Amos Humiston (1830 - 1863)

Born 26 Apr 1830 in Owego, Tioga, New York, United States

Husband of Philinda Elizabeth (Ensworth) Humiston — married 1852 (to 1 Jul 1863) in New York, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jul 1863 at age 33 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Amos Humiston is Notable.

Amos was born in 1830, the son of James Ambrose and Mary (Brunson) Humiston, in New York state where he was raised.

On the Fourth of July, 1854, Amos married Philinda Betsey (Ensworth) Smith, the daughter of Tracy and Harriet (Williams) Ensworth, in Candor, Tioga County, New York. This was Philinda's second marriage. Her first husband died shortly after they were married and there were no children from that union. Amos and Philinda settled in Tioga County, New York, and had the following children:

Dr. Franklin Goodwin Humiston (1855–1912)

Alice Eliza Humiston (1857–1933)

Frederick Roy Humiston (1859–1918)

The 1860 U.S. Census has Amos working as a harness maker in Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York, where his youngest two children were born.

When the Civil War broke out Amos answered President Lincoln's call to arms and joined the 154th New York Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army as a Corporal. He was soon serving as a Sargeant in Company C. Amos was killed during the first day of fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. He was 33 years old at the time. He died while street fighting in the town of Gettysburg and was found dead from bullet wounds lying on straw covered ground inside a stock barn. He had no ID but clutched a photo of his three children, which his wife later identified.

Sales from the photo of Amos and Philinda's children enabled the Orphan's Homestead to be built outside Gettysburg. Philanda Ensworth Humiston became one of the first matrons of the orphanage and resided there with her three children for a period of time.

Amos' body is buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• Wikipedia - Short Biography on Amos Humiston [1]

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC44-XV6 : Fri Sep 15 18:51:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Amos Hummiston and Philinda Hummiston, 1860.

• United States Park Service Civil War Database Soldier Details on Amos Humiston [2]

• US Veterans Gravesites, 1775-2006

• Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston, By Mark H. Dunkelman, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. [3]

• Find a Grave Memorial for Amos Humiston [4]

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4NQ-9W5 : 1 November 2022), Amos Humiston in entry for Frederick R Humiston and Nellie Mable Orne, 1896.

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Q6-MYP : 13 December 2022), Amos Humiston in entry for Franklin G Humiston, 1912.