Rufus was born 1865[1]
He married about 1885 to Elizabeth Dora Catherine "Katie" Dotson (daughter of William Dotson & Luvice Blackburn).
They had 11 children.
1900 Oregon Co, Mo, Moore twp, p24, HH# 113, June 7-8:
Huddleston, Ruff M. (head) - 35, b Mar 1865 Mo, par b Tn/Ala
. . . . Katie (wife) - 30, b Dec 1869 Ind, marr 14 yrs, 7 ch/7 liv
. . . . Allen (son) - 13, b Aug 1886 MO
. . . . James G (son) - 11, b Sept 1888 Mo
. . . . Clarence A. (son) - 9, b Jan 1891 Mo
. . . . Andrew J (son) - 7, b Apr 1893 Mo
. . . . Laura A. (daug) - 5, b July 1894 Mo
. . . . Malisa J. (daug) - 3, b July 1896 Mo
. . . . Benjamin L. (son) - 8 mos, b Sept 1899 Mo
. . . . Benjamin (father) - 83, b Feb 1817 Tn (par b Md/VA), widowed
1910 Ozark Co, MO, Bayou twp, p199, HH# 258, May 12 -
Huddleston, R.M. (head) - 45 MO
. . . . . Katie (wife) - 40 Ky, 1st marr 26 yrs/11 ch/11 liv
. . . . . Andrew (son) - 17 Mo
. . . . . Laura (daug) - 15 Mo
. . . . . Malissa (daug) - 13 Mo
. . . . . Luther (son) - 11 Mo
. . . . . Hulda (daug) - 9 Mo
. . . . . Lawrence (son) - 6 Mo
. . . . . Mary (daug) - 3 Ark
. . . . . Mitta (daug) - 8 mos Ark
. . . . . Allen (son) - 23 Mo
. . . . . Jincy (dau-in-law) - 30 Mo, 1st marr 3 yrs/2 ch/2 liv
. . . . . Alva (son) - 2 Mo
. . . . . Grace (daug) - 9 mos MO
In 1930 Rufus and Katie were living in Pocahontas, Ark.
Rufus was a deacon at Shiloh Baptist Church, Pocahontas, Arkansas.
He died in 1948, Pocaontas Ark[2]
Buried Masonic Cemetery, Pocahontas, Randolph county, Ark.
Find A Grave: Memorial #72702744 with picture of tombstone
Katie died in 1949.
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