizabeth Fullerton Alexander September 19, 1873. At 50 years of age Alexander became the father of Alexander John Alexander, Jr. August 3, 1875. At 53 years of age Alexander became the father of Lucy Fullerton Alexander May 4, 1878. At 55 years of age Alexander became the father of William F. Alexander May 30, 1880. At 58 years of age Alexander became the father of Claude Atchinson Alexander June 14, 1883.

At 18 years of age Lucy became the mother of David Humphreys Alexander February 19, 1852. At 20 years of age Lucy became the mother of Mary Alexander October 6, 1853. At 22 years of age Lucy became the mother of Robert Alexander July 14, 1855.

Lucy Caroline Humphreys and Alexander John Alexander had the following children:

68 i. David Humphreys⁵ Alexander was born February 19, 1852. David died January 30, 1860 at 7 years of age.

69 ii. Mary Alexander was born October 6, 1853. Mary died January 23, 1860 at 6 years of age.

70 iii. Robert Alexander was born July 14, 1855. Robert died December 9, 1859 at 4 years of age.

64. Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys (Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Woodford Co., KY March 21, 1858. Sarah died February 23, 1930 in Lexington, KY, at 71 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married Christopher David Chenault in Woodford Co., KY, March 30, 1892. Christopher was born Madison Co., KY May 22, 1846. Christopher was the son of Waller Chenault and Tillitha Harris. Christopher died April 24, 1925 in Lexington, KY, at 78 years of age. At 27 years of age Christopher became the father of Margaret Dillingham Chenault in Richmond, KY, June 24, 1873. At 30 years of age Christopher became the father of Joseph Chenault in Richmond, KY, February 22, 1877. At 35 years of age Christopher became the father of Kittie Chenault January 10, 1882. At 46 years of age Christopher became the father of Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault in Richmond, KY, March 25, 1893. At 50 years of age Christopher became the father of Lucy Alexander Humphreys Chenault in Richmond, KY, January 17, 1897. The biography of Christopher David Chenault from History of Kentucky, Vol. III, (S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928) follows: Lexington is a monument to the combined efforts of many men of determination, enterprise and ability and in this classification belonged Christopher David Chenault, who was long numbered among the city's leading financiers. He was a railroad builder as well, and a recognized leader in political circles of Kentucky. He was a man of resourceful nature, varied talents and pronounced public spirit, and his was a successful career in the highest sense of the term. Mr. Chenault was born May 22, 1846, in Madison county, Kentucky, and was a member of one of the oldest families of the south. He was a descendant of Stephen Chenault, who was a follower of John Calvin and owing to religious persecution left his home in southern France about 1700 in company with his wife. He was the founder of the family in America and was one of the colony of two hundred Huguenots who received from the colonial government of Virginia a grant of land in Monikin Town, then in Powhattan county, but now included within the boundaries of Goochland county. From that original seat they and others of the same extraction have spread to all parts of the country, winning respect and honor wherever they have gone. Among the children of Stephen Chenault was Hugo, whose son, Hugo, Jr., married a Miss Dabney or D'Aubigne. They were the parents of William Chenault, who chose Elizabeth Mullins as his wife, and their son, William, Jr., married Susanna Phelps. They became the parents of Waller Chenault, who was joined in wedlock to Talitha Harris, and to their union was born a son, Christopher David Chenault. Talitha Harris was a daughter of Overton and Nancy Harris. When Henry Clay made his famous speech on home industries while a member of the United States senate he wore a suit of jeans, fashioned for him by Nancy Harris. They were composed of wool sheared from sheep presented to her by Senator Clay, and she spun the wool, wove the cloth and made the suit. When but five years old Mr. Chenault received instruction from Governor McCullough, and his studies were continued under John L. Waller at Green Hill Academy, a school located on the home farm and built especially by his father, General C. M. Clay, Samuel Bennett and Joseph Chenault for the education of their children. He was next taught by William and Jason W. Chenault and completed his education at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, at the age of fifteen. The Civil war was then in progress and the battle of Richmond had been won by Kirby Smith. Having resolved to enter the Confederate army as a member of Chenault's Brigade, he went as far as Richmond at the time of the retreat from Kentucky, but was persuaded by his brother, Captain Joe Chenault, to return home and care for his mother and the fanlily of six younger children. After the southern army retreated the federal authorities ordered his arrest and, acting on information given him by his cousin, John Bennett, Mr. Chenault left immediately for Ohio. He completed a course in bookkeeping and banking at the Bartlett Commercial College in Cincinnati and as soon as it was safe returned home. He took charge of the books of Burton & Holloway, owners of a large dry goods establishment in Richmond, but the work proved uncongenial and he returned to the farm. He abandoned agricultural pursuits in 1870 and entered the Madison National Bank at Richmond in the capacity of bookkeeper. His worth was soon recognized and at the end of two years he was promoted to the responsible position of cashier, which he filled for about thirty years. In 1902 he brought his family to Lexington and soon afterward became cashier of the National Exchange Bank, which was subsequently merged with the Central Bank. The new organization started with a capital of six hundred thousand dollars and adopted the name of the Lexington Bank & Trust Company, of which Mr. Chenault was chosen cashier. He gave to the corporation the services of an expert and his connection with the institution brought to it additional prestige. Subsequently the business was consolidated with that of the Phoenix National Bank under the style of the Phoenix Third National Bank, which is now one of the largest and strongest financial institutions in the state. On August 1, 1872, Mr. Chenault married Miss Florence Dillingham, who died in February, 1890, leaving a family of four children: Margaret, Joe, Florrie and Kittie. On March 30, 1892, Mr. Chenault was united in marriage to Miss Sallie Gibson Humphreys, who is a member of one of the first families of Woodford county, and resides in their attractive home at 461 North Limestone street, Lexington. Like most of his family, Mr. Chenault was a strong adherent of the Baptist faith and for a number of years was superintendent of the Sunday school of his church at Richmond, also acting as moderator of the Tates Creek Association at the old Gilberts Creek church. In politics he was a stalwart democrat and never wavered in his allegiance to the party. He was chairman of the Madison county democratic committee and during the entire term of Congressman James B. McCreary was chairman of the eighth congressional district. He was made financial commissioner of Madison county and was largely instrumental in building the railroad from Paris to Livingston, also the line from Versailles to Beattyville, becoming its president. He was an executive of more than average capacity and about twenty years of his life were devoted to the development of railroad facilities that transformed Estill and Lee counties into two of the most prosperous in the state. He gave his best efforts to every task that he undertook and the spirit of progress actuated him at all points in his career. He had the welfare of his community deeply at heart and was ever ready to further plans for its improvement. He possessed that high sense of honor which constitutes the vital essence of the gentleman, and his death on April 23, 1925, deprived Lexington of one of its most valuable and best loved citizens.

