Humphrey, John G.

Born: 1795 Virginia

Flourished: Adams County, Illinois

From 1840 to 1842, Humphrey served alongside Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois House of Representatives. Served as assessor for Burton Township, 1856-57. In 1860, he was a farmer in Burton, and he owned $1,000 worth of real estate and had a personal estate of $200.

John Clayton, comp., Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 1673-1968 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), 209; The History of Adams County, Illinois (Chicago: Murray, Williamson & Phelps, 1879), 506; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Burton, Adams County, IL, 59.