My great, great great grandfather was Willis Huff from Germany he was a bound boy, Who paid his passage? Could it have been some of the family who came earlier. He is the first of the line we can find. He was born in1803 don't know what age he came to US. he was married to a woman named KATT she was called granny Katt later. His son Ruben Wilson was born in 1833 in Iowa. (he died in 1908) . In 855, he married Sarah Lytle Who's father was Henry Lytle. His son was Aaron Huff born Feb 19 1856 and he married Lucy Anise Combs Dec 29 1875. He died in Fountain Colo. May 16, 1928. His son was my grandfather Leigh Huff who Married Minnie May Combs in Colorado in 1903.

Posted by: Shirley Jameson ~ <sjam@rmi.net>

Clarke County, formed 1846 from Lucas, has seat at Osceola.

Osceola was settled in 1850 from OH and IN, mainly.

Henry Huff (1809 KY-Dec 4, 1884 in Doyle twp),

md Mrs. Susan (Sarah) Catt in Hancock Co. IN on Apr 26 1831.

They moved to Iowa in 1854.

Reuben Wilson (Dec 1, 1834 Hancock Co. IN-Feb 19, 1909 Taylor Co. IA)

md Mar 9, 1854 to Sarah Lytle.  See Ringgold Co.

Barbara (Jan 29, 1837 IN-Jul 30, 1910) md Othaniel Case in Clarke Co IA in 1854.

G.W. (1839 IN- )

Mary (1841 IN- ) md in 1859 to Reuben P. Smith.

Cyrus W.(1846 IN- )

William H. (May 7, 1848 in Grant Co. IN-Dec 10, 1894)

md May 22, 1880 to Sarah E. Throckmorton.  See Grant Co for 1880

(See Decatur Co. IA SDX for 1880.)

1856, Oct 2.  Almon Huff md Hannah M. Trueax

1880, Dec.27.  Elmer Huff d, son of W.H. and S.E.

Max Huff / mhuff <mhuff@omnistar.com>

On 9 Mar 1854 in Grant Co, IN, Reuben W. md Sarah LYTLE (1834 - 4 Jan 1911 Spaulding, Wheeler Co, NE), of NC and SC parents; and they moved to IA along with his parents and others. After Reuben's death Susan received widow's pension #685,496. She and Reuben had nine ch, 5 living in 1900.

1. Aaron (19 Feb 1856 IA - ) was a farmer who in 1876 md Lucy COMBS (Jul 1856 IA - ), of IN parents, and moved from Fremont Co, IA to Wheeler Co, NE, in 1884. Ch incl: Sarah; Lucy E.; Herman W.; Winnie A.; Aaron W.; Harold L.; Clymera; Robert W.; (In 1900, there had been 12 ch, and 9 were living.)

2. Mary Ella (1858 IA - ) believed to have md and died in childbirth.

3. Henry E. (7 Oct 1859 IA - ) in 1884 md Arcella MCCUTCHEON (Apr 1858 IA - ) of OH parents, and lived at Spaulding, Wheeler Co, NE. In 1900 they had dau Lena M., their only ch.

4. Luther S. (27 Nov 1866 IA - ) md Martha ??? (Nov 1850 IL - ) and lived in Taylor Co, IA, in 1900 with ch Earl; Minnie; and Eunice. The ch had been born in NE.

5. Reuben William (12 Apr 1868 IA - ) in 1889 md Elnora ??? (June 1867 IA - ), of IN and OH parents and lived in Wheeler Co, NE, in 1900 with ch Jimmy M.; Dodie A.; Clara B.; Bessie (md Richard MYERS); and Clarence W., all b in NE.

6. Jenny (d young in 1873).

7. Minnie Susan (16 June 1873 IA - ) md W. W. CLARK and lived at Spaulding, Wheeler Co, NE.

8. Francis ( ) no info.

9. A ninth ch likely died young.

b. July 18, 1806, Kentucky, m. April 26, 1831, Hancock co., Indiana, Mrs. Susanna "Sarah" Catt, b. November 24, 1809, Ohio. Henry d. February 4, 1885, Clarke co., Iowa. Susanna d. December 24, 1882, Clarke co., Iowa, both buried at Hopeville cemetery, Hopeville, Iowa.

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b. Aug. 31, 1833 - m. 23 SEP 1851 in ,Grant Co.,IN, George Washington Lytle b. 17 APR 1829 in, Randolph Co., NC m. 2nd., Thomas Pyle

b. December 1, 1834, Hancock co., Indiana. m. March 9, 1854, Grant Co., Indiana, Sarah Lytle, b. March 9, 1835. Randolph co., NC, dau of Francis Lytle. Sarah d. January 4, 1911, Spalding, Nebraska. Reuben, civil war vet. d. February 19, 1909, Blockton, Taylor co., Iowa. Burial for both was at Rosehill, Blockton, Iowa.

b. 11 JUL 1852 in Hopeville,Clarke Co., IA - m. 1869, Frederick W. Leatherman, b. JAN 1848 in , Grundy Co., IL

b. MAY 1856 in Clarke Co., IA - m. 17 MAR 1878 in Union Co.,IA, Robert Katzenberger b. 1851 in, Mahaska Co.,IA - m. 2 - 5 OCT 1871 in ,Clarke Co., IA, Thomas Day

b. 1852 in Hopeville,Clarke Co., IA - m. Shepley K. Powell, b. 1851 in, Indiana

b. Feb. 19, 1856, Decatur co., Iowa and - d. May 15, 1928, Fountain, El Paso Co., Colorado - Burial: 18 MAY 1928 Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO - m. 24 DEC 1874 in Decatur Co., IA, Lucy Anice Combs b. 29 JAN 1856 in Decatur Co, IA

b. Oct. 7, 1859 Iowa - d. July 20, 1920 in Spalding,Greeley Co., NE - m. Feb. 28, 1884, Arcelia McCutcheon, b. OH

