Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Huff, Socrates July 1, 1827 - September 26, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Steve Harrison raleighwood@juno.com May 19, 2008, 4:33 am Author: Bailey Millard Socrates Huff, who served four terms as treasurer of Alameda County, was one of the honored California pioneers of the year 1849. He was born in Crawford County, Ohio, July 1, 1827, a son of William Huff. He was about two years old when his parents numbered themselves among the pioneer settlers in Berrien County, Michigan, in 1829. In that county Socrates Huff was reared to adult age, under the conditions and influences of the pioneer days prior to the admission of Michigan to statehood. In February, 1849, accompanied by one of his brothers [Lucien Bonaparte Huff] and four other companions, Mr. Huff set forth for California, and, by way of Salt Lake and the Truckee Pass, he crossed the plains to his destination. He mined for a time on Bear River, thereafter was in business a short time at Sacramento, and he then came to what is now Alameda County. In August, 1851, Mr. Huff purchased a freighting vessel, which he placed in commission between Alvardo, San Francisco and Stockton. In the fall of the following year he returned to the East, and in February, 1853, married Miss Amelia Cassaday, who was born in Pennsylvania and whose father later settled in Cook County, Illinois. After his marriage Mr. Huff drove a herd of cattle from Iowa to Alameda County, California. In 1859 he made permanent settlement at San Leandro. In 1863 he was elected treasurer of Alameda County, and in 1886 he was again elected to this office, as was he also in 1888 and 1890. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1880, and was active in the local councils of his party. Mr. Huff has valuable real estate and farm properties and became interested also in banking and the insurance business. He and his wife became the parents of seven children, all daughters.” END Additional Comments: “History of the San Francisco Bay Region” By Bailey Millard Chicago: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1924 Volume 3, page 358 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/alameda/bios/huff999gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb