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Autograph letter signed - Hamilton B Humes. See below for bio. Important man. Letter to Amos C Noyes. He was a major figure in PA, and was State of PA Treasurer, politicians, etc. Noyes, PA was names after him. In good to very good condition. Fold marks - NOTE : letter will be sent folded inside envelope, as found. Please see photos. If you collect 19th century Americana history, Banking, American documents, United States of America, etc. this is a treasure you will not see again! Add this to your image or paper / ephemera collection. Important genealogy research importance too. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! 3743
Humes Family - HAMILTON B. HUMES Biography
Hamilton B. Humes, president of the Jersey Shore Banking Company, and who is widely and favorably known as a man of original ideas and much force of character, was born in Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1844, a descendant of a Scotch-Irish and French ancestry, prominent among whom were the Steel family and Captain Jacob Bailey, of Revolutionary fame.
John Humes, grandfather of Hamilton B. Humes, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, later lived in Milton, Pennsylvania, and was a cabinet-maker by occupation. His son, John Humes, and an uncle of Hamilton B. Humes, was one of the builders of the old canal, his partner in the work having been George Tomb, who was a well known resident of Jersey Shore from the time of his settlement in that borough up to the time of his death, January 31, 1870, and who was a son-in-law of John Humes, Sr. By the marriage of John Humes, Sr., to Mary Duncan the following children were born: Mary, Martha, Samuel, Jane, John, and Elizabeth.
Samuel Humes, father of Hamilton B. Humes, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, June 23, 1801. After completing his education in the Milton Academy, he clerked in a store at Milton for a short time. About 1824 he formed a partnership with Samuel Lloyd in the mercantile business at Jersey Shore, and afterwards established a business of his own, which later was conducted under the firm name of Samuel Humes & Son. For four decades he was engaged in business in Jersey Shore, during which long period of time he was successful in his operations and accumulated a competence by shrewd investments. He was a director in the Jersey Shore Bank, and also filled a similar position in the Jersey Shore high school. He was a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church, a Whig in politics, and for several years served as postmaster of Jersey Shore. In 1825 Mr. Humes married Anna Bailey, daughter of John Bailey, and they had one son, John Harvey, who engaged in the mercantile and contracting business, died in Delaware, June, 1898, aged seventy-one years, and was buried at Jersey Shore. Mr. Humes married for his second wife Rachel Bailey Humes, daughter of Hamilton and Anna Elmira (Bailey) Humes. Of this marriage were four children, three of whom died in infancy, and Hamilton B. Humes is the only survivor. Mr. Humes, after a long and useful life, died March 29, 1859, and his remains were interred in the cemetery at Jersey Shore.
Hamilton B. Humes attended the common schools and West Branch high school, the latter being then controlled by the Presbyterian church; also State College, Centre county, and Columbia University, New York city, matriculating in 1862 and graduating from the law department in 1865. In May, 1865, he was admitted to the bar of New York city, and shortly afterward returned to Jersey Shore, where he entered the Jersey Shore National Bank as clerk. He served in this capacity for two years, during which time John A. Gamble was president and John J. Sanderson was cashier. In 1869 a new institution was established at Jersey Shore under the firm name of Gamble, Humes & White, with John A. Gamble as president, Matthew A. Gamble as vice-president, and Hamilton B. Humes as cashier. In 1878 title was changed to the Jersey Shore Banking Company, incorporated under the state law of Pennsylvania in 1886, with Hamilton B. Humes as president, Robert McCullough as vice-president, and Robert A. Sebring as cashier, the old institution, the Jersey Shore National Bank, having been removed to Williamsport in 1871. Mr. Humes is the treasurer of the Cemetery Company, a director of the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad, and was actively interested in the building of the Electric Light and Trolley Company's line. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Jersey Shore, was treasurer of the building committee when the structure was erected in 1894, served as superintendent of the Sunday School connected therewith for fifteen years, and also in the capacity of teacher. Mr. Humes was made a Mason in La Belle Vallee Lodge No. 232, Free and Accepted Masons of Jersey Shore, August 4, 1865, served as worshipful master, and is the oldest past master of that body. He received the capitular degrees in Lafayette Chapter No. 163, Royal Arch Masons, September 27, 1866. He was knighted in Baldwin II Commandery No. 22, Knights Templar, November 20, 1866; received the cryptic degrees in Adoniram Council No. 26, Royal and Select Masters, June 23, 1903, and in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite attained the thirty-second degree in Williamsport Consistory, January 31, 1900. He is a noble of Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine.
