The Forsythe-Humphrey Story - Greybeard's Ghosts

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Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey, "The Forsythe-Humphrey Story" (unpublished).

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Category: Memoir

Detail

Author: Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey
Publisher: unpublished

Page: 1

Text: Margaret Godsil (Scully) was born in or near Dublin, Ireland. December 3, 1847.

Died in Galesburg, April 9, 1907.

Her husband, Edmund Scully was born in Cork, Ireland, May 6, 1842.

He died in Galesburg, March 18, 1911.

The story goes, when Margaret was a girl in Ireland, her parents didn't want her to marry Edmund, so they sent her to relatives in America, but he followed her here, and they where married and had many children.

Children:
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     Mary (Wilson)         1860 - 1913
     Anna (Unmarried)      1865 - 1948
     James P. (Julia)
     Margaret              1873 - 1954
     William (Josephine)   1874 - 1945
     Edward (Single)       1876 - 1901
     John J.               1883 - 1929
     Catherine (Farre      1880 - 1945
     Daniel (Clara)
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Edmund was a Blacksmith for the C.B. & Q. RR. They lived on Abingdon St. in Galesburg, Ill. attended St. Patricks Church, children attended St. Joseph Academy. They tended large garden, had chickens, cow, etc.
Edmund died from strangulated hernia.
They are both buried in St. Joseph Cemetery in Galesburg, Ill.

Page: 2

Text: Margaret Scully (Forsyth)

Daughter of Margaret Godsil (Scully) and Edmund Scully

Born in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, January 21, 1873

Married William Marion Forsyth, St. Patrick's Church, Galesburg, Illinois, April, 26, 1892.

3 children -
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          William Henry          - February 25, 1893
          Edna Margaret (Hyslop) - February 25, 1805
          Mary Faye              - January 3, 1902  January 31, 1903.
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Member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Altar Society, and Catholic Order of Foresters.

After her husband's death she sold her home on E. Knox St. Galesburg, and purchased a home to 543 S. Cedar St. to be closer to her folks, and after her children were married she went to work in the Catherine Club in Galesburg, and later at the State Hospital in Elgin, Illinois. She lived her last years with her daughter Edna, in Quincy, Illinois.

Died in Quincy, Illinois, April 23, 1954.

She is buried in St. Joseph Cemetery, in Galesburg, Ill.

Page: 3

Text: Martha Larinda McFarland (Forsyth)

Born January 10, 1846 in Adams County, Illinois.

Married William Henry Forsyth in 1865

Lived in LaPrairie, Illinois.
Was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church.

3 children
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          Joel           - died in June 6, 1939
          William Marion - March 5, 1871 - Nov. 26, 1904
          Alfie died about 18 years of age.
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Later years, as a Widow, moved to Quincy, Ill., but lived part of the time with her son William Marion, in Galesburg.

Died in 1919, in Gales burg, Ill.
Buried in Linwood Cemetery, in Galesburg, Ill.

Page: 4

Text: William Henry Forsyth ?

Father of William Henry, Grandfather of William Marion, Great-Grandfather of William Henry Forsythe.

No dates on this old gentleman.

He was a rich former, had extensive holdings. His farm was near Carthage, Illinois. There are stories about this man, as follows:

Every afternoon about time for the train to arrive in Golden, Illinois, he would drive his team of spirited black horses at a full gallop, hitched to a Trap, (a one seated buggy with four wheels), into town. By the time he arrived in Golden the horses were wet with sweat and covered with foam. He would throw the reins to some urchin standing near the station, and pompously instruct him, "Hold those horses, boy," and he would strut up and down the station platform while the passengers (if any) would board the train, observing whatever activity was taking place. Then he would get back in his cart and drive back to his farm the same speed that he came, as fast as the horses could run.

When he was on his death bed, and his doctor informed him of his condition, he remonstrated with the doctor, and told him that he didn't have time to die as he had to finish harvesting the crops.

Page: 5

Text: William Henry Forsyth

Son of William Henry Forsyth

Born about 1844.

Married Martha Larinda McFarland in 1865.

Owned a farm near LaPrairie, where they lived.