At 35 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault in Richmond, KY, March 25, 1893. At 38 years of age Sarah became the mother of Lucy Alexander Humphreys Chenault in Richmond, KY, January 17, 1897. The resolution honoring her by the Booneborough Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution follows: Resolution - Madam Regent and Members of the Boonesborough Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution: Again this body is called upon to mourn the departure of a member - Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault entered upon the life eternal at her residence 416 North Limestone, Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday evening, February 23rd, 1930, at 7:30 o'clock, after an illness of seven months, surrounded by her devoted family - She was the widow of Col. Christopher D. Chenault, who she survived five years. Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault was born at "Sumner's Forest", Woodford Co., Kentucky, March 21st, 1858. "Sumner's Forest" was a grant to her pioneer ancestor of several thousand acres and included in its boundaries as fine land as is to be found in the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky. It continues in the family today. The mansion is of sun dried brick and it was erected for the most part, in the 1700s. The window seats show the walls to be three feet thick. A library room of magnificent proportions was added to the house by the father of Mrs. Chenault - Joseph Alexander Humphreys, who was a scholarly gentleman, and traveled extensively in Europe and the Orient, in search of health, bringing home with him valuable works of art, of which may be mentioned a banquet service of red Bohemian glass of many hundred pieces. The mahogany furnishings and the massive silver plate which entered into the making of this ancestral home were not surpassed by any other home of the Blue Grass. Mrs. Chenault was the daughter of Joseph Alexander Humphreys and his wife, Miss Sarah Gibson who was educated at Madame Segoyne's School of Philadelphia, famous a century ago as a school for young ladies. On the paternal side, she was a lineal descendant of the celebrated Dr. Alexander Humphreys of Staunton, Va. Dr. Humphreys was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, the most renowned school of medicine in the English speaking world, when he was a student there in the 1700s - and during the century following. Mrs. Robert S. Todd, the stepmother of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was a Miss Humphreys and a great aunt of Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault. Mrs. Chenault was also a lineal descendant of Col. Wm. Preston, Capt. John McKinley, Capt. Nathaniel Hart and Capt. Matthew Scott of the Revolutionary period, as the records of the Boonesborough Chapter bear testimony. These were among the first to preempt lands in this halcyon country, known as the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky. Capt. Nathaniel Hart was President of the Transylvania Co., for which Fort Boonesborough was erected in 1775. He was killed by Indians and he and his wife are buried near the Site of Fort Boonesborough. Through all of these lines of ancestry she was related to families who were leaders in the making of the early history of this Commonwealth - the Harts, the Scotts, the Prestons, the Humphreys, and the Gibsons. On thc maternal side the Gibsons were an influential and wealthy family in the vicinity of Lexington, during the past century - and gave to the country - the Hon. Randall Gibson, U. S. Senator from Louisiana - a brother of Mrs. Chenault's mother, Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys, who was herself a remarkably gifted woman of her day. Mrs. Chenault was educated in the schools of Versailles, Ky.; at Sayre College, Lexington, Ky.; and at the Boston Conservatory of Music. After completing her education, and with an enviable record of distinguished ancestory, reaching back into Virginia's most brilliant Colonial period, and beyond - she entered upon a brilliant social career; entertaining distinguished guests at "Sumner's. Forest" with the lavish hospitality of ante-bellum days; traveling extensively; and spending seasons at a time at the home of her uncle, Senator Gibson, in Washington City; at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Mary Humphreys Dye in New Jersey where she added to the social diversions, elective courses at Rutgers College - and at the home of her uncle Senator Gibson, in New Orleans-. During these years, possessing a certain executive gift, inherited direct from her ancestors, she took over the management of her landed estate, which she conducted in both an able and profitable manner; thus adding to the interest of her delightful home and the exceptional family life at "Sumner's Forest." On March 30th, 1892, she was married to Col. Christopher D. Chenault of Richmond Ky. The wedding was celebrated at the Episcopal Charch in Versailles in the evening--and was a brilliant event. Col. Chenault was, President at this time of the R. N. I. and B. R. R. and many friends from Richmond went over for the wedding in his private car. During the ten years following their marriage their home in Richmond, the superb old colonial mansion on Main St. now known as the Gibson Hospital, was the scene of constant and elegant entertaining. Here, in these beautiful parlors, with the