Caledonia

HUMPHREY, Julius Augustus

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 215

Julius Augustus HUMPHREY, of East Burke, was born 03 November 1830 in East 
Burke [Caledonia County, Vermont], son of Erastus and Hannah I. (JOHNSON) 
HUMPHREY. His father came from Connecticut to East Burke very early in the 
present century and Mr. HUMPHREY attended the public schools until seventeen 
years of age; since that time he has always lived and labored on the farm 
where he was born and which he purchased in 1889, giving especial attention 
to the breeding of Devon cattle, and horses of the Wilkes strain of blood. 
For forty years he has been called upon to discharge the duties of various 
offices of the town and was sent to the Legislature as the representative of a 
Republican constituency in 1868, 1869, and 1882, giving his service to the 
committees on the grand list, highways and bridges, and on public buildings. 
Being drafted for service in the army he was rejected on account of physical 
disability. He is a member and for several years has been steward of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church in Burke. On 25 February 1856 Mr. [Julius 
Augustus] HUMPHREY married Lucia A., daughter of Benjamin F. and Annie 
(MINER) BELDEN, of Burke [Caledonia County, Vermont]. Four children hare 
been born to them: Mary Helen (Mrs. Sumner G. PRESCOTT, of Lyndon [Caledonia 
County], Vermont), Frank Erastus, Annie B., and Inez L.

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