3 Children
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                              Joel -                    died June 6, 1939
                              Alfie - died when young
                              William Marion - March 5, 1871 - Nov. 26, 1904
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William Henry Forsyth died May 11, 1871, of T.B., a young man, about 27 years old,
leaving a young wife and three children.

He is probably buried in La Prairie, or Chili, Ill.

Page: 6

Text: William Marion Forsyth

Son of William Henry Forsyth, and Martha Larinda McFarland,

Born March 5, 1871 in LaPrairie, Illinois.

Married Margaret Scully, April 26, 1892, in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.

Worked as Brakeman on both the C.B. & Q., and Santa Fe Railroads.

3 children
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                    William Henry          - February 25, 1893
                    Edna Margaret (Hyslop) - February 25, 1895
                    Mary Faye              - January 3, 1902 - died January 31, 1903.
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He was killed by an engine boiler explosion on the Santa Fe Railroad, November 26, 1904.

He is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.

The train accident occurred at Pontoosic Illinois.

Page: 9

Text: William David Forsythe,
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Sept. 25, 1939    Enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois,

Sept. 1940        Graduated as Airplane Mechanic, Parks Air College, St. Louis, Mo.

1940              Savannah Air Base, Savannah, Ga.

Jan. 1942         Flying Cadet, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala.

March 16, 1942    Qualified as Navigator. Was Cadet Officer.

April 29, 1942    Cadet Lt. in Aviation Cadet Training School, Turner Field, Albany, Ga.

July              Resigned as Navigator.

July              Returned to Maxwell Field.

March 1943        Candidate in Anti Air Craft, Officers Candidate School, Camp Davis, North Carolina.
                  Injured knee on obsticle course, and again jumping a ditch on a twenty mile hike.
                  On May 19th, twisted knee again playing ball.

June, 1943        Graduated as 2nd Lieutenant.

August, 1943      Maneuvers - Shreeveport, La., Camp Polk, La., Camp Livingston, Alexandria, La.

February 6, 1944  Overseas on the Queen Mary, Traffic Control Officer on voyage.
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The ship docked in "Firth of Clyde" near Glasgow, and met by a Scottish Band in "Kilties". Took train from there to small town south of Bristol, arriving about the 21st. After a week there, moved east to Wellingford, on the Thames, between Reading and Oxford, billited in and around town, and watched the bombings of London from Wellingford. Spent two weeks at Weston-Super Mer on Bristol Channel near Bristol. Travelled to coast of Devonshire often to participate or watch Anti Aircraft firing, or attend schools on it. Went to Bournmouth as Officer Courrier before the invasion picking up information for his Battalion.

Debarked from South Hampton for France in a Liberty Ship, arrived at Omaha Beachhead in Normandy in evening. Laid off shore all night, unloaded in morning. Were bombed and strafed. There were hundreds of boats and the sky was bright with ack-ack fire.

Jumping a ditch hurriedly, to get to his fox hole, He injured his knee again. This happened near St. Mere Eglese while undergoing an artillery barrage on the evening of June 18th. He laid in the fox hole all night in pain. Taken to a hospital the next morning, and in few days was evacuated to England on a Landing Craft. In hospital in South Hampton for few hours, then moved to 48th General Hospital near Winchester, at Stackbridge, England. Leg in cast for several weeks, in hospital for treatment and on crutches for over four months.

Left England a second time from South Hampton. Landed at Havre, France. Rode 40 & 8s through Paris, to 19th depot. Transferred out, took 40 ' 8s to LeMans to 15th depot. The 398 was formed at LeMans and went to Paris , then to Corbiel by truck. Executive Officer, in Military Police.

December 21st, 1945, he arrived at Camp Grant, and on 24th was in Vaughn Army Hospital in Chicago.

Released from hospital late in January, 1946.

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Text: Johnathan Jesse Compton,
Son of James Compton and Phoebe Lamoreux

Born in Tyronw, Steuben County, New York., January 17, 1818.
Baker by trade.

Married Julia Ann Taylor in
Jamestown, New York in 1840.

Moved to Centon, Ill in 1843,
Moved to Avon, Ill . in 1855.

Enlisted in the Union Army Sept. 21, 1861.
Discharged Sept. 27, 1864, Rome, Ga.
Re-enlisted - served until end of war.