shadows from the open fires falling across the rare pieces of mahogany and valuable family portraits and in the soft light on many candles - the Boonesborough Chapter was organized in the Spring of 1896 - by Mrs. Chenault. She became its first Regent in which capacity she served from 1896 to 1905. I love to think of her not only as our first Regent - but as the Founder of our Boonesborough Chapter, for to her is wholly due, the organization of the Chapter, and that enthusiasm and vision which steered the Chapter thru the first years and placed it on the firm foundation which has led on to usefulness. It was Mrs. Chenault who not only gave to the Boonesborough Chapter a notable position in the National Body of the D.A.R. but who also gave prestige to the D.A. R. of the Commonwealth of Ky., drawing into the organlzation ladies of like prominence and talent as herself. She belonged first to the National Society D.A.R. - her number 7789. She was elected State Regent of the D.A.R. of Ky., in 1907, having been nominated at the State Convention at Paris by Mrs. A. R. Burnam - and served until 1909. Here her executive ability was manifest and she made an excellent State Regent. The organization was greatly strengthened during her term of three years. She also filled out the unexpired term of Mrs. Samuel J. Shackelford who died in office 1919-20. In 1921 she was elected Vice-President General of the N. S. D.A. R., her term expiring 1924. She greatly enjoyed her association with the members of the National Organization and upon her visits to Washington to attend the Board Meetings she was much feted by her relatives and friends, among them Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Ex-President General, N.S.D.A.R., who entertained in her honor at her distinguished home in Washington on several occasions. Not the least of Mrs. Chenault's cherished remembrances of her service were two silver loving cups, beautifully inscribed and presented to her upon her retirement as State Regent of Kentucky and Vice-President General N. S.D.A.R. In 1901, Col. and Mrs. Chenault took up their residence in Lexington, Ky., where they owned and occupied the superb home at 461 North Limestone, known as the Brand Place [better known now as "Rose Hill"]. Here the Boonesborough Chapter was entertained by Mrs. Chenault on several occasions - our last visit being on June 5th, 1925 when Lexington celebrated its Sequi-Centennial and the Boonesborough Chapter represented by two magnificent floats, having taken part in the great Parade, spread its elegant luncheon the beautiful terrace of her residence at her invitation. In all of her work and she was identified througout life with many civic and educational movements, for the betterment of mankind, in addition to her interest in the D.A.R. - She had the cordial assistance of her husband, Col. Chenault. - She always espoused the cause of the weak - she therefore early espoused the cause of equal rights and suffrage for women. She was an officer in the Humane.Society of Lexington and saw that dumb animals were kindly treated. She was on the side of every movement for Civic uplift. She was an opener of doors of opportunity to others. It would be interesting to know how many through the kindliness and influence of this gentlewoman passed through doors opened by her to lives of more extended usefulness. These beneficiaries of her gracious thoughtfulness, many of them, have in turn delighted to do her honor. She had a great capacity for friendship. Her hospitality was always delightful - and her entertaining both at the home in Richmond, and at the home in Lexington, both. houses so much alike that they must have been designed by the same architect - has added much to the social annals of the State. The weddings of her two daughters, celebrated at Christ Church Cathedral, and followed by receptions at the home in Lexington, were most beautiful occasions - never to be forgotten. She filled all relations of life with fine courage. The militant strain was very pronounced in her make-up. A daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a friend; - a Christian, a patrician, a patriot; - a D.A.R.; a Colonial Dame; an Episcopalian! She knew the light of social acclaim and she received homage of which the world was perhaps ignorant. "Let me grow lovely, growing old; so many things to do; Laces and ivory and gold; and silks need not be new; And. there is healing in old trees - old streets a glamor hold; Why may not I , as well. as these, grow lovely growing old?" Lovely in youth, mature years found her even lovelier.Her name will ever be hallowed to all who knew the radiance of her exceptional nature. We would place upon the records of the Boonesborough Chapter, this tribute of our respect and affection for our Founder and first Regent - Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault - and also send copies to the daughters; Mrs. Davis Buckner and Mrs. Wm. Anderson of Lexington; and to her sister, Mrs. Lewis Johnstone and her brother, Mr. Joseph A. Humphreys of "Sunmer's Forest". (Signed) - Katherine Phelps Caperton (Chairman) Jennie W. Parkes Sarah Burnam Greenleaf Sallie Yates McKee Mariawillie Smith Phelps Mary Neale Thompson Miss Maude Gibson Mrs. Grant E. Lilly Mrs. Charles A. Keith Anne Chenault McCown Louise Bright Kellogg Kitty Hart Chenault Alice Phelps Tribble Annie Field White Mary Chenault Smith. Richmond, Kentucky. March 14th, 1930.

