Henry and Margaret Huff

Henry Huff, my fourth-great-grandfather, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, on 21 May 1796. He was the son of Godfrey Huff (1753-1828) and his wife, Anna Elisabeth Hoffmann (1755-1828).


The gravestone of Henry Huff
Wright Cemetery, Albion, Indiana

He married Margaret Smith or Suton, my fourth great-grandmother, on 1 November 1821, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Margaret was born 3 February 1799, in Pennsylvania.

I figure that my grandfather Henry is the same Henry Huff that lived in Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, according to the United States Federal Census from 1830 and 1840. Additionally, he lived there in 1850, per the census. He was listed as being a farmer with $3,200 in real estate. Tuscarawas County is located in eastern Ohio, and Sandy Township is located in the northeastern corner of Tuscarawas County.

Between 1850 and 1860, the family moved to Indiana. The United States Federal Census (1860) listed Henry as living in York Township, Noble County. He was recorded as being a 64-year-old farmer with $6,000 in real estate and $400 in personal estate. Their Post Office was recorded as "Wolflake & Albion," so I am guessing that they lived between the villages of Wolf Lake and Albion, Indiana.

Henry died 3 March 1870, aged 73 years, 9 months and 13 days. Margaret died 19 September 1878, in Noble County, Indiana. Henry and Margaret were buried in Wright Cemetery, in Albion.

Children of Henry and Margaret:

1. Rebecca, born in 1827 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
2. Martin, born 26 September 1827 in Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; he died 9 September 1884 in Ligonier, Indiana. He married Ruth Ann Shisler, 23 January 1851 in Tusacarawa County. They had the following children: Daniel Samual (1853-1898), Margaret E. (1853-1891), twins Eva C. (b. 1856) and Sevilla (b. 1856), twins Frederick Omer (1859-1932) and Henry Owen (1859-1893), Levi S. (1861-1903), Reuben (1863-1914), Alma (b. 1867), Martin Luther (1872-1942), and George Washington (1874-1887).
3. Daniel, born in 1830 in Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
4. Phillip, born 20 September 1831 in Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
5. Reuben B., born 11 January 1839 in Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; he died 24 August 1914, and was buried in the Wright Cemetery, Albion, Indiana. He married Susan Hile, 23 December 1864, and they had the following children: Ernest M. (b. 1880), Isaiah (b. 1865), Joette B. (b. 1878), and William F. (b. 1871).