Billy Lee Huff (1924 - 1997)

Born 6 Jul 1924 in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 15 Aug 1997 at age 73 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, United States

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Biography

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Name

• First Name: Bill ^[1][2]
• Alternate First Name: Billy ^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}
• Alternate First Name: Billie ^[9]
• Alternate First Name: William ^[10]

• Middle Initial: L ^{[4][6][7][10]}
• Middle Name: Lee ^{[9][3][5][8][2]}

• Last Name: HUFF ^{[1][9][3][4][5][6][7][10][8][2]}

Birth

• Birth Date: 6 July 1924 ^{[4][5][6][7][8]}
• Alternate Birth Date: abt. 1925 ^[9][3]

• Birth Place: Hannibal, Marion, Missouri ^[4][5][8][2]
• Alternate Birth Place: IL ^[9][3]

Parents

• Father: Leslie Theodore HUFF ^[9][3][8]
• Mother: Myrtle May MILLS^[9][3][8]

Life: Pre-Marriage

• 1930: Lived in Fountain Green, Hancock, IL age 5, in a rented home for $5/month. He also lived with: ^[9]

1. Father, Leslie T. HUFF age 32 of IL. Married at age 24. Parents of IL. Works as a farmer on a general farm.
2. Mother, Myrtle MILLS age 25 of IL, Married at age 18. Parents of IL
3. Sister, Wilma Ladine HUFF, age 2 of IL

• 1940: Lived on a farm in Carthage Township, Hancock, IL at age 15, single and in the 7th grade. He also lived with: ^[3]

1. Father, Leslie HUFF age 42 of Missouri. 7th grade education and a farmer, working 60 hrs per week, making $900 for the year. Farm was owned by family, worth $3,500.
2. Mother, Myrtle MILLS age 35 of IL, 8th grade education and a housewife.
3. Sister, Wilma HUFF, age 12 of IL, in 5th grade
4. Sister, Janet HUFF, age 5 of IL

• 1945: Enlisted in US Army for one year on 1 Nov. in Dermott, AR as a private 1st class ^[5] during WW2. He was single without dependents. He had a grammar school education and "skilled occupations in manufacture of electrical machinery and accessories, n.e.c." ^[4]

Marriage

• Spouse: Rosemary C. BEACH (HUFF), (25 Sept 1927—?). Gravestone near husband's in Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee Co, Iowa .No death date on stone as of 1 Sept 2013. ^[5]
• Marriage Date: ?
• Marriage Place: ?

• Alternate Spouse: ? COPPAGE ^[2]
• Alternate Marriage Date: 1945 ^[2]
• Alternate Marriage Place: Iowa ^[2]

Children

• He had 2 children with ? COPPAGE ^[2]

Life: Post-Marriage

• 1 Jan 1997: Lived in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, half a year before his death. ^[10]

Death

• Death Date: 15 Aug 1997 at age 73^[5][6][8]
• Death Place: Donnellson, Lee, Iowa ^[6][8]
• Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, Section 3 Row 6 ^[5][7]

Other Sources to Enter

• Obit in the Fort Madison Democrat: Aug 18, 1997 ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Obituary for sister: Wilma (Daily Democrat Newspaper) "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5T-9773 : accessed 16 January 2019), Wilma Ladine Wallace, Fort Madison, Iowa, United States, 07 May 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Democrat, born-digital text. ALSO: (Daily Gate City Newspaper) "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKR3-6KC2 : accessed 12 November 2020), Bill Huff in entry for Wilma Ladine Wallace, Keokuk, Iowa, United States, 07 May 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Gate City, born-digital text.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} myheritage/Bill Link to paid site: https://www.myheritage.com/names/bill_huff
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} 1940 US Census "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWH4-F2F : 20 January 2020), Billy Lee Huff in household of Leslie Huff, Carthage Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-7, sheet 8B, line 46, family 168, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 810.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} WW2 Enlistment/Billy "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8YY-643 : 5 December 2014), Billy L Huff, enlisted 01 Nov 1945, Dermott, Arkansas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9} FindAGrave/Billy Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 November 2020), memorial page for Billy Lee Huff (6 Jul 1924–15 Aug 1997), Find a Grave Memorial no. 113600718, citing Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by D Horab (contributor 48117753) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113600718/_
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} SSIndex/Billy "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1PF-1X3 : 22 August 2020), Billy L Huff, 15 Aug 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} US Public Records1 "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBMP-Z2R : 22 January 2020), Billy L Huff, 2000-2001.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8} familysearch/L5BR-4DR https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5BR-4DR
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7} 1930 US Census "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSYN-HHD : accessed 13 November 2020), Billie Lee Huff in household of Leslie T Huff, Fountain Green, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 5A, line 36, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 518; FHL microfilm 2,340,253.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} US Public Records2 "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ2D-ZBJX : 25 June 2020), William L Huff, 1997.

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