Howard Hamilton Humphrey (1878-1950)

Howard Hamilton Humphrey was born on September 28, 1878 in Harrison County, Kentucky.  He was the son of Enoch Humphrey and Zerelda D. Eckler. 

In 1910, Howard was working for Jefferson D. Woolery in McKennysburg, Pendleton County, Kentucky.  He was employed as a hired hand, doing general farm labor.   

On September 12, 1918, Howard registered for the draft for the First World War.  At that time, he was working as a farm laborer for Anna Moore in Harrison County.  He was described as tall and slender, with brown eyes and hair.

Howard married L. Mae Pollard on February 19, 1920 in Richland, Harrison County, Kentucky.  He was 42 years old and she was 37 years.  Mae was born on May 19, 1882 in Harrison County, the daughter of Thomas Henry Pollard and Susan Parker. 

After their marriage, the couple rented a home in Richland, where Howard continued work as a farm laborer.  Howard’s half-brother, John Davis Sellars, was living with them in 1930.

Howard Hamilton Humphrey died on June 15, 1950 in Harrison County.  The cause of death listed was a cerebral hemorrhage.  He was 71 years old at his death. 

L. Mae Pollard Humphrey died two years later, on August 19, 1952 in the same place.  She also died of a cerebral hemorrhage.  She was 70 years old at her death.

Notes for Howard H. Humphrey

Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place:  McKenneysburg, Pendleton, Kentucky; Roll: T624_499; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0139; Image: 120; FHL Number: 1374512.

Military, Residence, Occupation, & Physical Description in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Marriage:  FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Richland, Harrison, Kentucky; Roll: 750; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 309.0.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Notes for L. Mae Pollard

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.