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- Married In Washington
Miss Lilliam Talbot, Well-Known in This City, a Bride.
A pretty wedding took place yesterday in the apartments of Mrs. John F. Buckner, at the Roanoke, Washington, D.C., when Miss Lillian R. Talbott, daughter of the late Dr. H.S. Talbott, of Charles Town, W.Va., formerly of this city, and Dr. Frank M. Humphrey, of Bluemont, Va., were married. Rev. John S. Alfriend, of Zion Protestant Episcopal church, Charles Town, W.Va., performed the ceremony.
The bride wore a handsome French gown and carried American Beauty roses. She had no attendants, but Dr. R.G. Humphrey acted as best man for his brother. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served and the couple left for a Southern trip. They will reside at Bluemont, Va.
Mrs. Humphrey ahs been a frequent visitor to this city, where she has many relatives. She is a decidedly attractive type and by her pleasing manners became quite popular among a wide circle of friends, who extend best wishes.
The News, Frederick, Maryland. Thursday, 23 February 1911.
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- article about the terms of Lillian's grandmother's will.
Mrs. Hedges Will.
All Her Property Left to Her Little Granddaughter.
The will of the Late Mrs. Amanda S. Hedges has been filed and letters granted to Hon. Milton G. Urner, the executor.
The provisions of the will give the entire estate to her granddaughter, Lillian B. Talbott. All of the household furniture and effects are to be sent to the niece of the deceased, Mrs. Daniel Keedy, of Keedysville, Washington county, as soon as practicable and held by her until the child arrives at the age of eighteen. If the latter dies before that age without issue, the effects are to be divided between the daughters of the sisters of the deceased.
The proceeds of the farm of 235 acres and from the residence on East Church street, etc., shall be devoted to the education and maintenance of the child until she becomes 21 years of age. The rents from the real estate, etc., above the child’s expenses shall be invested by the Baltimore Safe Deposit Company until she is 21 years of age. Then the principal and all accumulation shall be paid over to the child, to be hers absolutely and not in the control of any husband. If the child dies before reaching that age without heir, the property is disposed of as follows:
Evangelical Reformed church of Frederick, $5,000 absolutely, to be invested and proceeds directed to the poor of the congregation at the discretion of the church consistory.
To the trustees of Otterbein U.B. Church of this county, $2,500.
To the board of trustees of the U.B. Church of Keedysville, $2,500.
Home for the Aged, Frederick, $500.
Residue to be divided into eight equal shares and distributed to the following named persons; Mrs. Julia R. Derr, Andrew A. Hedges, the heirs of Daniel H. Hedges, Mrs. Maria B. Deaner, the children of Mrs. Geetings, Mrs. Catherine V. Sheny, heirs of Mary Miller, deceased, and Mrs. Sarah Warner.
Hon. Milton G. Urner is named as executor and testamentary guardian of the grandchild, Lillian R. Talbott. If the latter does not survive Mr. Hammond Urner is also named.
Frederick News. 22 April 1897.
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- Wife Cruel, He Alleges
Dr. Humphrey, Of Frederick, Brings Suit For Divorce.
Says She Tried To Stab Him
He Also Asks Custody Of Child – Couple Are Prominent Socially In West Virginia.
Frederick, Md., Sept. 1. – Dr. Frank M. Humphrey filed a bill in court this afternoon for a divorce from his wife, Lillian Rosabel Talbott Humphrey, and asked for the custody of their 27-month-old child. They were married in Washington in July, 1911, by the Rev. Mr. Alfriend, rector of the Charlestown, (W.Va.) Episcopal Church. Since their marriage they have lived on the bride’s estate near Hansonville, one of the handsomest farms in this county, where he started to raise coach and hackney horses.
Mrs. Humphrey was formerly Miss Lillian Rosabel Talbott, daughter of the late Harry Talbott, of Charlestown, W.Va. She inherited an estate from her grandfather, the late Lycurgus Hedges, of which she came into possession when 21 years old.
Some months after their marriage they come to this county and located on the bride’s estate, which was greatly improved. Later discovery was made that they were in financial straits. It is said that Miss Talbott indorsed notes for her grandmother, Mrs. Henry Talbott, before her marriage to Dr. Humphrey, and both were thrown into bankruptcy. After a meeting of creditors of Charlestown and this city a settlement was made, leaving Mrs. Humphrey with noting but a life estate in the farm.
Child Taken By Husband.