Sarah Gibson Humphreys and Christopher David Chenault had the following children:

+ 71 i. Sarah Gibson Humphreys⁶ Chenault was born March 25, 1893.

+ 72 ii. Lucy Alexander Humphreys Chenault was born January 17, 1897.

65. Joseph Alexander⁵ Humphreys II (Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Woodford Co., KY June 28, 1859. Joseph died April 5, 1933 in Lexington, KY, at 73 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

He married twice. He married Lucy Collins Kelley. Lucy was born August 10, 1868. Lucy died December 25, 1953 at 85 years of age. He married Mary Taylor in Nashville, TN, 1887. Mary died September 4, 1902. Mary became the mother of Joseph Alexander Humphreys III 1890.

At 31 years of age Joseph became the father of Joseph Alexander Humphreys III 1890.

Joseph Alexander Humphreys II and Mary Taylor had the following child:

73 i. Joseph Alexander⁶ Humphreys III was born 1890. Joseph died April, 1935 at 44 years of age.

71. Sarah Gibson Humphreys⁶ Chenault (Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Richmond, KY March 25, 1893. Sarah died October 9, 1983 in Lexington, KY, at 90 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married Garrett Davis Buckner in Lexington, KY, October 29, 1914. Garrett died in Lexington, KY. Garrett became the father of Sarah Buckner in Lexington, KY, March 10, 1924. Garrett became the father of Garrett Davis Buckner, Jr. in Lexington, KY, September 14, 1927. Garrett became the father of Mary Buckner in Lexington, KY, September 14, 1927.

At 30 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Buckner in Lexington, KY, March 10, 1924. At 34 years of age Sarah became the mother of Garrett Davis Buckner, Jr. in Lexington, KY, September 14, 1927. At 34 years of age Sarah became the mother of Mary Buckner in Lexington, KY, September 14, 1927.

Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault and Garrett Davis Buckner had the following children:

+ 74 i. Sarah⁷ Buckner was born March 10, 1924.

+ 75 ii. Garrett Davis Buckner, Jr. was born September 14, 1927.

+ 76 iii. Mary Buckner was born September 14, 1927.

72. Lucy Alexander Humphreys⁶ Chenault (Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Richmond, KY January 17, 1897. Lucy died December 28, 1975 in Lexington, KY, at 78 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married Matthew William Anderson in Lexington, KY, September 26, 1916. Matthew was born in Independence, MO June 24, 1895. Matthew was the son of Matthew William Anderson and Mary Webster Erwin. Matthew died May 23, 1967 in Lexington, KY, at 71 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Matthew's occupation: Land Developer. At 22 years of age Matthew became the father of Lucy Chenault Anderson in Lexington, KY, November 29, 1917. At 24 years of age Matthew became the father of Mary Webster Anderson in Lexington, KY, January 17, 1920. At 26 years of age Matthew became the father of Sarah Gibson Anderson in Lexington, KY, February 20, 1922. His obituary from the Lexington Herald: Matthew William Anderson, 71, a pioneer in the subdivision development of Lexington and an apartment house owner, died yesterday morning at his home, 220 Chenault Road. Mr. Anderson was a great-great.grandson of Henry Clay and one of the first developers of Chevy Chase subdivision, once part of the original Clay estate. He was a noted Fayette County sportsman and bred and raced his own horses. Born in Independence, Mo., he was a son of the late Matthew William and Mary Webster Erwin Anderson. He was a graduate of Culver Military Academy and the University of Kentucky. Mr. Anderson was a member of Christ Episcopal Church and the Keeneland Club. He and his wife -- Mrs. Lucy Chenault Anderson -- had celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary last September after 50 years of marriage. Besides his wife, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Edward H. Jones, Mrs. Mary A. LaBach and Mrs. Louis W. List Jr.; nine grandchildren, William Anderson LaBach, James Parker LaBach, Mrs. John Hutton, Edward H. Jones Jr., William Chenault Jones, Mrs. Sidney Hulette, Louis W. List III, Henry Clay List and David A. List, all of Lexington, and four great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Lexington Cemetery by the Rev. Giles E. Lewis. Friends may call at the W. R. Milward Mortuary --Broadway after noon today.

