Texas Legislators: Past & Present

George Posey Humphreys

Full Name: George Posey Humphreys
Other surnames: Humphrey, Humphries
Birth date: March 21, 1827
Death date: August 30, 1897

(1) Democrat, p. 139. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
(2) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

G.P. Humphreys, birth date 3/21/1827, death date 8/30/1897, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca County. Find a Grave .
Lucinda Humphries, mother of George Posey Humphreys, burial in Clear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Bio explains variations on spelling of surname. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, G.P. Humphrey, p. 139. Born 3/21/1827 in Marion County, Alabama. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Obituary (partial), "G.P. Humphreys Dead," The Yoakum Daily Times, 8/31/1897, p. 1, crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library. Death date 8/30/1897, "at one time represented Lavaca county in the state legislature."
Obituary, George P. Humphreys, The Houston Daily Post, 8/31/1897, p. 2. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . Yoakum, August 31, 1897 Houston, August 31, 1897