Mrs. Humphrey went to Charlestown Saturday to visit Mrs. William H. Neill. Learning that she had left their infant child at the home of a relative in this city, Dr. Humphrey, accompanied by his brother, William Humphrey, came from Charlestown in an automobile and took the child to the home of his parents. Mrs. Humphrey was notified that the child had been taken and the following day wen to the Humphrey home with Attorney Frank Bushong, where a stormy scene ensued. Finally Doctor and Mrs. Humphrey, with the child, returned home.
The divorce proceedings caused a sensation here, where the couple are prominently related. Dr. Humphrey charges that since they were married she has treated him with great harshness and brutality, reminding him that he was a pensioner upon her bounty and that the food he put in his mouth came from her family. He also alleges that on July 27 she attempted to stab him with a knife and that the person who interfered was cut. He also asserts that she told a certain person that she would kill her husband if she were sure she would not be found out; that he has been compelled to prepare his own meals, make his bed and mend his clothes, and that she has neglected her child.
Wife Gives Her Sie.
At the home of Mrs. Lloyd T. MacGill Mrs. Humphrey denied tonight every charge. She said she had been considering divorce proceedings on account of his cruel treatment.
“Today,” said Mrs. Humphrey, “I had to call in a physician to prescribe for me because of treatment I received at the hands of William Humphrey, father of my husband, when I went after my child. When he saw me at his house he swore at me and grabbed me by the shoulders and said: ‘You huzzy, what are you doing here:’ He then hurled me to the floor in sight of my husband. A few minutes later he and his son, William Humphrey, forced me upstairs and locked me in a room and again threw me to the floor. They threatened to keep me there until I assigned to them the life estate in my farm. I finally ran out of the house and got away.”
The Baltimore Sun. 2 September 1914.
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- Dr. Humphrey Asks Divorce From Wife
Suit Is Culmination of Stormy Married Life.
He Wants Custody of Son
In Bill Husband Charge Cruelty, Harshness and Brutality – Treated as Pensioner, He Claims, and Forced to Prepare Own Meals.
Dr. Frank M. Humphrey, a native of near Berryville, Va., who located in Frederick county some years ago, upon a fine farm near Hansonville, where he proposed to breed find coach horses, today filed a bill in court, asking for a divorce from his wife, and the custody of their 27-month-old son.
Mrs. Humphrey was Miss Lillian R. Talbott, of Charles Town, W.Va., granddaughter of a well known banker of that place, and she is also related to a number of well known Frederick county families.
Following their marriage Dr. Humphrey and wife came to Frederick county and located upon a fine large farm, which had been left to Mrs. Humphrey, in trust. Many improvements were made to the farm, and it became one of the finest of the country estates in Frederick county, and is valued at about $30,000. For a time all went well, and then financial difficulties beset the couple. Finally conditions became such both applied for the benefit of bankruptcy law, and later by an agreement with their creditors a partial settlement was made and their applications on bankruptcy withdrawn.
For some weeks past, rumors have been afloat that the two had almost reached the breaking point, and that divorce proceedings were imminent, but the filing of the bill for divorce by Dr. Humphrey came as a great surprise here today.
Beginning Of The End.
Several days ago, Mrs. Humphrey decided to go tot eh Berryville Horse Show, and left her child with a friend in this city. Dr. Humphrey learning the child was here, came to Frederick, and demanded it and took it to his father’s home in Virginia. Mrs. Humphrey was telephoned and with a lawyer went to the Humphrey home, and Mrs. Humphrey claims, that once there a most stormy scene arose and the result was that her father-in-law shook her and pushed her against the porch. The lawyer then threatened the elder Humphrey with arrest for assault if the child were not produced, according to Mrs. Humphrey, and the child was returned.
Both Want Child
Yesterday Mrs. Humphrey was brought to Frederick in an automobile by Dr. Humphrey and left at the home of a distant relative in this city. Mrs. Humphrey has announced her intention of staying there, and it was following this affair that Dr. Humphrey determined to apply for a divorce. It is understood that prior to this time Dr. Humphrey was willing that his wife make the application for divorce, although the custody of the child was a point on which the young couple could not agree.
Dr. Humphrey in his bill for divorce alleges: “That he and Lillian R. Talbot were married in Washington July 15, 1811 by Rev. Alfriend, an Episcopal minister. That shortly after their marriage they came to Frederick county to reside and have resided here until Monday, August 21, 1914.” Other allegations are:
“Ever since your orator married Lillian R. Humphrey she has treated the plaintiff with great cruelty, harshness and brutality, both in word and deed. Strange as it may seem that a little woman, such as she is in physical stature, it is nevertheless true, that the entire conduct of said defendant toward the plaintiff, nearly the whole of their married life, has been such as to make the daily life and routine of your orator wretched and miserable in the extreme.
