John Huff born in May, 1824 probably in Potter County, Pennsylvania was the oldest son of Edmund and Magdalena (Polly) Huff.
No marriage record found.
Death: 1901-07-21 Age: 77, Sterling Run, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States
Notes:
1850[1]: Portage, Potter, Pennsylvania. John Huff age 26 at home with family
1860[2]: Portage Township, PoPortage, Potter, Pennsylvania, At home with parents Edmond Huff age 65, mother Polly Huff age 55 and brother Samuel age 19
1863-07-01 Draft Registration[3]: Cameron, Pennsylvania, age 40, born Lycoming, PA
1870 not found
1880[4]: Gibson, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States. John Huff age 56, single. occupation: servant-laborer. Living in household of Elihu Lewis.
1900[5]: Gibson Township Driftwood borough, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States. John Huff age 76, birth May 1824, boarder living in household of Elizabeth Mason 75
Sources
Research by Max Huff
Funeral Director’s Log, (William H. Smith & Philip Smith), Sterling Run Area, Cameron Co., PA (lists date of death)
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CR-1F3 : 12 April 2016), John Huff in household of Edmond Huff, Portage, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 2, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXF-JWN : 15 July 2017), John Huff, Gibson, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 534C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1111; FHL microfilm 1,255,111.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39D-M15 : accessed 23 August 2018), John Huff in household of Elizabeth Mason, Gibson Township Driftwood borough, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 14A, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,390.
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