Does anyone know where this Jennie Cain fits in, who her parents are?
#4458: LDS film # 09962913, Excerpts from History of Kentucky,
Illustrated,
1885, by Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin. Appeared in the Central City
Messenger and Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments
during May, June, and July 1959.Humphrey Served For Confederates,
Drafted
by Yanks. ROLLEY E. HUMPHREY, Muhlenberg 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 Jenniee (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 sawmill 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 other 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, Bedcember
25,
1865, to Bethany Ramsey of Webster County, daughter of Alexander and
Perthenia Ramsey of [newsprint column folded over at this point; rest
covered.]