II. Alva Bjorklund

III. Arlie Bjorklund

IV. Alma Bjorklund

b. April 12, 1864, Ringgold co., Iowa - 26 JUL 1939 in Lyman,Scotts Bluff Co.,NE - Married: 5 AUG 1889 in Lymon,Wheeler Co.,NE, Elnora Milissa Sheets, b. 25 JUN 1868 in Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co, IA

Luther Sherman Huff, son of Reuben Wilson & Sarah (Lytle) Huff, was b. November 27, 1867, in Ringgold co., Iowa. m. Martha Wilson, b. October 24, 1857, near Quincy, Illinois, daughter of Ebenezer & Elizabeth Wilson. At the age of 16 years she began teaching school and continued in that occupation up to the time of her marriage, March 24, 1886 to Luther S. Huff.

Her early years were spent in Illinois & Iowa, some of the time in a covered wagon in which her parents traveled about the country in an effort to improve her father’s health. The family settled at Hopeville, near Murray, Iowa on a farm.

Luther & Martha moved with his parents to Wheeler co., P.O. Spaulding, Nebraska, in 1886, where they homesteded and where five children were born, three of whom lived to adulthood. Their youngest child was born in Blockton, the place where they moved to in 1894. The family moved back to Iowa settling in Jefferson Twp., near Brockton, in Taylor Co., where they farmed for twenty-three years. Eight years were spent in the town of Norwalk, Iowa, having moved there in 1919 and moved to Des Moines in 1927.

Luther d. at his home in Des Moines, May 3, 1935, at the age of 86 years, 5 months & 24 days. Martha d. March 3, 1956 in Des Moines at the age of 98 years, four months & eight years. Both are buried in the Blockton cemetery, Taylor co., Iowa.

Note: Luther Huff was survived by a bro., Reuben W. Huff Jr. & sister, Minnie Susan Clark, both residing in Nebraska.

b. June 16, 1873, Ringgold co., Iowa - 28 SEP 1944 in Albion,Boone Co.,NE - 28 JAN 1891 in, Wheeler Co.,NE - m. Worley Willard Clark, b. 14 MAY 1863 in, Franklin Co, NY

b. 15 MAY 1881 in Sidney, Fremont, IA - Death: 19 MAR 1917 in Central City, Merrick Co.,NE

Married: 19 MAY 1909 in Council Bluffs,Pottawattamie Co,IA

b. 29 OCT 1882 in Sidney, Fremont, IA -d. 1971 - m. 15 JUL 1901 Mack Hess - m 2 Ernest Leuba.

Birth: 9 JUL 1889 in Bartlett, Wheeler, Ne - Death: 29 DEC 1918 in Archer, Merrick, Ne - Burial: Central City, Merrick, Ne - Marriage 14 JUL 1906 in Bellevue, Sarpy, Ne, Della Mae GARVERICK b. 22 FEB 1891 in Kansas City, Barton, MO

II. Phyllis Lee Huff

III. Roberta Gail Huff

IV. Robert Ernest Huff<cassie@libby.org>

V. John Wesley Huff

b. 11 JUN 1892 in Bartlett, Wheeler Co., Ne Married: 10 NOV 1913, Minnie Baker

b. 21 APR 1894 in Bartlett, Wheeler, Ne - d. 2 SEP 1932 - Marriage Charles Miller

b. 17 JAN 1896 in Bartlett, Wheeler, Ne - d. May 8, 1961 - Married: 23 DEC 1914 Bernice Dillingham

b. 8 NOV 1892 in ,Wheeler Co.,NE Married: 22 JUN 1910 in ,Wheeler Co.,NE Graceon Delos Francisco

b. 1 MAR 1894 in ,Wheeler Co.,NE — m. 22 DEC 1909 in Burwell,Garfield Co.,NE, William Sample

b. 26 AUG 1896 in ,Wheeler Co.,NE - m. Richard Myers

b. 23 JUL 1904 in ,Wheeler Co.,NE. Death: 21 OCT 1963 in Laramie,Albany Co.,WY - m. Florence Matlock

b. January 28, 1891 in a sod house near Spaulding in Wheeler Co., on the Nebraska prairie. In 1896 the family moved to Blockton in in Taylor Co., Iowa. She graduated from High School there in 1907 and attended college for one and a half years at the now defunct Highland Park College in Des Moines. She returned to Blockton to teach in country schools for five or six months and then left for Washington D. C. to work on the 1910 census. She stayed there two years and then returned to Blockton to teach. World War I came and Washington lured her again. She worked for the War dept in 1918 but said she quit in disgust three months later because the government paid her without giving her much work to do. She then took a job as a secretary for the red cross.

She left Washingtn in 1920 and returned to Iowa. She taught for awhile then began working for the Bankers Life. In 1922 she married Charles F. Johnson who was a railroad mail clerk.

Minnie lived in Norwalk, Iowa since returning there in 1922. In 1986 she went to live with her daughter in California. She d. June 18, 1989 at the age of 98, in a hospital in San Jose, California.

She was survived by her children William & Caroline and a sister, Sylvia Robertson, of Seattle, Washington. Six grandchildren and one great grandchild.