Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Enos Ed. HUFFMAN

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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ENOS ED. HUFFMAN - son of Enos and Jane (GEORGE)HUFFMAN, was 
born December 11, 1839, on the farm where he now lives in Blue Sulphur 
district, Greenbrier County, December 3, 1860, in Monroe County, (now) West 
Virginia, he married Margaret Swan ELLIS, who was born in Monroe County, 
February 7, 1839. Andrew and Mary (ALDERSON) ELLIS, her parents, are 
still living in Monroe County, and her mother was born in that county, 
on Greenbrier river, December 31, 1813. Her father was born in Greenbrier County, 
July 19, 1811. The father of Mr. HUFFMAN was born in the Shenandoah 
valley, Virginia , August 15, 1793, and died in Ohio, April 19,
1856. Mr. HUFFMAN`s mother, who is living with him was born in this district. 
October 25, 1794. Enos Ed. HUFFMAN was a soldier of the 36th Virginia Battalion,
and a participant in the battle of Gettysburg among others. His brother 
Washington was in the same command, was a prisoner at Camp Chase and Fort 
Delaware, lost his health from exposure, and died November 15, 1868, from 
the effects. The children of Mr. and Mrs. HUFFMAN, all at home, are seven: 
Cornelia B., born November 7, 1861; Ambrose H., November 10, 1864; Calah, 
September 16. 1866; Cary, October 6, 1868; Andrew, November 21, 1870; 
Robison, November 10, 1874; Mark S., December 14, 1876. Mr. HUFFMAN also 
raised Arabella ELLIS, born July 13, 1863, his brother-in-law's daughter. 
She now lives with John Lewis, in Blue Sulphur district. Enos Ed. HUFFMAN 
is an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, has been a member of the school 
board two years, and is superintendent of the baptist Sunday school. 
Address, Alderson, Monroe County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.