{⋆★⋆} BG Humphreys, Benjamin G.

Benjamin Grubb Humphreys​

Born: August 26, 1808

Birth Place: Claiborne County, Mississippi

Father: George Wilson Humphreys 1773 – 1843

(Buried: Humphreys Cemetery, Oaklawn, Mississippi)​

Mother: Sarah Smith 1776 – 1817

(Buried: Humphreys Cemetery, Oaklawn, Mississippi)​

1st​ Wife: Mary McLaughlin 1814 – 1835

(Buried: Humphreys Cemetery, Oaklawn, Mississippi)​

2nd​ Wife: Mildred Maury 1823 – 1899

(Buried: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi)​

Children:

Thomas McLaughlin Humphreys 1833 – 1838​

(Buried: Humphreys Cemetery, Oaklawn, Mississippi)​

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Mary Elizabeth Douglas Humphreys Stamps​

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Julian Maury Humphreys 1840 – 1849​

(Buried: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi)​

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Sarah Smith Humphreys 1843 – 1845​

(Buried: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi)​

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James Maury Humphreys 1845 – 1851​

(Buried: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi)​

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Benjamin George Humphreys 1848 – 1852​

(Buried: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi)​

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Elizabeth Fontaine Humphreys Betron 1856 – 1878​

(Buried: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi)​

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Benjamin Grubs Humphreys II 1865 – 1923​

(Buried: Grenville Cemetery, Grenville, Mississippi)​

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David Smith Humphreys 1860 – 1912​

(Buried: IOOF Cemetery, Greenwood, Mississippi)​

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John Barnes Humphreys​

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Education:

1821 – 1824: Attended School in New Jersey​

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Attended West Point Military Academy, until expelled in 1826​

Occupation before War:

Store Clerk in Port Gibson, Mississippi​

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1839 – 1844: Mississippi State Representative​

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1844 – 1861: Plantation Manager in Mississippi​

Civil War Career:

1861: Organized the Sunflower Guards in Mississippi​

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Colonel of Mississippi Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1864: Received a disabling wound during Battle of Berryville, Virginia​

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1864 – 1865: Commanded a Military District in Mississippi​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1868: Governor of Mississippi​

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Insurance Agent for New York Life Insurance Company​

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Lived on his plantation at Leflore County, Mississippi​

Died: December 30, 1882

Place of Death: Jackson, Mississippi

Cause of Death: War wounds

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Mississippi

 

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He succeeded to command when General William Barksdale was mortally wounded at Gettysburg.