Newton Co., IN Biography Newton County, Jefferson Township. From A History of Warren, Benton, Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883. WORTHINGTON HUMES, farmer, was born February 6, 1844, in Hamilton County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Eliza Humes, the latter a daughter of Israel and Eliza Brown. Mr. Brown was for many years District Judge, living in Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1844, Mr. Humes moved to Rush County, Indiana, and settled on a farm near New Salem, where he lived thirty-five years. He and wife were early pioneers of that county. He died December, 1879, aged sixty-nine; she, September, 1877, also aged sixty-nine, both members of the M. E. Church, their house beding the preaching place and preacher's home for many years. Mr. Humes was a Republican of the abolition type. They had nine children, eight of whom are living. Worthington Humes attended school and worked on the farm until his eighteenth year, when he enlisted in Company I, Sixty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and went to Greensburg, thence to Indianapolis, Louisville, Bardstown and Bowling Green, where they were captured by Bragg's forces, paroled, returned to camp at Indianapolis, and remained until 1863, when they were exchanged. They then went to Nashville, Murfreesboro and Chattanooga, taking part in that campaign. At Chickamauga, he was wounded, captured and taken to Castle Thunder, and kept four months. "Tongue cannot express," says he, "what I suffered. I saw eighteen carried to the dead house at one time, the average being seven a day, all from hunger. Then we were exchanged, and sent to hospital at Annapolis. This was heaven on earth compared with what we had experienced." He was furloughed, came home, and returned to the army in 1864. The regiment was stationed at Murfreesboro, and he did such duty as he was able to perform until the war was closed, and he was discharged. He afterward farmed in Rush County five years, and then came to Newton County, where he has since followed farming successfully. He married, February 6, 1868, Miss Sarah E. Jones, of Rush County, Indiana. They had three children--Flora, Charles M. and Samuel. Mrs. Humes died June 24, 1881, aged thrity-five, a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Humes is a member of Newton Lodge, No. 144, F. & A.M., and a Republican. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted By Gerald Born Email - Wizzofozl0@aol.com