Augustus H Huff (1851 - 1922)

Born 23 May 1851 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Claudie C (Sullivan) Huff — married 15 Oct 1877 in Sullivan Township, Laurens, South Carolina, United States of America

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1922 at age 70 in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Augustus "Gus" Huff married 1) Claudie C Sullivan (1849–1887) and 2} Mary Amanda "Mamie" Richardson (1859–1943).

Obituary

Transcribed from the Laurensville Herald, 21 Mar 1922^[1]

AUGUSTUS HUFF, prominent Laurens citizen who died at his home Sunday night, were held from the Huff residence on West Main street Tuesday morning, the service being led by the Rev. P.F. KILGO, pastor of the Methodist church of which he had been a member for many years. Other ministers of the city assisted and the interment was at the Laurens Cemetery.

MR. HUFF was a native of Greenville county. After his marriage to MISS CLAUDIA SULLIVAN, of the Tumbling Shoals section, he located and successfully engaged in farming near Brewerton. His first wife died about 40 years ago, and his second marriage was to a MISS RICHARDSON of the Mountville section. She survives, together with 3 sons, and 3 daughters, ERNEST HUFF , of the first union, PHIL D. HUFF, Laurens, and OTIS P. HUFF, student at the Univ. of S.C., MRS. H.E. CARTLEDGE, Augusta, MRS. DAN SAWYER, of Salley and MISS ANNIE HUFF , who is teaching school at Lumberton, N.C.

Some 30 years ago MR. HUFF moved to Laurens and engaged in the fertilizer business. He was a man of a high sense of honor and was respected for his integrity and uprightness of life. He was about 70 years of age.

Children

Note: List from Waterloo, a history of the Anderson family of old Laurens District of South Carolina. See also, other information on children, recorded on his Find a Grave memorial.

1. Gladys Huff, married H. E. Cortledge or Cartledge
2. Anne Huff, never married
3. C. Phil Huff;, married Harriet Smythe
4. Otis Huff, never married
5. Vivian Huff, married Dan Sawyer

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8159660/augustus-huff#source

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8159660/augustus-huff: accessed April 14, 2024), memorial page for Augustus Huff (23 May 1851–20 Mar 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8159660, citing Laurens City Cemetery, Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Lesley Hughes (contributor 46620397).

See also:

• A History of the Salley Family, 1690-1965, by Olin Jones Salley. Published privately by the Salley Family Historical Committee, Aiken, S.C., ©1977. Page 74. https://libcat.familysearch.org/Record/21619
• Waterloo, a history of the Anderson family of old Laurens District of South Carolina, by Mildred Wilson Goodlett (1897- ). Greenville, S. C., Hiott Press, 1961.. Page 71. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89063008171&seq=93&q1=Huff