Rev. Lewis Huffman

1844 - 1925  (81 years)

• Name	Lewis Huffman
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	6 Jun 1844	Ohio, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Sep 1925	Jackson Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States
  	Age:81 Age:81
  Burial	8 Sep 1925	Jones Cemetery, Jackson Township, Wells, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I15025	McKelleb
  Last Modified	13 May 2019

  
  

  Father	John Huffman,   b. 1812, Ohio, United States d. Sep 1861, Wells County, Indiana, United States (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Susannah Myers,   b. 6 Aug 1816, Ohio, United States d. 10 Nov 1915, Jackson Township, Wells, Indiana, United States (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1837	Clark County, Ohio, United States
  	MARR: _UID 56ffcf7768f901e5b5b118cf5eb05e42 MARR: RIN MH:F F 1959
  Family ID	F1653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miami Amy Moundsey,   b. 25 Jul 1842, Indiana, United States d. 11 Apr 1930, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1868	Mount Zion, Wells, Indiana, United States
  	MARR: _UID 56ffcf783cee21e5b5b118cf5eb05e42 MARR: RIN MH:F F 2935
  Children	1. David P Huffman,   b. Abt 1869, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. John S Huffman,   b. Abt 1873, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. Frank Cleveland Huffman,   b. 30 Mar 1879, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States d. 7 Dec 1948, Wells County, Indiana, United States (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F5499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2022

  
  

