Evan Harris Humphrey was a Brigadier General

Brigadier general (United States)

A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...

 in the United States Army

United States Army

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Biography

Humphrey was born on March 5, 1875 in California

California

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. His father was Major General

Major general (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...

 and Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor

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 recipient Charles Frederic Humphrey, Sr.

Charles Frederic Humphrey, Sr.

Charles Frederic Humphrey, Sr. was a major general in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient.-Biography:...

, his brothers were Brigadier General Charles F. Humphrey

Charles F. Humphrey

Charles F. Humphrey was a career United States Army officer who served for over 40 years during the first half of the 20th century, retiring as a Brigadier General in 1940 one year before the entry of the United States of America into World War II.In his early career, as a First lieutenant, he...

 and Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

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 Colonel

Colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

 Marion Bell Humphrey. Humphrey would marry Clara Swift, daughter of Major General Eben Swift

Eben Swift

Eben Swift was a Major General in the United States Army.-Biography:Swift was born on May 11, 1854 at Fort Chadbourne to Captain Ebenezer Swift and his wife, Sarah. He would attend Racine College, Washington University in St. Louis, and Dickinson College. On May 18, 1880 he married Susan Bonaparte...

 and sister of Major General Innis P. Swift

Innis P. Swift

Innis Palmer Swift was a Major General in the United States Army. He was the grandson and namesake of Civil War Major General Innis Newton Palmer, as well as the grandson of Brigadier General Ebenezer Swift...

. He passed away on August 30, 1963. Humphrey, along with Clara, his parents, his brothers, and his father and mother-in-law, are buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

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Career

Humphrey would graduate from the United States Military Academy

United States Military Academy

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 and be stationed in Cuba

Cuba

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. From 1925 to 1929 he was an instructor at the United States Army War College before being assigned to the 6th Cavalry Regiment from 1929 to 1931. He would command Fort Stotsenburg

Fort Stotsenburg

Fort Stotsenburg, during the World War II era, was the location of the Philippine Department's 26th Cavalry Regiment, 86th Field Artillery Regiment, and 88th Field Artillery Regiment; along with the Philippine Division's 23rd and 24th Field Artillery Regiments...

from 1937 to 1938 before retiring in 1939.