The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-10-11

No sound shall awake him 70 glory again.
& With the confidence and trust shown
by the apostle to the Gentiles we may
speak for our departed friend and
brother: 81 have fought the good fight;
r have kept the faith, and henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown OF righte-
ousness."
s. Gen. Humphreys was the son of Rey.
David Humphreys. he was born on the
9Th day of October, 1886, in the western
part Of this County, in which he lived
for ffty-eight years. He was educated
under the late Rev. John L. Kennedy,
until he entered Centre College at Dan
vile, KY, from which he graduated in
1857. He studied law and was admitted
to the Bar in 1859. Before he had time to
build up "a practice the war came on, and
he volunteered.
We are glad that we have not delayed
our words Of praise OF such a worthy
man until called upon to chronicle his
departure; for we have often called the
attention Of our readers to his faithful
ness to duty, his perfect uprightness, and
his worth and merit.
The first years of his young manhood
were spent on the battlefield, and no
soldier from South Carolina acquitted
himself more like man than did Gen.
W. w. Humphreys. In war as in peace,
!. his ear was ever attentive to the call to
duty.
i In 1861 he assisted in organizing the
Palmetto Riflemen, was chosen First
Lieutenant, and at the call to arms he
entered active service. Many were the
battlefelds upon which he did valiant
services. He was honored by promotion
to the position of Major of his Regiment
in 1868. He bore the marks Of war in his
body, having been wounded several
times, from one of which he probably
never fully recovered.
After the "cruel war" was ended, the
citizens Of Anderson County, recognizing
his true worth and merit, repeaedtly hon.
ored him with public trnsts. BE was for
years Commissioner in Equity, Judge of
Probate aud Master in Equity. He held
she Office of President of the Savannah
Valley Railroad. The title Of General
was given him in consequence of his
being selected as Brigadier General Of the
.lIth Brigade of South Carolina Militia in
1876. Iii every position and relation of
life he was true and faithful. In 1868 he
he was married. to Miss Josephine Nc
Gully, daughter Of the late Stephen
McCully, of this city, who with FIVE chill
dren are left to mourn his decease.
Gen.. Humphreys was associated with
Col. j. A. Hoyt short time before and
after the war in editing and publishing
the INTELLIaENoER, and was avigorous,
fluent writer.
Thesubject Of this notice was an open
hearted, public spirited and energetic
citizen. He could with confidence be
relied on in every public enterprise to do
his full duty. Many of the public inter-
ests of Anderson and Anderson County
feel the effects Of his public spiritedness.
de held public Office as public trust,
and not as mercenary. AS a public
servant he was kind, polite, prompt and
efficient in the transaction Of business,
seeking not his own but the welfare OF
those he represented. As citizen, he
had few superiors, and was ever ready to
dare and do for the right.
He was member and officer OF the
Presbyterian Church, and discharged his
duties most faithfully and zealously. 1t
was seldom he was absent from his pew
at the regular services, and was most
liberal contributor to the charities of the
Church.
He possessed as little. envy, malice or
prejudice as any man we ever knew, and
never turned deaf ear to an appeal for q
worthy object of charity. He was espe-
cially interested in the welfare of the
young men of his acquaintance, and was
ever ready to give them wise words of
counsel and advice.
Gen. Humphreys will be missed by
our people. We will miss his calm, cool,
deliberate and thoughtful counsel. We
will miss his enterprising spirit, we will
miss his cheerful association, and his
intelligent conversations. Yes, we will
miss him in almost every department OF
life, but most of all will he be missed oy
that devoted family to whose interests
and well-being he devoted his whole
heart and soul.
The family have the sympathies of our
entire people in their sore bereavement,
and in cherishing his memory they will
not be alone. May God, who in. His
great wisdom, doeth all things for the
best, comfort and console them.
Gen. Hamton has accepted an invita-
ton to deliver an address on the occasion
of the unveiling Of the Confederate mon
ument at Orangeburg next Wednesday,
18th inst.