Died in Avon, Fulton County, Illinois, May 21, 1887, of heart disease.
Member of the Freeborn Post.

James Compton and Phoebe Lamoreux Compton came to Stoughton, Wisconsin in 1840.
4 other brothers were killed in the Civil war.

Another brother Jack lived in Minnesota.
Benjamin, was born in 1835, and lived in Stoughton, Wisconsin.

The original Compton home was between Lake Kegonsa and Stoughton, Wisconsin.

Page: 11

Text: Rachel Jellife

Daughter of Huldah Sturges and William Jelliffe

Born in Westport, Connecticut,
January 4, 1793
Died — Troupsville, N. Y. March 11, 1830

Married Bennett Taylor, in 1813.

Had 12 children,
Maria, Esther, Rob' t,William,
Alonzo, (twins died 1822),

Julius and Julia,(twins),
Mary Elizabeth, and James Osborn.
Bennett Taylor married again after his wife's death, and they had many more children. Among them was Clinton and Colista, twins. Colista is the half-sister that cared for Grandma Julia Compton for several years before her death.

William Jelliffe,
Son of Thomas Jelliffe,
Married Huldah Sturges, Dec. 7, 1771, at Norwalk, Connecticut.

Thomas Jelliffe,
Son of William Jelliffe,
Married Catherine Fillow, in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1738.

Page: 12

Text: Julia Ann Taylor
Daughter of Rachel Jelliffe and Bennett Taylor

Born in Cato, Chatagua County, N. Y. July 7, 1824

Married Johnathan Jesse Compton in Jamestown, N.Y. April 1840
moved to Canton, Ill in 1843
moved to Avon, Ill in 1855
She was a member of the Baptist Church in Avon, Ill.

She had 12 children:

          Sarah Mariah, - born June 10, 1841. in Jamestown, N. Y.
                          married Clark Lindsey in Macomb, Ill. 1859
                          died - in Oklahoma -
          William L.W. - born May. 1, 1843 in Jamestown, N.Y.
                         died May 2, 1856 in Avon, Ill.
          Catherine S. - born Apr. 17, 1845 in. Canton, Ill.
                         married John Hodson 1863 in Macomb, Ill. –
                         died in Kewanee, Ill -
          John B. - born 1848 in Avon, Ill.
                    died in Springfield told, Ill. Nov. 24, 1890
          Dewitt C. - born Sept. 1850 - died Mar. 19, 1851 in Rock County, Wisconsin.
          Sorelda Ann, - born 1855 in Avon, Ill.
                         married James Cunningham
                         died in Galesburg, Ill. -
          Phoebe Jane - born May 3, 1857 in Avon, Ill.
                        married David Henry Humphrey Feb. 21, 1870
                        died Oct. 25, 1938 in Wilmington, Ill.
          Ida Mae - born May 1853 in Avon, Ill.
                    died Sept 1864.
          Julia - born 1866 in Avon, Ill.
                  married Timothy Goodsil.
                  died South Bend, Indiana.
          Minnie Emaline - born 1868 in Avon, Ill.
                           married David Hamill (her half-first cousin) Oct. 1888
                           died in Detroit, Mich. -
          Two children died in infancy.

She was an invalid for 6 or 7 years after a stroke. She was cared for in her home in Avon by her half sister, Colista Taylor Hamill.

She died May 13, 1913 in Avon, Ill.
She is buried in the Avon Cemetery.

Page: DHH

Text: David Henry Humphrey,

Son of Hugh Humphrey and Elizabeth Lovell (Humphrey)
Born in Vermont, McConough County, Illinois, March 16, 1856.

Died in Galesburg, Illinois, Knox County, January 21, 1924.

Married Phoebe Jane Compton in Avon, Illinois, February 21, 1878.

3 children,

    Artie Randolph -  born April 25, 1870, in Avon, Illinois.
                      died July 2, 1959, Washington, D. C.
                      married Margaret Cunneen one adopted
                      girl, Marian Francis, 1919.
                      Artie was Barber, and Express Agent.
    Herschel Wayne, - born October 4, 1887, in Maquon, Illinois,
                      died April 26, 1962, Fox River Grove, Illinois.
                      married Pearl Risley in Enid, Oklahoma, -
                      one son, Herschel Henry, born Sept. 20, 1910.
                      was Newspaper reporter and editor.
    Minnie Elizabeth  (born in Glaesburg, Illinois, December 26, 1894

Also raised a Foster daughter "LaVina Jennings" from 7 years until she married our cousin, Dell Lindsey.

