Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Huffman, Jefferson S. 1844 - 1898
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

JEFFERSON S. HUFFMAN.

   Jefferson S. Huffman, now deceased, was an honored veteran of the Civil war
and it was partly because of injuries sustained during that period of
hostilities that he died on the 28th of June, 1898. He was born in Ohio on the
9th of September, 1844, his parents being Mathias and Lavina (McLott) Huffman.
The father was a native of Virginia and a carpenter by occupation. Leaving the
Old Dominion, he took up his abode in Ohio at an early epoch in the development
of that state and there he resided for some years. In his business affairs he
prospered, but died during the early boyhood of his son Jefferson. There were
but two children in the family, the sister being Sarah, now the wife of Newton
Ross, a carpenter. The father was a Republican in his political views and his
religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal church.

   Jefferson S. Huffman was reared, in the usual manner of farmer lads, upon the
old family homestead in Ohio, no event of special importance occurring to vary
the routine of farm life for him in his early youth, save the removal of the
family to Indiana. He was indebted to the public school system of the state for
the educational privileges he enjoyed and upon the home farm he was reared and
became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the
agriculturist. He was still at home at the time of the outbreak of the Civil
war. His sympathy being in behalf of the Union, he afterward joined the army,
becoming a member of Company I, Sixth Indiana Regiment, with which he was
fighting in the battle of Chickamauga when wounded, his thigh being pierced by a
rebel bullet. As a soldier he was brave and loyal, never faltering in his
allegiance to the old flag.

   On the 11th of April, 1869, Mr. Huffman was united in marriage to Miss
Catherine Brougher, a daughter of Lewis F. and Hannah (Knight) Brougher. The
father was born in Jennings county, Indiana, in the year 1826 and the mother's
birth occurred in Putnam county, this state, in 1828. They had but two children:
Mrs. Huffman and Allen T., who married Carrie Crittenden and is now a merchant
of Burnsville. Mr. Broughter in his political views was a Republican and for
several years filled the office of justice of the peace, discharging his duties
with strict fairness and impartiality. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal
church and took an active interest in everything pertaining to the intellectual,
material and moral development of his community. As the result of his industry
and enterprise in business he steadily worked his way upward and became the
owner of a well improved farm, having at his death four hundred acres. After the
death of his first wife he was again married, his second union being with Louisa
Miller, and by that marriage there was one son, Oliver, who wedded Clara Hutton
and after her death married Carrie Hendricks. He is now following the occupation
of farming in Jennings county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Huffman have been born six
children: Allen, who married Sarah Hughes, and is a farmer: Maude, the wife of
Edward Robinson, who carries on agricultural pursuits; Lavina, who is still at
home; Harriet, who is a graduate of the high school with the class of 1896;
Lewis, who completed his education in the high school and is farming; and Arlie.

   In order to provide for his family Mr. Huffman followed merchandising in
early life at Burnsville, carrying on that business continuously for fifteen
years, when he devoted his attention to the farm, giving his energies to the
cultivation and improvement of his farm at Burnsville. He exercised his right of
franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party and served
as postmaster of Burnsville from the time of the establishment of the office
until his death, some twenty-five years ago. He belonged to the Masonic
fraternity and to the Grand Army of the Republic and was a worthy exemplar of
the beneficent spirit of these orders. His life was honorable, his actions manly
and sincere and he was a gentleman of forceful individuality, whose traits of
character were commendable by reason of his fidelity to duty and to honorable
principles. Almost his entire life was spent in Indiana and therefore his career
was a familiar one to many of the citizens, all of whom respected him because of
his genuine worth. His loss was deeply felt by his family and friends and his
memory is cherished by many who knew him. Mrs. Huffman survives her husband and
owns and operates the one-hundred-and-forty-acre farm at Burnsville, and there
she has a wide circle of friends.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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