Carroll-Clinton County IN Archives Biographies.....Hufford, David 1837 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

DAVID HUFFORD.

   Among the families of Carroll county, Indiana, whose members have worthily
discharged their duties to their neighbors and their fellows, no family takes
higher rank than the Huffords, who are today prominently identified with the
agricultural and business life of the county. For three-quarters of a century
the members of this family have stood for all that is wise and good in the
business, educational, moral and social life of the county, and have wielded a
potent influence for the development of the county. David Hufford, a retired
farmer of Clay township, who represents the second generation of the family in
this county and who occupies the farm his father entered from the government, is
a citizen of wide influence in this community.

   David Hufford was born in the house where he now lives in Clay township on
September 17, 1837, and is the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Plank) Hufford, the
former of whom was born in the Old Dominion state and the latter in Maryland.
They moved to Ohio with their parents and grew up there. They were married in
the Buckeye state and had twelve children, all of whom were born in Ohio except
the last three, who were born in Carroll county, Indiana. They moved to Carroll
county in 1833 and settled on the farm where David Hufford now lives, having
entered the land in 1828 which Mr. Hufford owns. He has the original patent for
the land given to his father by the government. Only two of the twelve children,
David, the subject of this sketch, and a sister, the widow of Noah Gochnauer,
are now living. The latter is a resident of Ross township and is eighty-two
years old. The late Abraham Hufford left each of his eleven children, one having
died in infancy, one hundred and sixty acres of land. He died in May, 1859, and
his wife in October, 1882. They were both members of the Dunkard church.

   David Hufford received a common-school education in the district schools of
Clay township and, after having lived at home with his parents during his
boyhood and young manhood, was married on December 4, 1864, to Susan Beery, a
daughter of Jonas and Catherine (Stoneburner) Beery, the former of whom came to
Carroll county from Ohio. Susan Beery was born in Hockin county, Ohio.    Her
parents both died in the Buckeye state.

   Mr. and Mrs. David Hufford have had ten children, eight of whom are living.
Mary is the wife of Jacob Hetrick, of near Rossville, Clinton county, Indiana;
Catherine died in middle age; Eldo lives in Los Angeles, California; Joshua is a
resident of Rossville, Indiana; Eliza is at home; William lives on the farm in
Clinton county and operates the home place; Edward died at the age of thirteen
years; Jennie is at home; Irvin lives in Frankfort, Indiana; Vernon lives at
home and assists in the operation of the home farm.

   Mr. Hufford owns two hundred and forty-four acres of land, of which two
hundred and thirty acres are in Carroll county and the balance in Clinton
county. The land has all been cleared by members of the Hufford family. When the
late Abraham Hufford entered the land it was covered with timber. Deer and
turkey were plentiful and roamed the woods.

   During the past five years Mr. Hufford has been living retired. He and his
good wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on December 4, 1914. Both
are devout members of the United Brethren church, arid Mr. Hufford is a stanch
Democrat.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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