At 20 years of age Lucy became the mother of Lucy Chenault Anderson in Lexington, KY, November 29, 1917. At 23 years of age Lucy became the mother of Mary Webster Anderson in Lexington, KY, January 17, 1920. At 25 years of age Lucy became the mother of Sarah Gibson Anderson in Lexington, KY, February 20, 1922. Obituary from the Lexington Herald-Leader: Mrs. Lucy Chenault Anderson, 78, a descendant of one of the first settlers of Boonesborough, Nathaniel Hart, died Sunday. Mrs. Anderson, of 220 Chenault Road, was the widow of Matthew William Anderson, who was a great-great-grandson of Henry Clay. Born in Richmond, she was the daughter of the late Christopher David and Sarah Humphreys Chenault. She attended the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Sayre College, and Miss Ella Williams' School. Mrs. Anderson was a member of Christ Church Episcopal, the Keeneland Club, Madison County Historical Society, Lexington Rose Society and Blue Grass Iris Society. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mary A. La Bach, Mrs. Edward H. Jones and Mrs. Louis W. List, Jr; a sister, Mrs. Sarah Chenault Buckner, all of Lexington; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday. Burial was in the Lexington Cemetery.

Lucy Alexander Humphreys Chenault and Matthew William Anderson had the following children:

+ 77 i. Lucy Chenault⁷ Anderson was born November 29, 1917.

+ 78 ii. Mary Webster Anderson was born January 17, 1920.

+ 79 iii. Sarah Gibson Anderson was born February 20, 1922.

74. Sarah⁷ Buckner (Sarah Gibson Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY March 10, 1924.

She married Robert Eugene Morrison in Lexington, KY, August 13, 1944. Robert was born February 3, 1920. He resides in Alexandria, Virginia. Robert's occupation: Col., USAF, retired. At 26 years of age Robert became the father of Sarah Chenault Morrison in Lexington, KY, August 6, 1946. At 28 years of age Robert became the father of Robert Buckner Morrison in Guam, September 9, 1948. At 37 years of age Robert became the father of David Forsythe Carlisle Morrison in Denver, CO, July 22, 1957.

She resides in Alexandria, Virginia. At 22 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Chenault Morrison in Lexington, KY, August 6, 1946. At 24 years of age Sarah became the mother of Robert Buckner Morrison in Guam, September 9, 1948. At 33 years of age Sarah became the mother of David Forsythe Carlisle Morrison in Denver, CO, July 22, 1957.

Sarah Buckner and Robert Eugene Morrison had the following children:

80 i. Sarah Chenault⁸ Morrison was born in Lexington, KY August 6, 1946. She married Mickey D. Lilly.

81 ii. Robert Buckner Morrison was born in Guam September 9, 1948. He married Helen Vale Tysa in Alexandria, VA, April 21, 1979. Helen was born in U.S. Army Hospital, Munich, Germany July 19, 1954.

82 iii. David Forsythe Carlisle Morrison was born in Denver, CO July 22, 1957. David died October 29, 1977 in Orlando, FL, at 20 years of age.

75. Garrett Davis⁷ Buckner, Jr. (Sarah Gibson Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY September 14, 1927. Garrett died August 26, 1985 in Lexington, KY, at 57 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington, KY.

He married Joan Cowen. Joan was born in Spring Lake, NJ August 11, 1930. At 23 years of age Joan became the mother of Garrett Davis Buckner III in Ft. Lee, VA, January 30, 1954. At 27 years of age Joan became the mother of Alice Cowen Buckner in Ft. Campbell, KY, March 21, 1958. At 32 years of age Joan became the mother of Clayborn Chenault Buckner in Montgomery, AL, May 18, 1963.

Garrett's occupation: Col., U.S. Army. At 26 years of age Garrett became the father of Garrett Davis Buckner III in Ft. Lee, VA, January 30, 1954. At 30 years of age Garrett became the father of Alice Cowen Buckner in Ft. Campbell, KY, March 21, 1958. At 35 years of age Garrett became the father of Clayborn Chenault Buckner in Montgomery, AL, May 18, 1963.

Garrett Davis Buckner, Jr. and Joan Cowen had the following children:

83 i. Garrett Davis⁸ Buckner III was born in Ft. Lee, VA January 30, 1954. Garrett died March 14, 1980 in Alexandria, VA, at 26 years of age.

84 ii. Alice Cowen Buckner was born in Ft. Campbell, KY March 21, 1958.

85 iii. Clayborn Chenault Buckner was born in Montgomery, AL May 18, 1963. He married Maura Buckley June 18, 1988. Maura was born in Toledo, OH October 16, 1962.

76. Mary⁷ Buckner (Sarah Gibson Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY September 14, 1927. Mary died June 10, 1984 in Lexington, KY, at 56 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, KY.

She married three times. She married Richard Ratliff French. Richard was born Winchester, KY March 7, 1928. Richard was the son of James Hay French and Jennie Ratliff. Richard died August 25, 1998 Winchester, KY, at 70 years of age. At 26 years of age Richard became the father of Richard Buckner French in Lexington, KY, December 15, 1954. At 28 years of age Richard became the father of Christopher Chenault French in Lexington, KY, August 8, 1956. She married William N. Branch. He resides in Boise, Idaho. William became the father of Alexander Humphreys Branch in Lexington, KY, May 5, 1958. She married Houston Thomas. Houston became the father of William Buckner Thomas May 17.

