HUMPHREY, Charles - WWI
Source: Covington Friend Wednesday, May 1, 1974
Hillsboro, Ind.—Charles Humphrey, 79, of Hillsboro Route 1, died at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 1974 at his home. He had been ill for two years.
Born Nov. 9, 1894, near Elmdale, he was the son of Samuel and Sara Jane Griffin Humphrey. He was married Jan. 2, 1918, to Phoebe McElwee, who survives. He was a retired farmer.
He was a veteran of World War I serving in France and England. He was a past commander of Hillsboro American Legion Post 188, a member of World War I Barricks of Crawfordsville, Buckman Division 112, Ammunition Training of Manfield, Ohio, Fountain County Farm Bureau and was vice president of the Hillsboro Telephone Co.
Survivors include two brothers, Wilbur of Crawfordsville and Carl of Waveland; a sister, Mrs. Harry Fruits of Crawfordsville Route 4; several nieces and nephews.
Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Servies-Thomas Funeral Home in Waynetown. Burial was in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Military rites were conducted.