Henry Huff (abt. 1832 - 1852)

Born about 1832 in Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Died 1852 at about age 20 in The Oregon Trail

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Biography

Henry was born about 1832. He was the son of Jefferson Huff and Lutilda Rice.

Henry was never married. He was about 19 years old when he left Iowa with his parents & siblings to move to Oregon in 1852. This was a difficult year on the Oregon Trail, cholera hit the Huff family hard. Henry and 5 of his siblings died.

Sources

Oregon Pioneer Association, file "Irijah Byars," located in the office of Multnomah Park Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. Copied by compiler onsite in 1983.

Research Notes

1850 US CENSUS, Iowa, Polk Co, Fort Des Moines, p 35, nos. 381/394, National Archives Microfilm Roll 188. Enumerated 29 Aug 1850, Jefferson HUFF age 39 Physician b TN; Matilda age 37 b KY; HENRY age 17 farming b IN; Elizabeth age 15 born IN; Phillip age 11 b IN; Dinelia age 10 b IN; Ellen age 8 b IN; Jefferson age 6 b IN; Gilbert H. age 4 b IN; Reuben age 5/12 b IA.