Magdelina Mary (Spangler) Huff (abt. 1802 - 1885)

Born about 1802 in Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Edmund F Huff Jr — married 1823 in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1885 at about age 83 in Cedar Falls, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Spangler (1802 Pennsylvania - 1 JAN 1885 Cedar Falls, Dunn, Wisconsin) was the daughter of John Spangler (1768–1860) and Mary Strawbridge (1781–1848).

She married Edmund F. Huff, son of Edmund Huff (1747-1819) and Nancy Jones (1749-1820), about 1823 in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.

Migrated to Cameron County about 1822 after the death of his parents. He settled finally in 1827 three miles below Emporium on the Driftwood branch[1].

In 1823 Edmund married Magdelina "Mary" Spangler (1802-1885) daughter of John Spangler (1768–1860) and Mary Strawbridge (1781–1848).

Children:

1. John S Huff born May 1824 - unmarried
2. Nancy Jones Huff born September 8, 1827 married Philip Whitfield Whiting
3. William Jones Huff born December 20, 1828 in Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania moved to Linn County, Iowa where he married Almira Walker. He later moved to Jasper county, Missouri after the Civil War.
4. Mary "Polly" Huff (May 1831 - 9 Jul 1906 Cedar Falls, Dunn, Wisconsin) married (1) Stephen Hamilton (2) John McAllister
5. Samuel Huff born 1832 in Emporium, Potter, Pennsylvania, unmarried
6. Edmund Thompson Huff born April 5, 1833 in Emporium, Potter, Pennsylvania married Louisa Schmond
7. Strawbridge Edward Huff born November 2, 1835 in Emporium, Potter, Pennsylvania married Eliza Jane Gage

Death: 1 Jan 1885 Age: 83 , Cedar Falls, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States. Died while visiting dau Polly.^[1]

Notes;

• 1850^[2]. Portage, Potter, Pennsylvania. Edmond Huff 57, Mary Huff 48, John Huff 26, Nancy J Huff 22, Polly Huff 18, Thompson Huff 16, Strawbridge Huff 14, Samuel Huff 8

• 1860^[3] Portage, Potter, Pennsylvania. Edmond Huff 65, Polly Huff 55, John Huff 35, Samuel Huff 19, Mary A Donnath 16. Son Edmund T Huff living near Farm.

• 1880^[4] - Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States, Mary Huff age 78. Birth Year (Estimated) 1802, Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States, Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States, Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, widow - living with son Strawbridge Huff and family

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6643560
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CR-1F9 : 12 April 2016), Edmond Huff, Portage, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 2, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXT8-FDD : 13 December 2017), Edmond Huff, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXF-J95 : 15 July 2017), Mary Huff in household of Strawbridge E Huff, Emporium, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 39, sheet 514C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1111; FHL microfilm 1,255,111.

• Billy M. Huff, "Compilation of Letters to Mira, Documenting the Army Life of an Ordinary Soldier While Serving in the 20th Iowa Infantry Regiment 1862-1865" CreateSpace, 2015. available from Amazon

• Huff Family Records and Photos Compiled by Max Huff