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Thomas Cooper HUMPHRIES

Male 1833 - 1925  (92 years)


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  • Name Thomas Cooper HUMPHRIES 
    Birth 8 Jul 1833  Currituck County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Oct 1925 
    Burial Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk (Independent City), VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Stewart, William H., History of Norfolk County, Virginia and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1902, p. 930:

      THOMAS C. HUMPHRIES, who is a justice of the peace in Berkley, Norfolk County, Virginia, with an office on the corner of North and Liberty streets, was born in North Carolina, July 8, 1833, and is a son of John and Adelia (Ferebee) Humphries, both natives of North Carolina.

      John Humphries was a farmer, and for many years held the office of clerk of the Court of Equity. He died in office, in November, 1847, aged 47 years. Both he and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. His wife died in 1874, aged 66 years. Of 10 children born to this union, but two survive, namely: Thomas C., the subject of this sketch; and Alice, wife of A. P. Frost of Berkley. Those deceased are as follows: Martha, Margaret, William, Ann, Amanda, Adelia, Gideon and Mary.

      Thomas C. Humphries attended the common schools of his native county, and later studied at Randolph-Macon College, where he was a classmate of Bishop Wallace W. Duncan. He was obliged to leave school on account of sickness, and after his recovery engaged in the mercantile business in Indiantown, North Carolina. While living in Currituck County (from 1860 to 1868) he was sheriff, and also represented that county in the State Legislature in 1868, 1869 and 1870. He began farming in 1856, and continued thus until 1872, when he moved to Berkley. There he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and later removed to Norfolk, where he carried on the same line of business. He subsequently returned to Berkley, and since 1896 has filled the office of justice of the peace in a most acceptable manner. He has been commissioner of revenue and land assessor for two terms.

      Mr. Humphries was married, September 1, 1856, to Mary P. Frost, who was born in North Carolina, and is a daughter of Robert and Ann (Perkins) Frost. Mr. and Mrs. Humphries have been blessed with seven children. Those living are as follows: J. R., who married Anna Sykes, and lives in Berkley; Mary, the wife of J. P. Bell, who has four children, namely, - Howard, Joe, Cooper and Mary; Lucy, the wife of George Coxon, whose husband is a watchmaker at Norfolk; Thomas F., who married Ida Morgan; and Lelia, the wife of Capt. Howard Cason. The deceased children are Adelia and Anna.

      Mr. Humphries and his wife are members of Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is a member of the Masonic order. His family is yell known in Berkley, and stands high in a social and business way. Genial, courteous and affable, Mr. Humphries has won numerous friends in Norfolk County, who esteem and respect him for his many admirable traits of character.

      (2) www.findagrave.com:

      Thomas C Humphries
      Birth: Unknown
      Death: Oct. 20, 1925

      Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
      Plot: Blk G Sp 7

      Created by: Dottie
      Record added: Jan 15, 2012
      Find A Grave Memorial# 83478885
    Person ID I33223  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father John HUMPHRIES,   b. Abt 1800, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1847 (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Adelia FEREBEE,   b. Abt 1808, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1874 (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Family ID F14417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Perkins FROST,   b. Oct 1838, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1922 (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Marriage 1 Sep 1856 
    Family ID F14419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024