Muhlenberg County Kentucky


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Family Group Records H

Rolla Elliston Humphrey & Mary Elizabeth Smith

Rolla Elliston Humphrey
Born: 14 April 1859 McLean Co., Kentucky
Died: 19 October 1893 Paradise, Muhlenberg
Buried: Yontz Cemetery, Muhlenberg
Parents: Rolla Elliston Humphrey and Delila Bennett Woodward
Married: 21 December 1881, at bride's home, Paradise, Kentucky by Frank Welborn

Mary “Mollie” Elizabeth Smith
Born: 16 November 1865 Paradise, Muhlenberg
Died: 02 February 1953 Cleaton, Muhlenberg
Parents: William Henderson Smith and Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason
Occupation: Postal Clerk; Clerk, Rogers Brothers Coal Company.

Children of Rolla E. Humphrey & Mary E. Smith (all born at Paradise, Muhlenberg):

  1. Nellie Mae Humphrey
    Born: 22 December 1882
    Died: 31 March 1978
    Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, Muhlenberg
    Married:
    1. 07 May 1905 Butler Co., Kentucky to M.F. Allen of Webster Co., Kentucky
    2. 19 December 1905 to John Richard Thurman, son of Mack C. Thurman and Fannie R. Johnson.
  2. William Smith Humphrey
    Born: 18 June 1885
    Died: 25 January 1971 Ohio Co., Kentucky
    Buried Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Butler Co., Kentucky
    Married: 25 December 1907, Ohio Co., Kentucky to Annie Lena Engler, daughter of Leonard S. Engler and Marion Overton
  3. R. Dee Humphrey
    Born: 01 January 1888
    Died: 20 October 1988, Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Kentucky
    Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, Muhlenberg
    Spouse: George Claborn O'Neal, son of Tobias Grundy O'Neal and Mary Jane Sears; married 03 September 1906, Greenville, Kentucky
  4. Bernice Humphrey
    Born: 28 December 1889
    Died: 14 May 1937, Central City, Muhlenberg
    Buried: Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Butler Co., Kentucky
    Spouse: May Engler; married 28 April 1912, Muhlenberg
  5. Isadora “Do” Maude Humphrey
    Born: 28 June 1893
    Died: 04 March 1984, Greenville, Muhlenberg
    Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, Muhlenberg
    Spouse: Evan Brank Welborn; married 04 October 1914, Muhlenberg

Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam

Updated July 30, 2017