David Henry Humphrey was a barber by trade, and owned and operated Barber shops in Avon,
Maquon, and in the old Brown's Hotel and the old Union Hotel in Galesburg, Illinois.
Carl Sandberg mentions this last shop in his book "The Young Strangers".

He is buried in Linwood Cemetery, in Galesburg, Illinois.

Page: HH

Text: Hugh Humphrey

Born in Great Barrington, Massachusets, 1819

Went to Cincinatti, Ohio, Hamilton County in 1840.

He married Elizabeth Lovell in 1844.

3 children

Susan Alwelda (married Perry Estus) --
      died Oct. 1921.          4 children
                               Minnie (Enos Taft)
                               Daisy (Baughinan)
                               Tony 0 single
                               Nora (Hastings)
                               all deceased

David Henry (Married Phoebe Jane Compton)
          3 children
                    Artie Randolph 1879 - 1959
                    Herschel Wayne 1887 - 1962
                    Minnie Elizabeth (Forsythe) 1894

Frances Marion died at about 18 years.

Hugh Humphrey moved his family to McDonough County, Illinois, 1856

He moved to Cass County, Missouri, in 1868

Moved back to Prairie City, Illinois, in 1874.

He died February 2, 1890.

Probably buried in Prairie City, Ill.

Personal Names

Person	Claim	Detail	Evidence
Bennet Taylor	Name	Bennett Taylor [S2] [S6] [S8] [S56] [S112] [S118] [S2715] [S2919]	primary
Catherine Fillow	Name	Catherine Fillow [S2] [S8]	memoir
Clara Elizabeth Mayer	Name	Clara Mayer [S2] [S817] [S2875] [N126]	secondary
David Henry Humphrey	Name	David Henry Humphrey [S2] [S6] [S21] [N114]	secondary
Edmund Scully	Name	Edmund Scully [S2] [S6] [S14] [S18] [S19] [S41] [S227:18660522] [S1942] [S2705]	primary
	Name	Edna Margaret Forsyth [S2]	memoir
Elizabeth Lovell	Name	Elizabeth Lovell [S2] [S6] [S22] [N114]	memoir
Elizabeth Lovell	Name	Elizabeth Lovell (Humphrey) [S2]	memoir
Frederick Albert Loebach	Name	F. Al Loebach [S2]	memoir
Hugh Humphrey	Name	Hugh Humphrey [S2] [S6] [S22] [S43] [S250] [S1100] [S1108] [S1699] [N114] [N125]	primary
Huldah Sturges	Name	Huldah Sturges [S2] [S6] [S8]	memoir
Lt. James Compton	Name	James Compton [S2] [S107] [S152] [S1637] [S1968] [S2014] [S2715]	primary
James Marion Forsythe	Name	James Marion Forsythe [S2]	memoir
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Name	Johnathan Jesse Compton [S2]	memoir
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Name	Jonathan Jesse Compton [S2] [S6] [S2715]	memoir
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Name	Jonathon Jesse Compton [S2]	memoir
Julia Ann Taylor	Name	Julia Ann Taylor [S2] [S6] [S2715]	memoir
Margaret Godsil	Name	Margaret Godsil [S2] [S6] [S7] [S19] [S827] [S1942] [S2573]	primary
Margaret Scully	Name	Margaret Scully [S2] [S6] [S13] [S1113:19041129] [S2181] [S2706:19540424] Nickname: Maggie	primary
Mary Phyllis Forsythe	Name	Mary Phyllis Forsythe [S2]	memoir
Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey	Name	Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey [S2] [S6] [S1162] Nickname: Min	primary
Phebe Lamoureux	Name	Phoebe Lamoreux [S2]	memoir
Phoebe Jane Compton	Name	Phoebe Jane Compton [S2] [S6] [S2715] Nickname: Jennie	memoir
Rachel Jelliff	Name	Rachel Jellife [S2]	memoir
Rachel Jelliff	Name	Rachel Jelliffe [S2] [S8]	memoir
Thomas Jelliff	Name	Thomas Jelliffe [S2]	memoir
William Jelliff	Name	William Jelliffe [S2]	memoir
William Jelliff	Name	William Jelliffe [S2]	memoir
William Henry Forsyth	Name	William Henry Forsyth [S2] [S6] [S13] [S2909]	primary
William Henry Forsythe	Name	William Henry Forsythe [S2] [S6] [S1921] [S2181] Nickname: Bill	primary
William Marion Forsyth	Name	William Marion Forsyth [S2] [S6] [S13] [S869] [S1154] [S2181]	primary