Mary became the mother of William Buckner Thomas May 17. At 27 years of age Mary became the mother of Richard Buckner French in Lexington, KY, December 15, 1954. At 28 years of age Mary became the mother of Christopher Chenault French in Lexington, KY, August 8, 1956. At 30 years of age Mary became the mother of Alexander Humphreys Branch in Lexington, KY, May 5, 1958.

Mary Buckner and Houston Thomas had the following child:

86 i. William Buckner⁸ Thomas was born May 17,. He resides in Lexington, KY.

Mary Buckner and Richard Ratliff French had the following children:

87 ii. Richard Buckner French was born in Lexington, KY December 15, 1954.

+ 88 iii. Christopher Chenault French was born August 8, 1956.

Mary Buckner and William N. Branch had the following child:

+ 89 iv. Alexander Humphreys Branch was born May 5, 1958.

77. Lucy Chenault⁷ Anderson (Lucy Alexander Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY November 29, 1917.

She married Edward Harold Jones in Lexington, KY, May 10, 1941. Edward was born in Kentucky September 20, 1919. Edward died March 3, 1996 in Lexington, KY, at 76 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, KY. Edward Harold "Harry" Jones was a career officer in the United States Navy and served as a naval pilot in World War II. After retirement he lived in Lexington, Kentucky where he worked as a stockbroker and Realtor.

She resides in Lexington, KY.

Lucy Chenault Anderson and Edward Harold Jones had the following children:

90 i. Edward Harold⁸ Jones, Jr.. He married Brenda Whitehouse. She resides Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. Brenda's occupation: Decorator.

He resides Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. Edward's occupation: Builder.

91 ii. William Chenault Jones. William's occupation: Engineer.

78. Mary Webster⁷ Anderson (Lucy Alexander Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY January 17, 1920. Mary died February 1, 1998 in Lebanon, OH, at 78 years of age.

She married James Parker LaBach in Jeffersonville, IN, February 5, 1938. James was born in Lexington, KY December 10, 1918. James is the son of James Oscar LaBach and Mary Shepherd Parker. He resides in Spruce Pine, NC. At 20 years of age James became the father of William Anderson LaBach in Lexington, KY, December 29, 1938. At 21 years of age James became the father of Mary Ellyn LaBach in Lexington, KY, October 2, 1940. At 24 years of age James became the father of James Parker LaBach, Jr. Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, January 16, 1943. James was divorced from Mary Webster Anderson in Fayette Co., KY, July 9, 1949. At 38 years of age James became the father of Frederick Avery LaBach August 17, 1957. Parker received his undergraduate education at the University of Kentucky and later earned a Ph.D. degree at Syracuse University. As an educator he has taught students from the kindergarten through doctorate programs. As a composer he has written numerous art songs and compositions for small ensembles. He specializes in theory and literature of music. He is now retired from the faculty of Kent State University.

At 18 years of age Mary became the mother of William Anderson LaBach in Lexington, KY, December 29, 1938. At 20 years of age Mary became the mother of Mary Ellyn LaBach in Lexington, KY, October 2, 1940. At 22 years of age Mary became the mother of James Parker LaBach, Jr. Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, January 16, 1943. Mary was divorced from James Parker LaBach in Fayette Co., KY, July 9, 1949. Obituary of Mary Webster Anderson written by my sister, Mary Ellyn Hutton: Mary Webster Anderson LaBach, native and long-time resident of Lexington, died Sunday, February 1, in Lebanon, Ohio. Mrs. LaBach, 78, managed rental property in Chevy Chase before moving to Ohio in 1995. An avid gardener, she was an officer and consulting rosarian for the Lexington Rose Society and a member of the Hemerocallis and Iris Societies. She was a member of the Lexington Kennel Club, the Keeneland Club and was a breeder of Shi-Tzu and Maltese dogs, including several champions. Mrs. LaBach was the daughter of Matthew William and Lucy Chenault Anderson of Lexington and a great-great-great granddaughter of Henry Clay. She attended Sayre School, Henry Clay High School and was a member of Christ Church Episcopal. She is survived by two sons, William Anderson LaBach of Lexington and Dr. James Parker LaBach, Jr. of Overland Park, Kansas; a daughter, Mary Ellyn LaBach Hutton of Cincinnati; five grandchildren, Mary Rebecca Hutton Fink of Tipp City, Ohio; John Stafford Hutton of Cincinnati, Elizabeth LaBach Hutton of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Virginia Kathryn LaBach of Los Angeles and Elaine Parker LaBach of Lawrence, Kansas; and three great-grandchildren. She also leaves a sister, Lucy Anderson Jones of Lexington. Interment will be at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. Memorials to the University of Cincinnati Foundation Geriatics Fund, P.O. Box 670544, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0544.

Mary Webster Anderson and James Parker LaBach had the following children:

92 i. William Anderson⁸ LaBach was born in Lexington, KY December 29, 1938. He married Karen Eugenia Mitchell in Fayette County, KY, February 11, 1999. Karen was born in Lexington, KY August 23, 1950. Karen is the daughter of Sidney Eugene Mitchell and Catherine Delores Stewart.

