Hiram Humphrey
Hiram Humphrey I knew well, not so well when he was a lawyer but afterward, for in 1842, during an awakening in the churches of Mansfield, he became greatly interested, and shortly thereafter entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, and connecting himself with the North Ohio Conference, he lived and died a minister of the gospel of glad tidings to men. As a preacher he was didactic rather than persuasive, logical rather than fervid in his deliverances. He addressed the intellect rather than the heart, and it may be said of him that he was in no sense a revivalist; that he was strong in doctrine, zealous in the cause he espoused, and fairly successful. Humphrey in his party preferences was a Democrat, and there came a time in the history of the North Ohio Conference when in that large body of ministers he was almost alone, he a Democrat, all others of opposite politics, and I have heard of his saying, "that he was like a strange cat in his Father's garret". He passed away a few years ago; his home residence was in Medina County.
From The Richland Shield & Banner: December 8, 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 30