Captain Joseph Humphrey, a verteran of the Civil War who enlisted as a private in the 47th NY volunteers in 1861 and survived three enlistments with that regiment rising from the ranks to that of Sergeant, Lieutenant and at the Muster out of Company I at Raleigh, North Carolina , was its acting Captian died yesterday at his home in New Brighton, Staten Island. He leaves a widow, three sons, Joseph, William and Walter and three daughters Elizabeth, Maria and Louisa. He will be buried beside his son Charles who lost his life in the Santiago campaign.
The Standard Union Brooklyn
The Standard Union Brooklyn
Captain Joseph Humphrey, a verteran of the Civil War who enlisted as a private in the 47th NY volunteers in 1861 and survived three enlistments with that regiment rising from the ranks to that of Sergeant, Lieutenant and at the Muster out of Company I at Raleigh, North Carolina , was its acting Captian died yesterday at his home in New Brighton, Staten Island. He leaves a widow, three sons, Joseph, William and Walter and three daughters Elizabeth, Maria and Louisa. He will be buried beside his son Charles who lost his life in the Santiago campaign.
The Standard Union Brooklyn
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