Edward White Huff (1844 - 1913)

Born 6 Jun 1844 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Died 11 Aug 1913 at age 69 in Prairie Gregg, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

EDWARD W. AND SUSANNA A. HUFF OF KY AND LA

Edward W. HUFF (June 1844 KY - ) md Angie B. "Susannah" Haner (1852 LA - ) and lived mostly in Vermillion Parish, LA. He was the son of T. L. and Sarah HUFF of VA, MD, KY, and LA.

One death notice gives his DOB as 14 June, not 6 June as entered here.

Same notice says he moved to Vermilion in 1869. "He was High Sheriff one term, and Deputy Sheriff for many years."

He is probably the Edward W Huff who served in the Confederate Second Calvary, 1864.^[1] He would have been 20 years old.

A notice in the Meridonial says he was baptised in the Episcopal Church in 1895.^[2] He gets dozens of mentions in the Meridional throughout his life in Vermilion Parish in his capacity as police constable, commander of the United Confederate Veterans, and private citizen.

In 1900, the wife was shown as Annie B. (Mar 1852 LA - ), a corruption of Susanna B[[ailey].

A notice in the [Abbeville] Meridonial^[3] notes that he was paid $25 as a constable to the Justice of the Peace. Probably quarterly pay, as an earlier notice in the same paper from 1900 says he was elected to this position at $80/year, paid quarterly. He served several times as constable of the police jury in the Parish (see accompanying clips).

In 1910,the children are erroneously shown with the surname Hudson because of a transcription error. In fact they are all Huffs. Hudson is the married name of Katherine Belle Huff.

a. Sallie W. (Dec 1884 LA -

b. Hunter T. (Feb 1887 LA, bp 31 Mar 1891 -

c. Angie L. (Sep 1890 LA -

d. Clarence D. (Aug 1893 LA -

e. Lillie W. (Jan 1898 LA -

Burial^[4]: Graceland Cemetery , Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA

Obituary: see column 3 Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.), 23 Aug. 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064057/1913-08-23/ed-1/seq-1/>

Huff lineage is Edward W. and 2 or 3 wives of KY and LA; T. Lundy and Sarah E. Wilson of VA, MD, KY, and LA;

Notes:

• 1850^[5] Plaquemines, Louisiana; Ed W Huff Age 6 living with parents and siblings: T L Huff 45, Sara E Huff 27, Wm D Huff 10, Ths L Huff 8, Geo A Huff 4, John A Huff 2, Adam E Wilson 26, Geo T Wilson 22, John C Ropp 22

• 1860 St Mary's Par, LA, dw 34, with T. L. Huff fam.

• 1870 Vermillion Par, p 184, Abbeville, Edward with his widowed mother, Sarah Huff.

• 1880^[6] Prairie Gregg, Vermilion, Louisiana; Edward W . Huff 37, Birthplace: Kentucky; Father's Birthplace: South Carolina; with wife and children: Susannah A. B. Huff 28, Elizabeth E. Huff 5, Thomas H. Huff 4, Katie B. Huff 2, Ettie H. Huff 1/12

• 1900^[7] Vermillion Par, LA, Ward 2, 45-92-11-52, Edward W. Huff hh.

• 1910 Vermillion Par, LA, Greydon 135-18, Edward W. Huff hh.

• 1920

Occupation: Deputy Sheriff. in 1910. Abbeville, LA. Note: This is noted in his wife's obit of the same date.

Marriage 23 OCT 1872. Note: Edward married a second time to someone named Argis, and was married to her, with stepchildren, by 1910 -- according to census records, as cited by a Huff correspondent.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFD8-GCH : 12 December 2014), Edward W Huff, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Second Cavalry, F - J, NARA microfilm publication M320 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 10.
2. ↑ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064005/1895-03-09/ed-1/seq-3/
3. ↑ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064005/1904-01-23/ed-1/seq-2/
4. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=FindAGraveUS&h=104229745&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=CcI9&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=8054
5. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Plaquemines, Louisiana; Roll: M432_238; Page: 271A; Image: 545
6. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Prairie Gregg, Vermilion, Louisiana; Roll: 473; Family History Film: 1254473; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 015
7. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Prairie Gregg, Vermillion, Louisiana; Roll: 585; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0092; FHL microfilm: 1240585
8. ↑ Source: #S4 AFN: 1RM6-KG7

• Max Huff, EDWARD W. AND SUSANNA A. HUFF OF KY AND LA, file dated 25 Nov 1992
• D. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil.

• GEDCOM file imported on 29 Dec 2002, created from old Ultimate Family Tree software.