Relationships

Person	Claim	Detail	Evidence
Tim Forsythe	Father	William David Forsythe (1918-2015) [S2] [S6:65]	dna
Tim Forsythe	Mother	Doris Marie Loebach (1926-2018) [S2] [S6:65]	dna
William David Forsythe	Father	William Henry Forsythe (1893-1974) [S2] [S3] [S422] [S429] [S2712] [S2877]	dna
William David Forsythe	Mother	Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey (1894-1990) [S2] [S422] [S429] [S2712] [S2877] [N122]	dna
Doris Marie Loebach	Father	Frederick Albert Loebach (1891-1979) [S2] [S5] [S6:118] [S428] [S2875] [S2876]	dna
Doris Marie Loebach	Mother	Clara Elizabeth Mayer (1900-1983) [S2] [S4] [S6:118] [S428] [S2875]	dna
William Henry Forsythe	Grandfather	William Henry Forsyth (1844-1871) [S2]	memoir
William Henry Forsythe	Father	William Marion Forsyth (1871-1904) [S2] [S6] [S443] [S1110:19041129] [S1113:19041129] [S1154] [S2181] [S2706:19540424]	dna
William Henry Forsythe	Mother	Margaret Scully (1873-1954) [S2] [S6] [S437] [S443] [S1110:19041129] [S1113:19041129] [S1154] [S1162] [S2181] [S2706:19540424]	dna
William Henry Forsythe	Great grandfather	Alpha Layson Forsyth (1819-1891) [S2]	memoir
Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey	Father	David Henry Humphrey (1856-1924) [S2] [S6] [S427] [S1162]	dna
Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey	Mother	Phoebe Jane Compton (1857-1938) [S2] [S6] [S427] [S1162] [N122]	dna
William Marion Forsyth	Father	William Henry Forsyth (1844-1871) [S2] [S6] [S13] [S1000] [S1001] [S1002] [S1003] [S1112:18860914] [S1866:50] [S2906] [S2909]	dna
William Marion Forsyth	Mother	Martha Lurinda McFarland (1846-1920) [S2] [S6] [S11] [S13] [S993] [S994] [S998] [S1001] [S1003] [S1109:19020911] [S1110:19041129] [S1113:19041128] [S1866:50] [S2909]	dna
William Marion Forsyth	Grandfather	Alpha Layson Forsyth (1819-1891) [S2] [S1866:50] [S2906] [S2909]	primary
Margaret Scully	Father	Edmund Scully (1842-1911) [S2] [S6] [S7] [S16] [S19] [S827] [S1113:19041129]	dna
Margaret Scully	Mother	Margaret Godsil (e1841-1907) [S2] [S6] [S7] [S16] [S827] [S1113:19041129]	dna
David Henry Humphrey	Father (adopted?)	Hugh Humphrey (1819-1890) [S2] [S6] [S22] [S459] [S469] [N114] [N134]	primary
David Henry Humphrey	Mother (adopted?)	Elizabeth Lovell (1827-1890) [S2] [S6] [S459] [S469] [N114] [N134]	primary
Phoebe Jane Compton	Father	Jonathan Jesse Compton (1818-1887) [S2] [S6] [S23] [S51] [S2715] [N122]	dna
Phoebe Jane Compton	Mother	Julia Ann Taylor (1824-1913) [S2] [S6] [S23] [S51] [S2715] [S2914]	dna
William Henry Forsyth	Father	Alpha Layson Forsyth (1819-1891) [S2] [S31] [S32] [S1866:50] [S2909]	dna
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Father	Lt. James Compton (1782-1867) [S2] [S2715] [N122]	dna
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Mother	Phebe Lamoureux (1786-1885) [S2] [S2715]	dna
Julia Ann Taylor	Father	Bennet Taylor (1794-1853) [S2] [S6] [S8] [S56] [S2715] [N122]	dna
Julia Ann Taylor	Mother	Rachel Jelliff (1793-1830) [S2] [S6] [S8] [S56] [N122]	dna
Rachel Jelliff	Father	William Jelliff (~1752-1823) [S2] [S6] [S8] [S2919]	dna
Rachel Jelliff	Mother	Huldah Sturges (~1754-1836) [S2] [S6] [S2919]	dna
William Jelliff	Father	Thomas Jelliff (e1715-) [S2] [S6] [S8]	dna
William Jelliff	Mother	Catherine Fillow (e1716-) [S2] [S6] [S8]	dna
Thomas Jelliff	Father	William Jelliff (e1671-) [S2] [S8]	memoir
K. Forsythe	Father	William David Forsythe (1918-2015) [S2] [S6:64] [S417]	secondary
K. Forsythe	Mother	Doris Marie Loebach (1926-2018) [S2] [S6:64] [S417]	dna
Mary Phyllis Forsythe	Father	William Henry Forsythe (1893-1974) [S2]	secondary
Mary Phyllis Forsythe	Mother	Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey (1894-1990) [S2]	dna
James Marion Forsythe	Father	William Henry Forsythe (1893-1974) [S2]	secondary
James Marion Forsythe	Mother	Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey (1894-1990) [S2]	dna
J. Forsythe	Father	William Henry Forsythe (1893-1974) [S2]	secondary
J. Forsythe	Mother	Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey (1894-1990) [S2]	dna

