BIO: Hiram DeHUFF, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 48.
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HIRAM DeHUFF
Huntingdon, Pa.

Assistant Yardmaster:  Hiram DeHuff is well and favorably known among the 
residents of Huntingdon and this section, and principally among the railroad 
fraternity.  His forefathers came from Alsace Lorraine, France.  Hiram DeHuff 
was born at Huntingdon, Pa., July 15, 1870, and in both Huntingdon and 
Mifflintown he received his early education.  His father was killed in a 
railroad accident in 1880; his mother was Mary E. (Sharrer) DeHuff, of 
Huntingdon, Pa.  Early in life, at the age of twelve years, he began to work, 
beginning with the Western Union Telegraph Company; remained for a period of 
fourteen years, becoming a telegraph operator.  Commenced his employment with 
the P.R.R. in 1886; was assistant yardmaster for two years, and assistant 
trainmaster for fifteen years, with a service of forty-three years with the 
company.  Belongs to the Lutheran Church.  Has served on election board.  Is 
a Mason, Mount Moriah Lodge; Huntingdon Club.  Has two brothers: George F., 
of Harrisburg, married to Anna Moser; Stewart M., Connellsville, Pa., married 
to Ida Weller.  Sisters: Mary, married to Joseph Simpson, Philadelphia, Pa., 
deceased; Carrie, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; Ethel, aged thirty at death in 1917; 
Edwin F., deceased, aged twenty-eight years.  Hiram DeHuff was married to 
Louise Bert, daughter of the late George D. Bert, Assistant Superintendent, 
Huntingdon Reformatory.  One daughter, Harriet L., instructor among schools 
of Pittsburgh, along lines of work having to do with librarians.  Formerly 
was Assistant Librarian at Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa.  Mr. DeHuff is 
an agreeable gentleman and well posted in his work.