Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Joseph Wesley Humphrey

Full Name: Joseph Wesley Humphrey
Other surnames: Humphreys
Birth date: March 28, 1847
Death date: April 24, 1932

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. "Politically, he is a true, simon pure Jacksonian Democrat . . ." Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
(3) J.W. Humphreys, Emory. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Joseph Wesley Humphreys, birth date 3/28/1847 in North Carolina; death date 4/24/1932 in Point, Rains County, Texas; wife Mary J. Humphreys; farmer/county attorney; burial in Bellah Cemetery. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Joseph Wesley Humphrey (1847-1932), burial in Bellah Cemetery, Emory, Rains County. Includes obituary from Greenville Evening Banner for Judge John N. Humphrey [sic], Rains County Attorney and former member of the Texas Legislature, 4/25/1932, p. 8. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, J.W. Humphrey, p. 28. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, J.W. Humphrey, pp. 326-328. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Biographical sketch, Joseph W. Humphrey, pp. 109-110. Born 3/28/1847 in Robeson County, North Carolina; married Mary J. Bellah 11/15/1881 in Rains County. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.