Events & Attributes

Person	Claim	Date	Detail	Age	Evidence
Thomas Jelliff	Marriage	1738	Catherine Fillow, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2] [S6] [S8]		memoir
William Jelliff	Marriage	Dec 7, 1771	Huldah Sturges, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2] [S6] [S8]		memoir
Rachel Jelliff	Birth	Jan 4, 1793	Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2] [S6] [S8] [S24]		primary
Bennet Taylor	Marriage 1st	1813	Rachel Jelliff, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2] [S6] [S8]		memoir
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Birth	Jan 17, 1818	Tyrone, Steuben, New York, United States [S2] [S23] [S24] [S47] [S48] [S50] [S51] [S2715]		primary
Hugh Humphrey	Birth	1819	Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States [S2] [S6] [S22] [S43] [S46] [S459] [S469] [S1486] [N114] [N125]		primary
Julia Ann Taylor	Birth	Jul 7, 1824	Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States [S2] [S6] [S8] [S23] [S24] [S47] [S48] [S50] [S51] [S56] [S57] [S444] [S2715]		primary
Rachel Jelliff	Death	Mar 11, 1830	Troupsville, Cayuga, New York, United States [S2] [S6] [S8] childbirth		memoir
Lt. James Compton	Moved	1840	Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin, United States [S2]		memoir
Hugh Humphrey	Moved	1840	Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States [S2] [S22] [N114] [N125]		memoir
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Marriage	Apr 17, 1840	Julia Ann Taylor, Jamestown, Chautaugua, New York, United States [S2] [S48] In Julia Ann Taylor Compton Interview and Fulton County Heritage, she gave her marriage in January of 1839 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. - she would have been on;y 14 years old, which seems unlikely.		primary
Edmund Scully	Birth	May 6, 1842	County Cork, Ireland [S2] [S6] [S16] [S17] [S18] [S19] [S40] [S443]		primary
Julia Ann Taylor	Moved	1843	Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Moved	1843	Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
Hugh Humphrey	Marriage	May 30, 1843	Elizabeth Lovell, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States [S2] [S6] [S1108]		secondary
Martha Lurinda McFarland	Birth	Jan 10, 1846	Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States [S2] [S3] [S6] [S11] [S13] [S31] [S32] [S443]		primary
Hugh Humphrey	Moved	1856	McDonough, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S22] [N114]		memoir
David Henry Humphrey	Birth	Mar 16, 1856	Vermont, McDonough, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S12] [S20] [S1073] [N134] probably Bradford, Rock, Illinois		primary
Phoebe Jane Compton	Birth	May 3, 1857	Avon, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S12] [S20] [S23] [S51] [S1073]		primary
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Military	Sep 21, 1861	Avon, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S54] [S55] [S2715] enlisted in the Union Army for 3 years		secondary
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Military	Sep 27, 1864	Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States [S2] [S6] [S54] [S2715] honorably discharged at expiration of term of enlistment	43y	secondary
William Henry Forsyth	Marriage	Nov 29, 1865	Martha Lurinda McFarland, Adams, Illinois, United States [S2] [S3] [S14] [S35]		primary
Hugh Humphrey	Moved	1868	Cass, Missouri, United States [S2] [S22] [N114]		memoir
William Marion Forsyth	Birth	Mar 5, 1871	on a farm near Bowen, Hancock, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S11] [S12] [S13] [S443] [S993] [S994] [S1110:19041129] [S1113:19041129] [S1154]		primary
William Henry Forsyth	Death	May 11, 1871	his farm in LaPrairie, Adams, Illinois, United States [S2] [S3] [S6] [S13] [S28] [S2909] tuberculosis	26y5m13d	primary
Margaret Scully	Birth	Jan 21, 1873	Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S16] [S17] [S18] [S443] [S827] [S1157] [S2706:19540424]		primary
Hugh Humphrey	Moved	1874	Prairie City, McDonough, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S22] [N114]		memoir