He resides in Fayette Co., KY. William's occupation: Attorney. Bill is a graduate of Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky and received his A.B. degree from Transylvania College in 1959. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics from the University of Illinois in 1963 and 1965. He specialized in differential topology and wrote his dissertation under Prof. Stewart Scott Cairns who was Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois for many years. Bill held faculty positions at the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, Florida State University, Stetson University and the University of Kentucky. In 1968-69 he was a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, NJ where he served as research assistant to Prof. Marston Morse. Bill received his J.D. (law) degree from the University of Kentucky in 1975 and has practiced law in Lexington, Kentucky since October, 1975. Bill has served as President of the Lexington Rose Society, Bluegrass Hemerocallis Society, Fayette County Genealogical Society, Kentucky Genealogical Society, and the Chenault Family Association in Kentucky and as a national officer in the Society of Descendants of Washinton's Army at Valley Forge. He is a life member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Jamestowne Society and is a member of numerous other patriotic, historical and family history organizations.

+ 93 ii. Mary Ellyn LaBach was born October 2, 1940.

+ 94 iii. James Parker LaBach, Jr. was born January 16, 1943.

79. Sarah Gibson⁷ Anderson (Lucy Alexander Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY February 20, 1922. Sarah died August 19, 1982 in Lexington, KY, at 60 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

She married Louis William List in Anniston, AL, May 1, 1943. Louis was born in Paducah, KY August 2, 1923. Louis was the son of Louis William List and Maurine. Louis died February 16, 1972 in Lexington, KY, at 48 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Louis's occupation: Civil Engineer. At 20 years of age Louis became the father of Sarah Anderson List Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, June 17, 1944. At 21 years of age Louis became the father of Louis William List III Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 23, 1945. At 26 years of age Louis became the father of Henry Clay Anderson List in Lexington, KY, 1950. At 29 years of age Louis became the father of David Anthony List in Lexington, KY, November 22, 1952.

At 22 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Anderson List Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, June 17, 1944. At 23 years of age Sarah became the mother of Louis William List III Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 23, 1945. At 28 years of age Sarah became the mother of Henry Clay Anderson List in Lexington, KY, 1950. At 30 years of age Sarah became the mother of David Anthony List in Lexington, KY, November 22, 1952.

Sarah Gibson Anderson and Louis William List had the following children:

95 i. Sarah Anderson⁸ List was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY June 17, 1944. She married Sidney Harrel Hulette Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 2, 1966. Sidney was born June 18, 1941. He resides in Morganfield, KY. Sidney's occupation: Attorney.

She resides in Morganfield, KY.

96 ii. Louis William List III was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY July 23, 1945. Louis died November 19, 1998 in Lexington, KY, at 53 years of age. He married Kathleen Berry Angelucci March 20, 1970. Kathleen was born August 2, 1948. She resides Lexington, Fayette Co., KY.

97 iii. Henry Clay Anderson List was born in Lexington, KY 1950. He married Gloria Canada.

He resides in Lexington, KY. Henry's occupation: Lobbyist.

98 iv. David Anthony List was born in Lexington, KY November 22, 1952. He married Deborah Stone in Lexington, KY, August 31, 1985. Deborah was born April 27, 1951. She resides Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. Deborah's occupation: Secretary.

He resides in Lexington, KY.

88. Christopher Chenault⁸ French (Mary⁷ Buckner, Sarah Gibson Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY August 8, 1956.

He married Raelyn Loveland in Lexington, KY, 1982. Raelyn became the mother of Danielle French Sandy, UT, January 25, 1990.

At 33 years of age Christopher became the father of Danielle French Sandy, UT, January 25, 1990.

Christopher Chenault French and Raelyn Loveland had the following child:

99 i. Danielle⁹ French was born Sandy, UT January 25, 1990.

89. Alexander Humphreys⁸ Branch (Mary⁷ Buckner, Sarah Gibson Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY May 5, 1958.

He resides in Lexington, KY. At 32 years of age Alexander became the father of Ryan Seth McKinley Combs May 2, 1991.

Alexander Humphreys Branch and Tracy Combs Collins had the following child:

100 i. Ryan Seth McKinley⁹ Combs was born May 2, 1991.

93. Mary Ellyn⁸ LaBach (Mary Webster⁷ Anderson, Lucy Alexander Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY October 2, 1940.

She married John James Hutton in Lexington, KY, June 13, 1964. John was born July 24, 1936. He resides in Hamilton Co., OH. John's occupation: Physician. At 28 years of age John became the father of Mary Rebecca Hutton January 23, 1965. At 31 years of age John became the father of John Stafford Hutton in Lexington, KY, December 21, 1967. At 43 years of age John became the father of Elizabeth LaBach Hutton Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 27, 1979.

