Biographical Sketch of William D. Huff, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** William D. Huff was born in Vermont, near Burlington, in 1819, and when about ten years of age was taken to Essex County, N. Y., where he grew up and received a common school education. Upon reaching manhood he began working as collier in New York, and soon rose to the position of superintendent, and for several years followed this calling. In 1846 he married Sophronia Merrifield, a native of New York, and in 1857 they came to Missouri, and settled at Iron Mountain. For over twenty-three years he was superintendent of the coaling department for that company. When the furnace abandoned the use of charcoal Mr. Huff moved to the farm where he now lives, which consists of 220 acres. In 1886 his wife died at the age of fifty-nine. She was a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South, Mr. Huff being also a member of the same. He is a Democrat in politics, and in 1857-58 represented St. Francois County in the State Legislature. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. The following four children were born to Mr. Huff and wife: Emily A., Fannie S., Merrifield W., and Ada H. All are married and have families. The parents of Mr. Huff, John and Sallie (Wiley) Huff, were both nat- ives of Vermont, he being of German and she of Irish descent. He was a farmer by occupation, and a soldier in the War of 1812. They were both of the Quaker faith, and were highly respected citizens. She lived to be about fifty-eight years of age, and he eighty-three. In their family werre seven children, Mr. Huff being the third. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================