Isaiah (Basford) Huff (1814 - 1862)

Born 23 Nov 1814 in Lisbon, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Nov 1862 at age 47 in Wellington, Piscataquis, Maine, United States

Biography

Isaiah was born in 1814. He was the son of Nathaniel Basford and Keziah Huff Basford. He passed away in 1862.

According to The Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. 1909. Page 805:

Isaiah Huff, son of Nathaniel and Keziah (Huff) Basford, was adopted by his grandfather, Moses Huff, who changed his name to Huff. He was born in Lisbon, Maine, November 23, 1814, and died in Wellington, Maine, November 18, 1862. He was but seven years old when his adopted parents, his grandparents, moved to Wellington, whither Moses Huff induced many of his friends and neighbors to go, instead of joining the exodus to Ohio and Illinois. Moses Huff had the greatest faith in the future of the state of Maine. Isaiah followed in his footsteps and was a well-to-do and enterprising farmer in Wellington. He was captain of his company in the state militia and was prominent in town affairs.

He married, on 18 Oct 1835 in Somerset County, Maine, to Eunice Webb Stevens, of Sangerville, Maine (1 Jan 1813 Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine - 31 Jul 1892 Wellington, Piscataquis County, Maine), daughter of William Stevens and his wife, Cynthia.^[1]

Children

Children, born in Wellington, Piscataquis County, Maine:

1. Lucy Ann Huff, January 24, 1837
2. Charles William Huff, May 15, 1839 - 1872
3. Sumner Sears Huff, February 17, 1841 - 1914
4. Eunice E Huff, August 12, 1843, possibly died young?
5. Isaiah Melvine Huff, October 23, 1845 - 1908
6. Eunice Frances Huff, August 27, 1847 - 1921. Married in 1869 to James J. Moulton (1840 – 1912)
7. Lavinia Keziah Huff (or Lovina Keziah Huff), July 22, 1849 - 1873. Married in 1869 to George Frank Jones (1847 – 1903).
8. Rufus T Huff, June 1852 - 1869
9. Cornelius Perrington Huff, July 25, 1855 - 1924
10. Laura Ann Huff, June 13, 1858 -1878

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XF-KPF : 22 July 2021), Eunice Stevens in entry for Isaiah Huff, 1835.

• The Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. 1909. Page 805:

Isaiah Huff, son of Nathaniel and Keziah (Huff) Basford, was adopted by his grandfather, Moses Huff, who changed his name to Huff....

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92863587/isaiah-basford-huff: accessed 27 February 2023), memorial page for Isaiah Basford Huff (23 Nov 1814–18 Nov 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 92863587, citing Taylor Cemetery, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Sharon Wilbur (contributor 47533351).