MR. RICHARD E. HUMPHREY SR. IXONIA, JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN.
RICHARD HUMPHREY SR., was born in Caernarvonshire, Wales, in 1818, where he grew to manhood and married Jane Humphrey. Though of the same name as her husband, Mrs. Humphrey's family was of no known kin.In 1845 the family emigrated to the United States, and proceeded directly to Jefferson County, where they located on a new timbered farm. The family was one of several that came together from Wales, and formed quite a settlement in Jefferson County, where they were among the pioneers. They were a thrifty, industrious people, and did much toward clearing up and improving that part of the county in which their settlement was made. It is proper to state here, that the father of Richard Humphrey, Sr., and the stepmother (the first wife having died in Wales) and all of the family had come to America previous to 1845, and had settled in the town of Delafield, Waukesha County, where the elder Humphrey and wife passed the remainder of their lives.
Richard Humphrey, Sr., died at his old home in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson County, where he had settled more than forty-years before, in January, 1887.
There were eight children born to the Humphrey family, comprising six brothers and two sisters, seven of whom are living, namely: Richard, Evan, Hugh, Jane, Ellis, Mary and William. The deceased is Owen.