Benjamin
Franklin
"Nash"
Humphries
aka Humphreys
Born in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, USA
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Humphries [half], Nancy Humphreys, Nancy Humphries [half], Elizabeth Humphreys, Elizabeth Saddie (Humphries) Price [half], Sarah (Humphries) Price, Bramley Humphreys, Daniel Austin Humphries Jr., Mary Elizabeth (Humphreys) Humphries, Yancy Humphries [half], Amanda Jane Humphries [half], Fannie P Humphries [half], Sarah Mckeithen [half] and Edmund T. Humphries [half]
Husband of
Mary Ann (Nugent) Humphries
— married
1862 in Louisiana, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Elizabeth (Humphries) Duncan, Benjamin Rush Humphries, Cornelius Lott Humphries, Rowena Humphries, John Sciler Humphries, Maude Humphries, Isabell Humphries and Robert Lee Humphries
Died
at about age 66
in Grant Parish, Louisiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Aug 2015
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Biography
Benjamin Franklin Humphries (aka "Humphreys") was born in 1836 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, USA.
Benjamin (aka "Nash") Humphries fought in the US Civil War as a private in Company A, 8th Louisiana Calvary, Confederate States Army. He was a POW, and was released on June 13, 1865, in Alexandria, Louisiana.
His wife was Mary (Nugent) Humphries, b: 1841 in Rapids Parish, Louisiana, USA. They had 8 children.
He was the father of Cornelius Humphries, b: 1867 in Rapids Parish, Louisiana, USA.
Benjamin moved back to Grant Parish afterwards and passed away there in 1902. He was buried at Holum Cemetery, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA. His wife,
Sources
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWM5-T8F : accessed 2015-08-19), entry for Benjamin Franklin HUMPHRIES (NASH).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.78%
Sonya (Calhoun) Frymyer
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A079933 [compare], Ancestry member kaytlen77
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~0.78%
Carl Calhoun :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a740140 [compare]
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~0.39%
Gabrielle (Hurst) Serrano :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A831908 [compare]
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