Josephine (Baas) Huff (1880 - 1964)

Died 4 Feb 1964 at age 83 in Monroe, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Josephine Baas Lucas Huff was born in 1880. She passed away in 1964 at the age of 83.

Josephine was married first to Charley Lucas from Mississippi. Based on a calculated age from the 1900 census and the age of her first child, she married at the age of 14 or 15. Her husband Charley, was 26 at the time and died in 1901. The couple had three children, the last, Charley, Jr was born close to the time of or after his father's death.

Sometime before the 1910 Census, Josephine married Rufus Dawson Huff and brought her 3 children into the household with her. In the 1910 census, six children are listed in the household. By the 1920 Census, Josephine had given birth to Ruby Lee, the daughter of Rufus Dawson Huff bringing the total of children raised by Josephine to 7.

• 1900 Josephine is in household of her first husband Charley Lucas with two children. ^[1]

1. Charley Lucas, Head, 31, Mississippi
2. Joe Lucas, Wife, 20, Alabama (Josephine)
3. Ethel Lucas, Daughter, 5, Alabama
4. Eva Lucas, Daughter, 1, Alabama

• 1901 Burial Record indicates the death date for Charley to be Feb 2, 1901. Based on the calculated age of his son Charles from 1910 Census where he is listed in the household of Josephine and Rufus Dawson, it is likely that Josephine was pregnant with Charles Jr, or had him shortly after Charles Sr’s death. ^[2]

• 1910 Census for Jeddo, Monroe, Al shows Josephine living in the household of Rufus Dawson Huff with the children from Rufus’s marriage to Amanda Lawrence as well as her children from Charles Lucas. Note the L (for Lucas). The Lucas children did not take the Huff name as adults. ^[3]

1. Rufuss Huff, Head, 39, Georgia
2. Josephine Huff, Wife, 29, Alabama
3. Effie Huff, Daughter, 17, Alabama (Jeffie)
4. Willie Huff, Son, 15, Alabama
5. Lillie Huff, Daughter,12, Alabama
6. Ethel L Huff, Stepdaughter,14, Mississippi
7. Eva L Huff, Stepdaughter, 11, Alabama
8. Charles L Huff, Stepson, 9, Alabama

• 1920 Census Josephine is living in household with Rufus and his mother. Note the birth of Ruby Lee Huff ^[4]

1. Rufuis D Huff, Head, 48, Georgia
2. Josephine Huff, Wife,39, Alabama
3. Rubie Lee Huff, Daughter, 8, Alabama (Ruby Lee)
4. Rebecca Bailey, Mother, 71, Alabama

• 1964 Death Record ^[5]

• 1964 Burial Record for Josephine Baas Lucas Huff , Frisco City, Monroe, Al in Union Cemetery. ^[6] Birth and Death dates are taken from this record.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DV-Y6K : accessed 28 May 2019), Charley Lucas, Precinct 13 Jeddo (part), Monroe, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 169, sheet 12B, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,033.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-NTND : 13 December 2015), Charlie E Lucas, 1901; Burial, Frisco City, Monroe, Alabama, United States of America, Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 24613125, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7K-2R5 : accessed 29 May 2019), Josephine Huff in household of Rufuss Huff, Jeddo, Monroe, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 3B, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 25; FHL microfilm 1,374,038.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXD9-LLH : accessed 27 May 2019), Rufuis D Huff, Jeddo, Monroe, Alabama, United States; citing ED 152, sheet 8B, line 66, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 33; FHL microfilm 1,820,033.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRYX-G3V : 20 May 2014), Josephine Huff, Feb 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-79RJ : 11 July 2016), Josephine Baas Huff, 1964; Burial, Frisco City, Monroe, Alabama, United States of America, Union Cemetery; citing record ID 93694959, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.