Treated as Pensioner.
“Almost from the very beginning, your orator has been reminded of the fact by the defendant, that he was a mere mendicant, a pensioner as it were, upon the bounty of her inheritance and that the food he put into his mouth came from her people, and these reminders have been so frequently made and in such a manner and way that these unkind, bitter and unwifely words have humiliated your orator almost beyond endurance.”
He also alleges that his wife has cursed him and that she has done this in presence of others and he repeats in his bill some of the epithets she has burled at him.
He also alleges that on July 17 his wife attempted his life, by grabbing a knife off the dining room table and would have stabbed him, had a person not interfered and he alleges that the person who interfered was cut.
Mr. Humphrey also recites that for some moths he has been compelled to prepare his own meals, makes his own bed and does the mending of his own clothes.
During all their married life, and notwithstanding the abuse and bickerings of his wife, Dr. Humphrey alleges that he has never given his wife an unkind word but that he “has taken her daily abuse of cursings without a murmur.”
He states that the only reason he can ascribe for his wife’s conduct is that he could not, at all times, give to her many and various demands for money, the response she desired. He also alleges that on August 31 his wife compelled him to drive her in an automobile to Frederick, and leave her at the home of a friend on West Third street, in Frederick, and that there she informed him that she had left him, and that she would live with him no longer.
Dr. Humphrey states one son was born of the marriage, Frank Talbott Humphrey, and he asks the custody of this child. He alleges that the mother has neglected the child and had not treated him as a mother should, and that she is not the proper person to read the child.
H. Dorsey Etchison represents Dr. Humphrey.
The News, Frederick, Maryland. Tuesday, 1 September 1914, page 5.
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- Humphrey Farm In County Sold
Chas. McMathias Purchases of Fine Place Near Hansonville.
Price Near $35,000 Report
Will Likely Become Home of Senator Mathias – Dwelling on Farm Modern and Finely Fitted Out – Sale Made Today.
Another of Frederick county’s finest farms changed hands yesterday when Charles Mc. Mathias purchases the Humphrey Farm, located near Hansonville, and until recently occupied by Dr. and Mrs. F.M. Humphrey through Real Estate Agent Grayson H. Staley.
The farm is one of 236 acres, of which 75 acres is in find meadow land, and from all standpoints the place is said to be equal to any in Frederick county, and one which probably contains the finest buildings in the county. While the purchase price is not made public, yet it is known that the asking price was $35,000, and it is presumed that the exchange was made at a figure not greatly below this.
The sale is subject to the ratification of the Court, as the farm was in trust, and the sale was made with the hope that the Court would ratify the transfer under the provision of law which allows a change of investment in trust funds. The proceeds of the sale will probably be invested in bonds. The sale was arranged form Mrs. Humphrey through Attorneys Milton G. Urner and Lloyd T. MacGill.
In speaking of this farm, this morning, Mr. Staley said that it was one of the finest he has ever seen. The soil is limestone land, and one barn is 50 by 110 feet, and another 30 by 60, with all necessary outbuildings. The land lies along the Monocacy, as well as along the Emmitsburg pike, which is now a State road, and by automobile is only about 15 minutes from Frederick.
Find Dwelling on Place.
The dwelling contains nine rooms, and is as modern as nay one in Frederick county. The house is heated by hot water, contains an acetylene gas plant, bath, and has hardwood floors throughout. All woodwork of the interiors is painted in white enamel, with doors of Mahogany. The residence looks out upon the Emmitsburg pike, and is one of the show places of the county.
Mr. Mathias, the purchases, this morning stated that his father, Senator J.P.T. Mathias would probably occupy the farm, and make the place his permanent residence.
The sale of this farm recalls some other large farm sale which have been made by Mr. Staley within the past year. The farm of former County Commissioner Charls W. Zimmerman was sold by him at $35,000, the Luckey farm from $17,000, Routzahn farm, at Middletown, for #15,000, the John M. Hahn farm for $15,000, the Worman and Firestone farms for $17,000 each, and other for amounts up to $12,000 or more throughout the county.
The News, Frederick, Maryland. Wednesday, 9 September 1914, page 5.