David Henry Humphrey	Marriage	Feb 21, 1878	Phoebe Jane Compton, Avon, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S14]		secondary
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Death	May 21, 1887	Avon, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2] [S47] [S48] [S2715] heart disease	69y	primary
Hugh Humphrey	Death	Feb 2, 1890	Prairie City, McDonough, Illinois, United States [S2] [S22] [N114]	70y	memoir
William Marion Forsyth	Marriage	Apr 26, 1892	Margaret Scully, St. Patrick's Church, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S13] [S14] [S1113:19041129] [S2706:19540424]		primary
William Henry Forsythe	Birth	Feb 25, 1893	W. 2nd St. Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S238] [S769] [S876] [S1067] [S1154] [S1921] [S2181] [S2712]		primary
Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey	Birth	Dec 26, 1894	424 South Prairie St., Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S876] [S1073]		primary
William Marion Forsyth	Death	Nov 26, 1904	Pontoosuc, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S12] [S13] [S873] [S1075:136] [S1110:19041129] [S1113:19041128] [S1154] [S2706:19540424] Sante Fe Railroad engine boiler explosion	33y9m	primary
William Marion Forsyth	Burial	Nov 29, 1904	Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S12] [S1113:19041130]		primary
Margaret Godsil	Death	Apr 9, 1907	888 Abingdon St., Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S17] [S18] [S19]		primary
Margaret Godsil	Burial	Apr 14, 1907	St. Joseph's Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S17] [S18] [S1113:19070415]		primary
Edmund Scully	Death	Mar 18, 1911	888 S. Academy St., Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S17] [S18] [S19] stangulated hernia		primary
William Henry Forsythe	Graduation	Jun 2, 1911	Corpus Christi High School, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
Julia Ann Taylor	Death	May 13, 1913	Avon, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S47] [S57] [S2715] [S2914]	88y10m6d	primary
Julia Ann Taylor	Burial	May 15, 1913	Avon Cemetery, Union Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2] [S57]		secondary
Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey	Graduation	May 29, 1913	Galesburg High School, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey	Graduation	Oct 13, 1914	Brown's Business College, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
William Henry Forsythe	Occupation	1917 to 1932	C. B. & Q. Railroad switchman, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S1067] [S2181]		primary
Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey	Adult Christening	May 1917	Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
William Henry Forsythe	Marriage	Jun 25, 1917	Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey, Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6]		memoir
William David Forsythe	Birth	May 18, 1918	St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S1869] [S2877]		primary
William David Forsythe	Christening	May 19, 1918	St. Patrick's Church, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
James Marion Forsythe	Birth	Aug 9, 1919	Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S2916:19820930]		memoir
David Henry Humphrey	Death	Jan 21, 1924	Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S12] [S21] [N114]	67y	primary
William Henry Forsythe	Occupation	1932 to 1941	Metropolitan Insurance Agent, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
Mary Phyllis Forsythe	Birth	Nov 12, 1932	Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S2916:19811111]		memoir
William David Forsythe	Graduation	Jun 1936	Corpus Christi High School, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
Phoebe Jane Compton	Residence	Oct 24, 1938	Soldiers' Widow's and Daughter's Home, Wilmington, Will, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S822]		primary
Phoebe Jane Compton	Death	Oct 25, 1938	Kankakee City, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S12] [S21]	81y	primary