She resides in Hamilton Co., OH. At 24 years of age Mary became the mother of Mary Rebecca Hutton January 23, 1965. At 27 years of age Mary became the mother of John Stafford Hutton in Lexington, KY, December 21, 1967. At 38 years of age Mary became the mother of Elizabeth LaBach Hutton Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 27, 1979. Mary Ellen received he undergraduate education from the University of Kentucky and earned an M.A. degree in Music from Yale University where she was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. She received a law degree from the University of Kentucky. She is a musician and music critic.

Mary Ellyn LaBach and John James Hutton had the following children:

+ 101 i. Mary Rebecca⁹ Hutton was born January 23, 1965.

+ 102 ii. John Stafford Hutton was born December 21, 1967.

103 iii. Elizabeth LaBach Hutton was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY July 27, 1979.

94. James Parker⁸ LaBach, Jr. (Mary Webster⁷ Anderson, Lucy Alexander Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY January 16, 1943.

He married Donna Poore Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, August 2, 1969. Donna was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY February 11, 1943. She resides in Overland Park, KS. At 29 years of age Donna became the mother of Virginia Kathryn LaBach Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, May 19, 1972. At 32 years of age Donna became the mother of Elaine Parker LaBach Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 26, 1975.

He resides in Overland Park, KS. James's occupation: Physician. At 29 years of age James became the father of Virginia Kathryn LaBach Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, May 19, 1972. At 32 years of age James became the father of Elaine Parker LaBach Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 26, 1975. Parker received his undergraduate education from the United States Military Academy at West Point and at the University of Kentucky where he received a degree in Biochemistry. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Kentucky and is now a pathologist in Kansas City.

James Parker LaBach, Jr. and Donna Poore had the following children:

104 i. Virginia Kathryn⁹ LaBach was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY May 19, 1972.

105 ii. Elaine Parker LaBach was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY July 26, 1975.

101. Mary Rebecca⁹ Hutton (Mary Ellyn⁸ LaBach, Mary Webster⁷ Anderson, Lucy Alexander Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born January 23, 1965.

She married Thomas Michael Fink December 30, 1989. He resides in Tipp City, OH. Thomas's occupation: Engineer. Thomas became the father of Kevin Thomas Fink in Tipp City, OH, July 30, 1991. Thomas became the father of Michele Alexandra Fink in Dayton, OH, June 21, 1993. Thomas became the father of Laura Elizabeth Fink in Dayton, OH, September 27, 1999. Thomas became the father of Stephanie Clarice Fink in Dayton, OH, December 28, 2000.

She resides in Tipp City, OH. Mary's occupation: Nurse. At 26 years of age Mary became the mother of Kevin Thomas Fink in Tipp City, OH, July 30, 1991. At 28 years of age Mary became the mother of Michele Alexandra Fink in Dayton, OH, June 21, 1993. At 34 years of age Mary became the mother of Laura Elizabeth Fink in Dayton, OH, September 27, 1999. At 35 years of age Mary became the mother of Stephanie Clarice Fink in Dayton, OH, December 28, 2000.

Mary Rebecca Hutton and Thomas Michael Fink had the following children:

106 i. Kevin Thomas¹⁰ Fink was born in Tipp City, OH July 30, 1991.

107 ii. Michele Alexandra Fink was born in Dayton, OH June 21, 1993.

108 iii. Laura Elizabeth Fink was born in Dayton, OH September 27, 1999.

109 iv. Stephanie Clarice Fink was born in Dayton, OH December 28, 2000.

102. John Stafford⁹ Hutton (Mary Ellyn⁸ LaBach, Mary Webster⁷ Anderson, Lucy Alexander Humphreys⁶ Chenault, Sarah Gibson⁵ Humphreys, Joseph Alexander⁴, David Carlisle³, Mary² Brown, John¹) was born in Lexington, KY December 21, 1967.

He married Sandra Lee Gross. Sandra became the mother of Blythe Alexandra Reese Gross-Hutton in Cincinnati, OH, December 22, 1992. Sandra became the mother of Astrid Snow Gross-Hutton in Cincinnati, OH, March 3, 1998.

At 30 years of age John became the father of Astrid Snow Gross-Hutton in Cincinnati, OH, March 3, 1998.

John Stafford Hutton and Sandra Lee Gross had the following child:

110 i. Astrid Snow¹⁰ Gross-Hutton was born in Cincinnati, OH March 3, 1998.

Index

Alexander

Anderson

Angelucci

Beck

Bledsoe

Branch

Breckinridge

Brodhead

Brown

Buckley

Buckner

Campbell

Canada

Chenault

Combs

Cowen

Craighead

Dawson

Dey

Dickinson

Fink

French

Gibson

Goodloe

Gross

Gross-Hutton

Harry

Hart

Helm

Herr

Hulette

Humphreys

Hutton

Ingersoll

Johnstone

Jones

Kelley

Kellogg

Kenner

LaBach

Lilly

List

Loveland

Mason

Mitchell

Morrison

Nichol

Percy

Perret

Poore

Preston

Reese

Reine

Royer

Rucks

Scott

Sproule

Stone

Stribling

Taylor

Thomas

Todd

Trepagnier

Tysa

Watts

White

Whitehouse

Williamson

Wing

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