Lemuel Gordon HUMPHREY, Jr.

1794 - 1846  (52 years)

• Name	Lemuel Gordon HUMPHREY  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	9 Sep 1794	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  _UID	DA9B6E4867D742CBB2ECF7DCCC1EDCFBA880
  Death	10 Sep 1846	Johnson, Iowa
  Person ID	I23360	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Lemuel Gordon HUMPHREY,   b. 5 May 1766, Canton, Hartford, Connecticut d. 16 Jun 1824, Liberty Township, Delaware, Ohio (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Dorcas CASE,   b. 29 Aug 1768, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 10 Jun 1833, Liberty Township, Delaware, Ohio (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1788	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F10810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Betsy) PINNEY,   b. 27 Apr 1795, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 1875, Bates County, Missouri (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F3161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Lemuel, Jr. migrated with his parents to Delaware, Ohio in 1807 when he was 12 years old. He was a Lt. in the Ohio State Militia, under General W. H. Harrison in the War of 1812. In Cpt. Strong's Company, Ohio Militia 3rd Reg't Oct 7, 1812-Dec 5 1812. He was a farmer, Justice of the Peace and was active in Sunday School and Church teacher. A member of the protestant Episcopal Church of Wortington, Ohio. He moved to Iowa in 1842 along with his brother Aaron Case Humphrey and his sister Sarah Wilson and her family. He owned land in Johnson Co. Iowa near Washington Township, called "Old Man's Creek". Here he built a log cabin to house his family, and then built a frame home which stood until 1971. Lemuel became active in the Temperance Reform Movement in Iowa.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Virginia Evans McCormick, Scioto Company Descendants, (Cottonwood Publications: Worthington, Ohio), p. 202 (Reliability: 3).