William David Forsythe	Military	Sep 25, 1939	Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois, United States [S2] enlisted in the Army Air Force		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Sep 1940	Parks Air College in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States [S2] graduated as an airplane mechanic		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	aft Sep 1940	Savannah Air Base in Savannah, Georgia, United States [S2]		memoir
William Henry Forsythe	Occupation	Oct 1941 to Oct 30, 1959	Milwalkee Railroad switchman, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Jan 1942 to Mar 16, 1942	Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama, United States [S2] flying cadet, qualified as navigator, commissioned as Lt.		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Apr 29, 1942 to Jul 1942	Aviation Cadet Training School Turner Field in Albany, Georgia, United States [S2] Cadet Officer, resigned his commission as navigator		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Jul 1942 to Mar 1943	Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama, United States [S2]		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Mar 1943 to Jun 1943	Anti-Aircraft Officers Candidate School Camp Davis, North Carolina, United States [S2] graduated as 2nd Lt.		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Aug 1943	Louisiana, United States [S2] on maneuvers in Shreveport, Camp Polk, Camp Livingston, and Alexandria		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Feb 11, 1944	[S2] [S6:37] [S3143:1] [S3143:5] traffic control officer aboard the Queen Mary		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Jun 18, 1944	St. Mere Eglise, France [S2] [S6:37] reinjured his knee jumping a ditch when he was running for a foxhole		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Dec 21, 1945	Camp Grant, Illinois, United States [S2] returned home from war		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Dec 24, 1945	Vaughn Army Hospital, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States [S2]		memoir
William David Forsythe	Military	Jan 1946	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States [S2] discharged		memoir
William David Forsythe	Marriage	May 10, 1947	Doris Marie Loebach, St. Gregory Church, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6:45] [S417]		memoir
Margaret Scully	Death	Apr 23, 1954	901 Jefferson St., Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6:58] [S17] [S18] [S827] [S1157] [S2706:19540424] Cerebral Thombosis - blot clot in sinuses that drain blood from the brain causing a stroke.	81y	primary
Margaret Scully	Burial	Apr 26, 1954	St. Joseph's Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S17] [S18] [S827]		primary
William Henry Forsythe	Retirement	Oct 30, 1959	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States [S2] [S1161]		primary
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Burial		Avon Cemetery, Union Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States [S2] [S47]		primary
Margaret Scully	Number of Children		3 [S2]		memoir
Julia Ann Taylor	Number of Children		12 [S2]		memoir
Jonathan Jesse Compton	Occupation		baker [S2] [S6] [S24]		primary
Phoebe Jane Compton	Number of Children		3 [S2]		memoir
Phoebe Jane Compton	Occupation		Milliner [S2] [S6]		memoir
David Henry Humphrey	Occupation		barber [S2] [S6] [S20] [S1073]		primary
Rachel Jelliff	Number of Children		12 [S2] [S6]		memoir
David Henry Humphrey	Burial		Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6]		memoir
William Henry Forsyth	Burial		Forsyth Cemetery, Hancock, Illinois, United States [S2] [S28] [S29] [S30]		primary
Edmund Scully	Burial		St. Joseph's Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S17] [S18] [S19]		primary
Elizabeth Lovell	Number of Children		3 [S2]		memoir
Martha Lurinda McFarland	Burial		Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S3]		memoir
Phoebe Jane Compton	Burial		Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States [S2] [S6] [S12]		primary

Referrers

The Compton Family of Smith's Clove
The Strange Case of the Traveling Barber