When William Humphries II was born in 1797, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States, his father, William Humphries, was 31 and his mother, Isabella Anderson, was 21. He married Ruth Persinger on 26 November 1821, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Alleghany, Alleghany, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Boiling Spring, Alleghany, Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 4 March 1870, in Alleghany, Virginia, United States, at the age of 73.
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English (West Midlands): variant of Humphrey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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