Mr. Humes was married June 23, 1868, to S. Floretta Sebring, born at Jersey Shore, June 22, 1845, daughter of John and Mary (Pfouts) Sebring, and five children were the issue: 1. Mary, born July 1, 1869, died May 1% 1884. 2. Samuel, born October 25, 1870, mentioned at length on a following page. 3 Rachel B., born December 15, 1872, wife of William M. Hepburn, a farmer residing near Jersey Shore; and they are the parents of one child, Floretta Humes. 4. John Sebring, born May 4, 1876, educated in the schools of Jersey Shore, Hills School of Pottstown, and Chambersburg Academy, and later was employed by the Jersey Shore Banking Company. 5. Catherine, who died in infancy. John Sebring, the father of Mrs. Humes, was born in Liberty, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1816, and died May 17, 1902. He was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Corson) Sebring, and was of Holland Dutch origin. In 1842 he engaged in the mercantile business in Jersey Shore, also in the manufacturing and planing mill business, and was in partnership with John A. Gamble, to whom he afterward sold his interest. In 1865 he resumed business again in a general store, which he conducted until 1893. He was also engaged in the lime kiln business on Pine creek. His wife, Mary (Pfouts) Sebring, born February 10, 1818, three-quarters of a mile above Jersey Shore, bore him the following children: S. Floretta, wife of Hamilton B. Humes. John P., of Loveville, Centre county, Pennsylvania. Robert A., cashier in the Jersey Shore Banking Company. Elmina. Richard M., of Philadelphia. Edson, of Jersey Shore. Mary Belle, wife of John Carothers, of Jersey Shore.
Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Lycoming County, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1906.
Amos Clark Noyes (September 17, 1818 – September 4, 1880) was an American politician and business owner. Born in Grafton County, New Hampshire, he later moved to Pennsylvania, where he served on the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and as Pennsylvania Treasurer (1877–1880).
Biography
Amos Clark Noyes was born on September 17, 1818, in Grafton County, New Hampshire. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish descent. Noyes became a prominent and highly respected figure in the state of Pennsylvania.[1] Noyes was also a prominent landowner and noted lumberman in the vicinity of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
Noyes taught school at the age of sixteen.[2] In 1847, he moved to Lockport, Pennsylvania, where he worked in the lumber business and was a dealer of general merchandise. He resided in Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania for two years before relocating to Westport, Pennsylvania, in 1849, where he lived for many years and was known as “Square Timber Noyes.”[2] He served briefly as a colonel of militia in the run-up to the American Civil War, during which he was a prominent War Democrat.[3] As a contractor, Noyes was involved with the construction of the Clinton County Courthouse in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, which was built between 1867 and 1869.[4]
Noyes was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives by the legislative districts of Lycoming and Clinton (in 1862).[1] He served a total of five one-year terms in office, from 1863–1865 and 1871–1873.[5] In 1875, at the Democratic State Convention in Erie, Pennsylvania, Noyes was a major, albeit unsuccessful, candidate for the party nomination for governor. He was elected to the office of Pennsylvania Treasurer and served from 1877 to 1880.[5]
Noyes Township in Clinton County was named after Amos Noyes.[1][6][7] The Col. A.C. Noyes Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, named for Noyes, was instituted in 1890 in Westport, Pennsylvania, with 49 members.[8]
Personal life
Noyes was married on July 30, 1854, to Rebecca J., daughter of Charles and Hannah (Saltman) Stewart. Rebecca was born on September 10, 1833, in Westport, Pennsylvania, and like her husband came from an old Scotch family.[3]
The funeral of Amos Noyes took place on September 7, 1880.[3]
Jersey Shore is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is on the West Branch Susquehanna River, 15 miles (24 km) west by south of Williamsport. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, Jersey Shore held farms, railroad shops, cigar factories, a foundry, and a large silk mill. The population was 4,158 at the 2020 census.[7]