Dearborn County IN Archives Biographies.....Huffman, Elijah July 26, 1818 - December 3, 1899
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Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties Indiana From Their Earliest Settlement
Author: Publishers F.E. Weakley & Co. 

ELIJAH HUFFMAN, farmer, Hogan Township, resides upon Section 21. He was born 
one mile west of Aurora, July 26, 1818. His education was very limited. His 
father, Conrad, was born on the south branch of the Potomac River, Virginia, 
in 1770. His mother, Elizabeth (Carbaugh) Huffman, was born in Harrison 
County, Ky., in June, 1798. His father was a farmer, and came here in 1803, 
and nearly every year he built boats and took his crops South. He was a scout 
in the war of 1812, under Gen. Dill, and died May 31, 1862; his mother died 
July 17, 1884. Mr. Huffman was married May 5, 1836, to Miss Rachel Buffington. 
She was born in Dearborn County, January 29, 1818, and to their union six 
children were born: Andrew J., William B., Daniel C., Mary A., E. Homer and 
Nancy J. Andrew J. served three years in Company I, Eighty-third Indiana 
Volunteers. William B., enlisted in the Sixteenth Indiana Volunteers, served 
ninety days, then went into the gunboat service, and served over two years. E. 
Homer served three months in the Ninety-first regiment, then went into the 
gunboat service and served until the close of the war. Mr. Huffman was 
congressional township trustee from August, 1839, to 1845, and justice of the 
peace from 1845 to 1854. He was elected State Senator in 1866, and resigned to 
defeat the Fifteenth Amendment; after which he was re-elected by a larger 
majority than before, showing that he was fully indorsed by his constituents, 
who honored him with the office for six years. Again Mr. Huffman resigned his 
seat and returned home, feeling that he had accomplished all the good he could 
for his friends and neighbors. He has always been a warm friend to education, 
and has served as school director for many years. He was county assessor, by 
election , for two years. He was the originator of the Grange Mutual Fire 
Insurance Company, framed all the papers, and was the first secretary, holding 
that position for four years, and is now vice-president of the organization. 
He also has an interest in the Grange Supply Store, at Cincinnati, Ohio. He 
cleared most of his present farm, and built all his own buildings, as well as 
many other permanent improvements in the neighborhood. He is a member of 
Wilmington Lodge No. 158, F.& A. M. Both he and Mrs. Huffman are members of 
the Christian Union Church. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman are a well preserved old 
couple, and enjoy life, having plenty to meet their every want whilst serving 
out their pilgrimage here below.

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