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  Birth - 6 Jun 1844 - Ohio, United States Marriage - 4 Jan 1868 - Mount Zion, Wells, Indiana, United States Death - 6 Sep 1925 - Jackson Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States Burial - 8 Sep 1925 - Jones Cemetery, Jackson Township, Wells, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  (Research):Birth: Jun. 6, 1844 Springfield Clark County Ohio, USA Death: Sep . 6 ,1925 Mount Zion Wells County Indiana, USA Married Miama "Amy" Mounsey on 4 Jan 1868 in Mount Zion, Wells County, Indiana. Obituary - Newspaper Unknown - September 1926 Rev. Lewis Huffman Claimed by Death ; Passed Away Sunday And The Funeral Held This Afternoon. Rev. Lewis Huffman, 81 , a reverend citizen of Jackson township, passed away Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his home near Mt. Zion. He had been sick for a long time and death was caused by cancer of the stomach . The deceased was a native of Huntington County, a son of John and Suzanna Huffman, and his entire life had been spent in Huntington and Wells Counties. He was a minister of the Brethren denomination and had preached the gospel to congregations of that faith for many years . He was held in high esteem in the community. Surviving are the widow and three sons, Frank, of Bluffton; D . C.[sic- D . P.] Huffman, near Salem; and Scott Huffman, living three miles north of Warren; also by a number of grandchildren. There also survive two brothers, George W. Huffman, an ex-sheriff, and Jacob Huffman, and a sister Mrs. Robert Campbell. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o' clock this afternoon, at sugar Grove church and burial was in the Jones cemetery. ---- ----------------- REV. LEWIS HUFFMANDIED SUNDAY --------- ---------------------- Rev.Lewis Huffman, son of John and Susan (Myers) Huffman, was born in Clark county, Ohio a few miles west of the city of Springfield on the sixth day of June, 1844, and finished the last lap of life's long weary road at his home in Mt. Zion on S eptember 6, 1925, being 81years and 3 months of age at time of death. When he was about two years of age his parents emigrated to the state of Indiana and settled on a farm in Huntington county where Lewis grew to manhood and obtained a meager education in the schools of that period . His father died when he was about 17 years of age and as he was the oldest son in a family of seven children he learned early in life the meaning of the word responsibility, ad[sic] nobly did he carry the burdens that rested so heavily on his young shoulders , and it is but fair to state here, that in assisting his widowed mother in this trying hour, he was ably assisted by his brother George who was his junior by two years. In the years of 1868 he was united in marriageto Amy Mounsey who had been a teacher in the Wells county schools,and to this union four sons were born, being D. P. and J . S. living in Salamonie township and F. C. living near by Bluffton and one son who died in infancy. After his marriage he lived on his mother's farm for one year, but in January of 1869 he with his young wife and baby removed to a tract of land in Jackson township where he had previously erected a hewed log cabin, and while the log cabin has long since given way to more commodius buildings, yet with but a few intervals, he has lived on this farm for more than a half century. Even a brief biography of Lewis Huffman would be in a measure the history of all the early settlers. In 1869 his farm was virgin forest, but he lived to see the place where towered the giant oaks,elms, and hickories, transformed into fertile fields and meadows.The mud roads that were almost impassable four months in the year give way to good gravel roads, and the automobile supercede the farm wagon as a means of transportation for the family. As he himself said, "It was his privilege to live in the most wonderful age of the world's history." He united with the Church of the Brethren about the year 1870 and from that time until his death he was loyal and true to the pinciples of the church of his choice and was for more than thirty years, an Elder in the church, having charge of the class at the Sugar Grove and for about two years of this time, also having charge of the Brethren church at Markle. Owing to the infirmitites due to advancing age, he had not been able to attend church services regularly, but he made it a point of honor to always attend the annual love feast and communion of his church at Sugar Grove, every autumn, but at the annual love feast this autumn his place will be vacant. While he had been in failing health for a long time, it was only during the past month that his condition became critical and the frail tenement of clay, brok e pretty rapidly and he passed away without pain, on Sunday , Sept. 6th. Besides the widow and the three sons, and one brother, previously referred to, he leaves another brother, Jacob F. Huffman, of Warren and one sister, Mrs. Rachael Campbell, of Liberty Center and one brother, Elijah Huffman, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Minnich and Mrs. Martha Gephart, having preceded him in death. Besides these there are thirteen grandchildren, one great grandchild and a wide circle of more distant relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted Sugar Grove church on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in charge of Rev. D. B . Garber, of Markle. Burial was in the Jones cemetery. ------------- --- Biographical andhisto rical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana . Chicago:Lewis Publishing Co., 1887. pp. 799-800. LEWIS HUFFM AN, one of the prosperous agriculturists of Jackson Township , was born in Clarke County, Ohio, the date of his birth being June 6, 1844. When two years of age he was taken by his parents, John and Susannah ( Myers) Huffman, to Huntington County, Indiana, and there he grew to manhood, being reared to the avocation of a farmer, which he has made his life-work. January 4, 1868, he was married to Miss Miami Monnsey, a native of Wells County, Indiana, born in Liberty Township, a daughter of John and Caroline (Stratton) Monnsey. Her mother died when she wasa child of ten years, and her father died April 30 , 1886. They were among the early settlers of Wells County, and Mr. Monnsey saw the transformation of the county from a wilderness into its present condition. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Huffman - -David P., John Scott, Franklin C. and one who died in infancy. DavidP . , their eldest son, was educated in the schools of his township and at Bluffton, and when only thirteen years old passed the necessary examination and received a certificate. Mr. Huffman lived with his mother in Salamonie Township, Huntington County, until one year after his marriage, when he moved to Jackson Township, Wells County, settling there in January, 1869, on a tract of eighty acres which he had bought. His land when he settled on it was covered with a heavy growth of timber except the small space he had cleared on which he erected the hewed-log cabin, which is still standing. He resided in this cabin until 1881, when he erected his present residence, which as built with a view to comfort and convenience. He has added to his original purchase until his home farm now consists of 117 acres, all with the exception of about eighteen acres being cleared and improved, the result of years of toil and persevering energy. In politics Mr. Huffman is identified with the Democratic party. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist church, and he is a deacon in the church of that denomination at Sugar Grove. Source for above: Find A Grave.com Biographical And Historical Records Of Adams And WellsCo., I N. H. Brow n and Son, Warren, IN Funeral Home Records 1891-1990 Volume I A -K Compiled by Lillie L. Harris 1995 Huffman, Lewis: b. 6 Jun 1844 OH, d . 6 Sep 1925 Mt. Zion, IN, bur.Jones Cem., Wells Co.,IN; Fa. John Huffman : b. OH; Mo. Susannah Myers. Wells Co., IN.Cemetery Records 1968 Volume 1 A-L Jones Cemetery - Jackson Twp. -State Rd. 3, County Rd. 700 S Obituary - Newspaper Unknown Rev. Lewis Huffman Claimed By Death Passed Away Sunday And The Funeral Held This Afternoon. Rev. Lewis Huffman, 81, a reverend citizen of Jackson township, passed away Sunday afternoon at 2:3 0 o'clock at his home near Mt. Zion. He had been sick for a long time and death was caused by cancer of the stomach. The deceased was a native of Huntington County, a son of John and Suzanna Huffman, and his entire life had been spent in Huntington and Wells Counties. He was a minister o f the Brethren denomination and had preached the gospel to congregations of that faith for many years. He was held in high esteem in the communtiy. Surviving are the widow and three sons, Frank, of Bluffton; D. C. Huffman, near Salem; and Scott Huffman , living three miles north of Warren; also by a number of grandchildren. There also survive two brothers, George W. Huffman, an ex-sheriff , and Jacob Huffman, and a sister Mrs. Robert Campbell. Funeral services were held at 2:30o'clock this afternoon, at Sugar Grove church an d burial was in the Jones cemetery.