James Cobin Humphrey (2 September 1845 – May 1910) was a Canadian-American publisher who was the founder of the Belleville Telescope, a newspaper in Republic County, Kansas. It was the first paper in the county, established September 20, 1870, when there were only two houses in the town of Belleville.[1][2]
Humphrey was born in Milton, Ontario, Canada in 1845 and moved first to Ohio, then back to Canada, and finally arriving in Kansas to homestead in 1870.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "J C Humphrey, Editor, is Dead". The McDonald News. McDonald, Kansas. May 5, 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Cutler, William (1883). "Republic County, Part 2". History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Illinois: A. T. Andreas. Archived from the original on May 10, 2003. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ^ Cutler, William (1883). "Republic County, Part 4". History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Illinois: A. T. Andreas. Archived from the original on October 19, 2003. Retrieved April 2, 2012.