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- Frederick - The country estate until recently occupied by Doctor and Mrs. Frank M. Humphrey near Hansonville was sold Wednesday to State Senator John P.T. Mathias of Thurmont, for $35,000. The sate is subject to the ratification of the court, as the farm is in trust for the benefit of the infant son of Doctor ad Mrs. Humphrey.
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland. Thursday, 10 September 1914, page 7.
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- Humphrey's Deed of Trust
Filed to Secure Loan of $5,700 From Leesburg Bank.
Dr. Frank M. Humphrey and his wife, Mrs. Lillian Talbott Humphrey, this morning filed for record at the Clerk's Office a deed of trust given to Nathaniel T. Wachter, of near Hansonville, for the benefit of the Loudoun National Bank, of Leesburg, Va. The trust includes the personal property of Dr. and Mrs. Humphrey, of all descriptions, and also Mrs. Humphrey's life estate in the farm, or its converted proceeds.
The deed of trust is made to secure a loan of $5.700 made by the Loudoun National Bank, in order that Dr. and Mrs. Humphrey could make settlement with their creditors, by an agreement and secure their discharge from bankruptcy.
Dr. Humphrey, it will be remembered, some time ago filed a bill asking for a divorce from his wife. The following day he withdrew the bill. It was intimated at that time that his wife would probably file a bill for divorce, but to date she has refrained from doing so. Friends are trying to effect a reconciliation.
The News, Frederick, Maryland. Saturday, 12 September 1914.
LKH note:
They divorced on 2 Jan 1922.
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- Winchester, Va. - Dr. Frank M. Humphrey, formerly of Loudoun county, Virginia, who recently withdrew a suit for divorce against his wife, Mrs. Lillian Talbott Humphrey, the day after he file the bill, has joined his wife in selling their magnificent country estate of 235 acres at Hansonville, Frederick county, Md., for $35,000 to Charles McC. Mathias, whose father, State Senator J.P.T. Mathias, will probably occupy the place.
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland. Sunday 20 September 1914, page 7.
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- Cattle Quarantine Tighter In County
Orders From State Prevents Sale of Humphrey Stock.
Advertised For Yesterday
Horses, however, Sold and Also Household Furniture, High Prices Being Realized – Sale held on Old Hedges Farm.
On account of a tighter quarantine place on Frederick county yesterday to bring under control the foot-and-mouth disease in this section, the cattle, hogs, hay and fodder on the Humphrey farm, which were to be sold at the public sale of the personal property of Dr. and Mrs. Frank M. Humphrey, had to be called off. Dr. R.V. Smith, Local veterinarian, carried orders from the state authorities to those interested in the holding of the sale, and this part of the property could not be disposed of. At a letter date when the quarantine is lifted or modified the sale of the Humphrey stock will be concluded.
May Not Drive Stock On Roads.
The State Live stock Sanitary Board, because of the outbreaks in this county, decided to tighten the quarantine in this county in order to stamp out the dreaded disease as soon as possible. It was ordered that no cloven-footed animals should be allowed to be driven over the public highways until notice is given by the proper authorities.
Dr. Smith, who notified those interested in the sale not to sell the hogs, cattle, ay or fodder, stated that this stricter quarantine was considered necessary, and the better the people live up to the orders the sooner the disease will be eradicated. He said that the new proclamation will not interfere with animals being driven to slaughter houses or to and from pasture. The purpose is simply to prevent promiscuous driving of cattle and hogs from one part of the county to the other thereby increasing the dangers of the disease.
The 17 head of horse of Dr. Humphrey were sold, however, good prices being secured, ranging from $50 to $190. A pair of mules, one year a half old, brought $222.50.
All prices were good. There was a very large crowd at the sale, people coming from all directions and not a few from Virginia. Harvey R. Lease was the auctioneer, and the total proceeds from the property sold was about $4,000. The principal property not sold consisted of 38 head of hogs, 18 head of cattle, hay, fodder and some corn.
Handsome Furniture Sold.
The household furniture was among the finest that has been offered the public sale in this section for many years, and excellent prices were secured. A three-piece Teakwood set brought #102; a mahogany table, $50; mahogany sideboard, $50; couch, $60. A find Circassian walnut suit also brought a big figure. A binder brought $75.
The property was sold from Nathaniel T. Wachter, trustee on the farm known as the Lycurgus Hedges farm, near Hansonville, where Dr. and Mrs. Humphrey formerly resided.
The News, Frederick, Maryland. Wednesday, 11 November 1914, page 5.
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