Biographical Sketch of John M. Huffman - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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John M. Huffman, a physician of Andrew County, MO., born in Buchanan
County, this State, January 19, 1843, is the son of Jonathan and Eva
(Avery) Huffman.  Jonathan was born in East Tennessee in 1805, and was
the son of Benjamin Huffman, also a native of East Tennessee, and of
German lineage.  He was a farmer, and in the early settlement of 
Indiana immigrated thither, and located in Morgan County, where
Jonathan was born, reared, and given a good education in the country
schools.  After attending the University of Bloomington he began 
teaching, which profession he followed for a long time in Indiana,
when he entered the ministerial profession, which he followed until 
his death, in 1873.  He was connected with the Christian Church.  He
also engaged in farming, and in 1842, removed to Buchanan County, MO.,
where he lived until 1856, when he came to Andrew County.  Eva Avery
was born in North Carolina in 1808.  She was the daughter of John
Avery, who was of German descent, and was an early immigrant to Indiana,
where he engaged in farming.  She was a zealous member of the Christian
Church, and was a very amiable woman, who was universally respected and
loved.  She died in Buchanan County, MO., in 1848.  Our subject was
reared on the farm, and received his literary education in the schools
of Andrew County and other neighboring schools.  To secure his
professional education he studied for three years under a private
preceptor, and then attended the Missouri Medical College, at St.
Louis, and the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia.  He graduated
at the latter place in March, 1870, since which time he has successfully
practiced his profession at Whitesville.  While practicing his profession
he has been engaged in milling, farming, and trading in live stock and
real estate.  Although beginning business life with no capital, he is
now one of the most prosperous citizens of his county, in which he owns
considerable real estate, paying the largest tax of any one in Platte
Township.  He also owns property in St. Joseph, where he is president 
of one of the cable roads, and also president of an extensive land
company; besides this he has good investments in Kansas.  In 1864 he 
enlisted in Company B, Forty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry, as a
non-commissioned officer, and was mustered out of the service in July,
1865.  He is a Royal Arch Mason, and in politics is a Democrat.  In
1883, owing to ill health caused by overwork, he discontinued practice
and spent considerable time in traveling, passing two summers on the
Pacific coast.  He has been in nearly every State and Territory of the
Union.