Humphreys - Samuel
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 31 May 1895
Samuel and Sarah J. Humphreys, who reside in this county, are the parents of eleven sons, Jonathan, Fred, Ross, James, Lee, Wilber, Frank, Alfred, Asa, Grover, and Charles. Thursday Mr. Humphreys brought all his sons to this city and purchased each a set of clothes at the American clothing house. Then they all had a group picture taken by Nicholson. Mr. Humphreys is 44 years old and seems to be very proud of his sons. – s
Note: descendant Lena Harper sent this picture to go along with the article – how cool is that?
She also notes – (it’s her ggggrandparents – “They had one daughter who had died and they had 4 more kids after this, 3 girls and another boy. One of the 3 girls died too so they ended up raising 12 boys and 2 girls. The oldest girl is buried in Illinois and the youngest in Oakland cemetery in Elmdale and Samuel and Sarah are buried in Oakland too, though they died in Parke county.”