William Y. Humphreys and Ellen Stephenson

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Husband William Y. Humphreys ¹

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           Born: 8 May 1861 - St. Louis, MO 1
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         Father: George D. Humphreys (      -Abt 1877) 1
         Mother: Sarah Frances Young (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 21 Nov 1892 2

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Wife Ellen Stephenson ²

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         Father: John G. Stephenson (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Y. Patterson (      -      ) 3 4

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1 M William Y. Humphreys, Jr. ²

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2 M John G. Humphreys ²

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3 F Elizabeth S. Humphreys ²

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4 M Alan S. Humphreys ²

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5 F Katherine S. Humphreys ²

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6 M Richard A. Humphreys ²

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General Notes: Husband - William Y. Humphreys

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He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was educated in public and private schools. At the age of sixteen, upon the death of his father, he entered the service of the Mississippi Glass Company. In 1887 he came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the iron brokerage business under the firm name of Preston & Humphreys. The partnership was subsequently dissolved, and Mr. Humphreys became the senior member of the firm of Humphreys, Griffin & Company, an organization which was very successful and conducted a large business in iron and steel. In 1896 Mr. Humphreys organized the Bessemer Coke Company, and the following year formed the Empire Coke Company. Subsequently he founded the Columbia and Duquesne Coke Companies, and shortly after merged them all together, with three other plants, forming the Bessemer Coke Company. This firm, which began with one hundred ovens, had become in a few years next to the largest of the independent coke companies operating in the Connellsville region, employing about two thousand men and operating fourteen hundred ovens. Mr. Humphreys retained the presidency of this company, and was also president of the Millsboro Coke Company, as well as vice-president of the Powell Coal & Coke Company and of the Pittsburg Coal Washer Company, in addition to being connected with numerous other enterprises.
While a very domestic man, Mr. Humphreys was extremely fond of yachting, hunting and all outdoor sports.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 68.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 69.

3 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 310.

4 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 455.