VA Death Record lists parents as Lee and Mary Humbles.
This land remains in the Humbles family. Adolphus Humbles was a member of Brookville Baptist Church, with his home located where the railroad cut now is. When the railroad was built, he built a new home on Campbell Avenue, near the entrance to Virginia Baptist Seminary. Adolphus Humbles (and both his wives) were born "free persons of color," due to Indian or free black ancestors. In "Lest it Be Forgotten", (p. 53) T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr. wrote of Adolphus Humbles. He "started as a cabin bou on one of the packet boats of the (James River and Kanahwa Canal). By hard work and thrift he managed to -- buy much land in Campbell County between Lynchburg and Rustburg, including the old turnpike. He also helped found the Virginia Seminary and College . . . where a building (Humbles Hall, the Administration Building) is named in his honor. He lived and is buried in Jacksontown, east of Candler's Mountain, on the old stage road. Many of his descendants still live in the area." Orgainized in 1883, founded in 1885, Virginia Baptist Seminary has had an enrollment of as large as 500 students. It is now known as Virginia University of Lynchburg.
This land remains in the Humbles family. Adolphus Humbles was a member of Brookville Baptist Church, with his home located where the railroad cut now is. When the railroad was built, he built a new home on Campbell Avenue, near the entrance to Virginia Baptist Seminary. Adolphus Humbles (and both his wives) were born "free persons of color," due to Indian or free black ancestors. In "Lest it Be Forgotten", (p. 53) T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr. wrote of Adolphus Humbles. He "started as a cabin bou on one of the packet boats of the (James River and Kanahwa Canal). By hard work and thrift he managed to -- buy much land in Campbell County between Lynchburg and Rustburg, including the old turnpike. He also helped found the Virginia Seminary and College . . . where a building (Humbles Hall, the Administration Building) is named in his honor. He lived and is buried in Jacksontown, east of Candler's Mountain, on the old stage road. Many of his descendants still live in the area." Orgainized in 1883, founded in 1885, Virginia Baptist Seminary has had an enrollment of as large as 500 students. It is now known as Virginia University of Lynchburg.
VA Death Record lists parents as Lee and Mary Humbles.
This land remains in the Humbles family. Adolphus Humbles was a member of Brookville Baptist Church, with his home located where the railroad cut now is. When the railroad was built, he built a new home on Campbell Avenue, near the entrance to Virginia Baptist Seminary. Adolphus Humbles (and both his wives) were born "free persons of color," due to Indian or free black ancestors. In "Lest it Be Forgotten", (p. 53) T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr. wrote of Adolphus Humbles. He "started as a cabin bou on one of the packet boats of the (James River and Kanahwa Canal). By hard work and thrift he managed to -- buy much land in Campbell County between Lynchburg and Rustburg, including the old turnpike. He also helped found the Virginia Seminary and College . . . where a building (Humbles Hall, the Administration Building) is named in his honor. He lived and is buried in Jacksontown, east of Candler's Mountain, on the old stage road. Many of his descendants still live in the area." Orgainized in 1883, founded in 1885, Virginia Baptist Seminary has had an enrollment of as large as 500 students. It is now known as Virginia University of Lynchburg.
This land remains in the Humbles family. Adolphus Humbles was a member of Brookville Baptist Church, with his home located where the railroad cut now is. When the railroad was built, he built a new home on Campbell Avenue, near the entrance to Virginia Baptist Seminary. Adolphus Humbles (and both his wives) were born "free persons of color," due to Indian or free black ancestors. In "Lest it Be Forgotten", (p. 53) T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr. wrote of Adolphus Humbles. He "started as a cabin bou on one of the packet boats of the (James River and Kanahwa Canal). By hard work and thrift he managed to -- buy much land in Campbell County between Lynchburg and Rustburg, including the old turnpike. He also helped found the Virginia Seminary and College . . . where a building (Humbles Hall, the Administration Building) is named in his honor. He lived and is buried in Jacksontown, east of Candler's Mountain, on the old stage road. Many of his descendants still live in the area." Orgainized in 1883, founded in 1885, Virginia Baptist Seminary has had an enrollment of as large as 500 students. It is now known as Virginia University of Lynchburg.
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