Joseph A. Humphrey, a son of James Humphry, of Worth Township, read law with J.D. Marshall, and was admitted to the bar May 4, 1896. He taught in the Butler schools for several terms and is now practicing law at Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Then there is Sherman Clymore Humphry, one of Butler County's substantial and representative men, resides on his farm of 100 acres, which lies in Worth Township, on the Portersville and North Liberty road, about six miles north of the former village, and together with is brother, William H., owns a second farm of 100 acres, also in Butler County. Mr. Humphrey was born in Worth Twonship, Butler County, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1866, and is a son of John and Lydia (Studebaker) Humphrey. John Humphrey, father of Sherman C., was one of Butler county' prominent citizens. He was born in Butler County and was a son of William and Elizabeth (Vagan) Humphrey. William Humphrey was one of the earliest settlers in Worth Townshhip and helped to clear the land on which his grandson now lives. John Humphrey served in township offices and then was appointed deputy sheriff and filled that office under W.H. Hoffman for thirty years. Laterr he was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of County Commissioner John L. Kelley and at the expiration of the term was elected to the office with the largest vote ever given to a commissioner, in the county. He died June 28, 1895. Sherman C. Humphrey completed his education at Edinboro and when he returned home his father retired and moved to Butler, and then the young man took charge of the farm and since his father's deth has been the actual head. { Just a note of my own. I assume Edinboro means he went to the college there. It was probably a normal school at that time but is now Edinboro University in Edinboro, Pa. } He is a man with practical ideas and in the main follows modern methods in managing his land and finds them satisfactory. The stock he raises he keeps for his own use. On September 16, 1890, Mr. Humphrey was married to Miss Clara Studebaker, who is a daughter of John and Jane (Rutter) Studebaker. The Studebakers were very early settlers in Worth Township, the grandfather, Joseph Studebaker, coming as a pioneer. The father of Mrs. Humphrey is still actively and successfully engaged in farming although he has reached his seventy-third year. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey have three children, Thelma, Glenn and Grace. The family belong to the Zion Baptist Church, being among its most active and interested members. William Humphrey, who for many yeas has been one of the most active business men in the western part of Butler, County, Pennsylania, is with his two sons, J.R. and E.W. Humphrey, ownere and proprietor of a large general store at Pertersville. He has followed this business in Portersville for more than forty years, and also for many years engaged as a civil engineer. In season, he is a wool buyer on an extensive scale. He is prominently known throughout the vicinity, an wherever known is repected and highly esteemed. Mr. Humphrey was born on the old Humphrey homestead in Worth Township, Butler County, August 22, 1835, and is a son of William Sr. and Elizabeth (Dunbar) Humphrey, and a grandson of Thomas and Ruth (Coulter) Humphrey. Thomas, the grandfather, came to the United States from Wales, and first took up his residence in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pensylvania. He and his wife later made the trip on horseback to Butler County, as were among the very earliest settlers of Worth Township, arriving some time during the year 1798. He aczuired and largely cleared a tract of 400 acres of land, on which he lived until his death in 1839. He and his wife were buried in the cemetary at Plain Grove, in Lawrence County. They were of the Presbyterian faith. William Humphrey, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on the old farm in Worth Township, and although he learned the trade of carpenter in early life, his chief occupation was farming. William Humphrey, whose mane heads this record, was reared on the farm and received a good schooling for those days. He learned surveying in the schools, and follwoed that profession off and on for a score of yeras, surveying much of the land in this part of the county. he became a partner to James Newton in the general merchandise business at Pertersville in 1869, but sold out and established a store for himself at his present location, where he has continued with uninterrupted success to the present time. His two soms were later taken into the firm and now perform most of the active duties in connection with the business. The store is completely stocked with a alrge line of goods, and would be a credit to a village many times larger than Portersville. In 1856 William Humphrey was married to Elizabeth Riddle, a daughter of John and Margaret (Hay) Riddle. Mr and Mrs. Humphrey are parents of the following: James, who lives at home; John Riddle, who is in partnership with his father; Newton, M.D., a graduate of the Medical Department of the Western University of Pennsylvania, and a practicing physician at Sharpsburg; Margaret, who married Re. W.H. Sloan of Hooker, Pennsylvania, and has three children, - William, Elizabeth and helen; and Edwin W., who is a partner in the store and secretary and manager of the Portersville Telephone Company. John Riddle Humphrey married Laura Moore and has three children - Ernest, Helen and Walter. Dr. Newton Humphrey married Florence Depuethe had has a son, William D. Religiously, the subject of this sketch has been very active in the Presbyterian Church of which he has been elder for twenty-five years. He served more than a quarter of a centry as Sunday School teacher but finally retired from that duty. Politically, he has been a firm advocate of Prohimition principles for some years.