Shelby Family Papers, 1821-1920
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Shelby Family
Title: Papers, 1821-1920
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 0.66 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A S544a
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence of the Shelby, Gibson, Humphreys, Johnstone, and Thompson families. Discussion of family matters and current news are the primary subjects. Papers of Lucy A. Humphreys Johnstone, 1871-1920; Sarah Gibson Humphreys, 1872-1905; Sallie G. Humphreys, 1867-1887; Mary E. Taylor Humphreys, 1885-1897; and Joseph A. Humphreys, 1880-1903; and legal papers, 1849-1883, comprise the bulk of the collection.
Biographical Note
Joseph Alexander Humphreys was born in Woodford County, Ky. in 1826. He was educated at Centre College in Danville, then attended Yale College, and finished his medical studies in Europe; though he never practiced medicine. He remained a farmer all his life. In 1853, he married Sarah T. Gibson, a native of the Parish of Terre Bonne, La. and daughter of the Honorable Tobias Gibson and sister of sister of Senator Gibson of La. She was widowed in 1863 with three children: Lucy A. Johnstone, Sallie and Joseph A. Humphreys.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Correspondence, 1821-1881.
2 Lucy A. Johnstone correspondence, 1871-1884.
3 Lucy A. Johnstone correspondence, 1885-1894.
4 Lucy A. Johnstone correspondence, 1895-1897.
5 Lucy A. Johnstone correspondence, 1898-1920.
6 Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys correspondence, 1872-1898.
7 Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys correspondence, 1900-1905.
8 Sarah Gibson Humphreys checks, 1895-1900.
9 Sallie G. Humphreys correspondence, 1867-1886.
Box 2
10 Mary E. Humphreys correspondence, 1885-1886.
11 Mary E. Humphreys correspondence, 1887 Feb.-July.
12 Mary E. Humphreys correspondence, 1887 Aug.-Oct.
13 Mary E. Humphreys correspondence, 1887 Nov.-1889.
14 Mary E. Humphreys correspondence, 1890-1891.
15 Mary E. Humphreys correspondence, 1892-1893.
16 Mary E. Humphreys correspondence, 1895-1897.
17 Joseph A. Humphreys correspondence, 1880-1903.
18 Legal papers, 1849-1893.
19 Miscellaneous.
