KENTUCKY: A HISTORY OF THE STATE, by Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed.
MUHLENBERG CO.
ROLLEY E. HUMPHREY, Muhlenburgh County, was born December 10, 1842, in
Webster County, Ky., and is the ninth of six boys and five girls (ten
living), born to Rolley and Jennie (CAIN) Humphrey; the names of their
children are: John, James M., Benjamin W., Rolley E., Samuel C., A. W.,
Elizabeth, deceased, Rebecca, Amanda, Sallie and Matilda. The parents
were born and reared in Ohio County, Ky., were of Irish descent; the
father was born in 1802. The grandfather, Dr. Benjamin Humphrey, was a
native of Virginia, and came to Ohio County about 1800; the grandfather
CAIN, was in the battle of New Orleans, and died soon after his return.
Rolley E. Humphrey was reared on a farm, and received a fair common
school education. He lived with his parents until the age of
twenty-one, when he engaged in the saw-mill business, which he followed
until 1878; in 1876, he moved to South Carrollton, and built a
grist-mill, which he has conducted ever since with success; he and two
brothers ran a saw-mill in Evansville for three years, and dealt
extensively in timber. In 1878, he lost 12,000 bushels of wheat in
Evansville elevator. October 8, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, First
Kentucky Confederate Cavalry; took part in the battle of Perryville,
Ky., and numerous skirmishes; was wounded in the left foot at
Perryville, and discharged in the spring of 1863; was drafted in the
Federal service, but was exempted on account of wound; his two brothers
were also in the Confederate army. Mr. Humphrey was married, December
25, 1865, to Bethany Ramsey of Webster County, daughter of Alexander and
Perthenia Ramsey of Webster County. Mrs. Humphrey died October 25,
1866, a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Humphrey next married, March
7, 1877, Cordie Ashly, of Hopkins County, daughter of Jackson and
Elizabeth (Pritchett) Ashly, of Hopkins County, Ky. This union is
blessed with three children: Absalom, Lalla Rhook and Heilman. Mr. and
Mrs. Humphrey are members of the Baptist Church; he is a member of the
F. & A. M.