Susan F. (Howe) Huff (abt. 1820 - 1853)

Born about 1820 in Cooper, Washington, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Nov 1853 at about age 33 in Maine, United States

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Biography

Susan F. Howe was the daughter of Asa and Susanna (Fisher) Howe. She died at age 33, and was the wife of Robert Huff---as inscribed on her grave marker at East Ridge Cemetery in Cooper, Washington County, Maine. Her birth year would have been 1820 as her death was November 8, 1853.^[1]

1850 Her family was documented on the 1850 federal census. Daughter Rosemarie was born in 1842, so a marriage year of 1841 is feasible.
Robert Huff 35
Susan Huff 32
Rosemarie Huff 8
Florence [sic] Huff 6
Susan A Huff 4 ^[2]

Susan died in 1853; potentially, she could have birthed more children since the census was taken. If she birthed a child in 1853, that child would be age 7 in the 1860 census. This is what we see for Robert in 1860:
Robert Huff 43
Matilda Huff 27
Rose E Huff 17
Florian Huff
Susan Huff 13
Robert D Huff 11
Abner Huff 6
Daniel Huff 1^[3]
If Robert D Huff was age 11, he should have been on the 1850, and Abner could turn seven the year of the census, and so could have been her son.

With more research on Susan's family, it can be concluded that ~
>She was born in Cooper, and married a man who was also born in Cooper. The couple lived next to her husband's parents, Abner and Abbie Huff. (1850 census)
>She had five surviving children with Robert Huff.

• Rose Emma (Huff) Butterfield, b. 1842 familysearch.org ID L4MS-84S
  
• Florian Augustus Huff, b. 1844, d. 1878; Civil War Veteran^[4]
• Susan Amelia (Huff) Gates, 1847-1883. ^[5]
• Robert Dexter Huff 1849-1928; familysearch.org ID L4MS-823
• Abner, 1853

>And then, she died in Cooper.

Family Tidbits

• Three of Susan's brothers married three of Robert's sisters. Asa Howe m. Abbie Huff, Samuel Howe m. Lydia Huff, and Joel Howe m. Mary Huff.
• Roy Howe, grandfather of WikiTree member Jeanne was the great-nephew of Susan (Howe) Huff on his father's side, and the great-nephew of Matilda (Lane) Huff (Robert's second wife) on his mother's side.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104490668/susan-f-huff: accessed 30 December 2023), memorial page for Susan F. Howe Huff (1820–8 Nov 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104490668, citing East Ridge Cemetery, Cooper, Washington County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Charlie Morgan (contributor 47142894).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VZ-RN4 : Tue Oct 03 18:50:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Robert Huff and Susan Huff, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHJ-V6P : Wed Oct 04 22:23:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Robert Huff and Matilda Huff, 1860.
4. ↑ "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQZ-S5L : Fri Dec 08 17:44:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Florian A Huff, 01 Mar 1878.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-S6Q3 : Wed Oct 25 19:54:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Amelia Gates and Robert Huff, 18 Jan 1883.