Harold White Huffstetler (1920 - 2001)

Born 28 Jun 1920 in Mount Holly, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 Jun 2001 at age 80 in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Stanley was born 28 Jun 1920 in Gaston County, North Carolina, the eldest son and child of George Huffstetler and Jennie Carpenter.^[1]

Harold was nine years old when the census enumerator, Joel Wray, found Harold's family in the Acme Mill Village in North Belmont. Harold had been to school during the census year, along with his two younger brothers. His father was working in a textile mill to support his family.^[2]

By 1940, there were three in the family working in the mill, Harold, his brother Zane, and their father. They were living in North Belmont, possibly in the same house as 1930 (and certainly the same as 1935). Harold had worked 50 of the previous 52 weeks, earning $750 as a lap-machine operator.^[3]

Stanley was a veteran of the United States Army during World War II. He first enlisted in the National Guard on 16 Sep 1940 in Gastonia, North Carolina.^[4]

Stanley enlisted a second time on 15 Mar 1944 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was a clerk/typist and had no overseas service.^[5]

His separation papers indicate that Stanley was a groceries sales clerk at enlistment and had black hair and blue eyes, was 6' 2 3/4" in height and weighed 220 pounds. He received the American Theater Service Medal, a Good Conduct Medal, a Meritorious Unit Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. Stanley was a high school graduate. He received $8.10 for travel money in addition to his separation pay of $161.^[6]

In between enlistments, Stanley married Kate Wilson Presley on 24 Nov 1944 by the Rev E. J. Caldwell, a Missionary Baptist Minister, at the Centerview Baptist Church Parsonage in South Point Township, Gaston County. Witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Haynie, Mrs. E. J. Caldwell (the wife of the minister), and Mrs. Harry B. Rowe, all of Belmont, North Carolina.^[7]

Stanley was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Gastonia, deacon, taught Sunday school for 50 years.

Stanley died on 27 Jun 2001 in Gaston County and was buried at the Gaston Memorial Park In Gastonia, Gaston County.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHJX-YN8 : 8 December 2014), Huffstetler, 28 Jul 1920; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. , p. , Gaston, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X333-R7C : accessed 21 September 2020), Harold W Huffstetler in household of Graham G Huffstetler, South Point, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 17A, line 4, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1692; FHL microfilm 2,341,426.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW35-GPT : 27 November 2019), Harold Huffstetler in household of George G Huffstetler, South Point Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-59, sheet 4B, line 53, family 64, 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 2915.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GL-BTK : 5 December 2014), Stanley Huffstetler, enlisted 16 Sep 1940, Gastonia, North Carolina, 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. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8YH-BJD : 5 December 2014), Harold W Huffstetler, enlisted 15 Mar 1944, Ft Bragg, North Carolina, 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. (Re-enlistment)
6. ↑ "North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WK-VPZ4 : accessed 21 September 2020), Harold W Huffstetler, 30 May 1946; citing Fort Bragg, Moore, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh; FamilySearch digital folder 007419460.
7. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL7R-C7J : 4 November 2017), Harold White Huffstetler and Kate Wilson Presley, 24 Nov 1944; citing Gaston, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 413,074.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 September 2020), memorial page for Harold W Huffstetler Sr. (28 Jul 1920–27 Jun 2001), Find A Grave: Memorial #45844181, citing Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Mike Huffstetler (contributor 47163991). Obituary included on memorial.

See Also:

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYHR-4YS : 21 August 2020), Harold W Huffstetler, 27 Jun 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).