Brief Life History of Shadrach "Shade"
When Shadrach "Shade" Humphries was born on 8 March 1836, in Georgia, United States, his father, John Joseph Humphries, was 30 and his mother, Grace Camp, was 28. He married Mary Jane Murph on 5 August 1867, in Calhoun, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Cass, Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 7, Cass, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 19 February 1907, in De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Marietta, Cass, Texas, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Shadrick Humphurt, "United States Census, 1860"
- Shadrach Humphrey, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Shade Humphries, "Find A Grave Index"
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1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): variant of Humphrey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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