Lemuel Gordon HUMPHREY

1766 - 1824  (58 years)

• Name	Lemuel Gordon HUMPHREY
  Birth	5 May 1766	Canton, Hartford, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E14693959BCC4876BF28B81ECDB268435B16
  Death	16 Jun 1824	Liberty Township, Delaware, Ohio
  Person ID	I23346	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Samuel HUMPHREY,   b. 17 Nov 1734, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 10 Jun 1804, Canton, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Prudence MILLS,   b. 1734, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 14 Feb 1808, Canton, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1755	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F10805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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
  Children	1. Dorcas HUMPHREY,   b. 5 Jun 1790, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 14 Oct 1821, Delaware, Ohio (Age 31 years)   2. Amina HUMPHREY,   b. 25 May 1792, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 9 Sep 1823, Delaware, Ohio (Age 31 years)   3. Lemuel Gordon HUMPHREY, Jr.,   b. 9 Sep 1794, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 10 Sep 1846, Johnson, Iowa (Age 52 years)   4. Laura HUMPHREY,   b. 9 Feb 1797, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 14 Jul 1837, Delaware, Ohio (Age 40 years)   5. Aaron Case HUMPHREY,   b. 2 Feb 1799, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 9 Apr 1877, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa (Age 78 years)   6. Lurenda HUMPHREY,   b. 4 Sep 1801, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 31 Aug 1872, Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa (Age 70 years)   7. Eliza HUMPHREY,   b. 19 Sep 1803, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 6 Aug 1872, Powell, Delaware, Ohio (Age 68 years)   8. Eber HUMPHREY,   b. 4 Aug 1810, Liberty Township, Delaware, Ohio d. 19 Apr 1876, Delaware, Ohio (Age 65 years)   9. Sarah HUMPHREY,   b. 10 Sep 1813, Liberty Township, Delaware, Ohio d. Johnson, Iowa
  Family ID	F10810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Lemuel migrated from West Simsbury, now Canton,Connecticut in 1807, to Ohio with his wife Dorcas and 7 children. They settled between the Glentangy and the Scioto Rivers, which is part of Powell, Ohio at the present time. This led along the Indian Trail, leading from Lake Erie to the Ohio River, near the southern line of Liberty township. BIOGRAPHY: In 1803, lemuel among 40 men, residents of Ct. and MS. formed a company, The 'Scioto Company', including Israel P. Case, and Abner Pinney. May 1804 Worthington Ohio was laid out on this land and was purchased by the company, signers were: Israel Case, Abner Pinney and Lemuel G. Humphrey. Lemuel and his family did not migrate until 1807, when he homesteaded at Liberty, and became active in new Delaware County affairs. He became the Justice of the Peace, and joined the Protestant Episcopal Church in Worthington, in 1814. Lemuel died of consumption, but was able to raise up in bed, sing his favorite hymn in its entirity just before he succombed.