For the information of anyone interested...the Wife of Benjamin Wihoit
noted in the biography below is Hannah Personett, daughter of Joseph and
Rebecca Personett. Hannah had seven siblings not six as the biography
states. They were: Edward, Elizabeth, Nancy, Rebecca, Reuben, Lonina,
and Phoebe. Anyone related to the Wilhoits that descend from Joseph and
Rebecca Personett are encouraged to contact me off list.
Sincerely,
Mike Pearson
mpearson(a)ix.netcom.com
Subject: [INHENRY] Huff, Lindamood, Wilhoit, Payne, Holloway,
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:02:51 EDT
From: Lora1957(a)aol.com
To: INHENRY-L(a)rootsweb.com
JOHN M. HUFF
A man who boldly faces the responsibilities of life and by determined and
untiring energy carves out for himself an honorable success exerts a powerful
influence upon the lives of those who follow him. Such men constitute the
foundation of our republican institutions and are the pride of our
civilization. To them life is so real that they find no time to plot either
mischief or vice. Their lives are bound up in their duties, they feel the
weight of their citizenship, and take pleasure in sowing the seeds of
uprightness. Such has been the career of the subject of this brief notice. He
is the son of Mathias and Christenia (Lindamood) Huff and was born in
Harrison Township, Henry County, Indiana, on the 25th of June 1850. The Huff
family is of German origin, though the more recent ancestors of the subject
were natives of Rockingham County, Virginia. In that county the father of the
subject was born and reared, and he accompanied his parents upon their
migration to Wayne County, Indiana. Because of the circumstances with which
he was surrounded he was not able to obtain a good school education, but he
was early initiated into the mysteries of agriculture and became a successful
tiller of the soil and a trader in live stock He took unto himself a wife in
the person of Miss Christenia Lindamood, of Wayne county, but whose parents
were natives of Virginia. At the time of his marriage he was a poor man and
in the hope of bettering his fortunes he came to Henry County. Here he bought
a piece of land two miles north of Cadiz, the same that is now owned by the
subject. He was industrious and economical and at the age of forty years was
considered to be in good circumstances, being the owner of two hundred acres
of good land and other property. He and his wife were members of the German
Baptist church. J. M. Huff remained upon the home farm until the time of his
marriage, in 1869, in the meantime attending the common schools of the
neighborhood and acquiring a fair education. He obtained possession of
thirty-nine acres of land and this he has added to from time to time as he
was able until today he owns one hundred and thirty acres of land, all of
which he has improved and brought up to a high standard of excellence. In
addition to the duties of the farm, Mr. Huff has engaged quite extensively in
the business of buying and selling life stock for over thirty years and has
found this a very profitable source of income. He also owns and conducts a
meat market and grocery. On the 22d of July, 1869, Mr. Huff was united in
marriage with Miss Harriet Wilhoit the daughter of Benjamin and Hannah
Wilhoit, the former a prominent and well-known farmer of this township. To
this union there were born eight children, of whom three died in infancy. The
names of the living children are as follows: Luther M., born September 25,
1870, married Miss Jessie Payne, the daughter of John W. Payne; Benjamin M.,
born December 9, 1872, married Miss Lura Holloway, of Cadiz; Joseph F., born
March 12, 1880, is single and is a graduate of the School of Embalming at
Indianapolis; Fay. G., born February 15, 1887, and John R., born October 13,
1888. Mrs. Huff died on the 14th of August, 1902 concerning which mention was
made by a local newspaper as appears at the close of this sketch. Fraternally
the subject is a member of the Masonic lodge at Middletown, and of the
subordinate lodge of the Improved Order of Red Men at Cadiz. He takes much
interest in these orders and in his daily life exemplifies their teachings.
Religiously Mr. Huff is a member of the Church of Christ of which lie is one
of the trustees and also an elder. He takes a deep interest in Sunday school
work and has been superintendent of his school for twenty years. In politics
he occupies a conspicuous place as one of the leaders of the Republican Party
in his section. He has served as a member of the township committee and also
of the county central committee. In 1900 he was the candidate of his party
for the office of county commissioner, but was defeated by W. D. Pierce, the
present commissioner, the latter receiving nineteen hundred and thirty-one
votes, while the subject received nineteen hundred and six votes, thus
showing the closeness of the contest. The subject is a quiet, unassuming man,
but impresses all who come into contact with him with the strength of his
individuality. He takes a keen interest in every-thing that promises to
benefit the people of his community and because of his genuine worth is very
highly thought of by all who know him. Harriet Wilhoit Huff, daughter of
Benjamin and Hannah Wilhoit, was born in Fail Creek town-ship, Henry County,
November 23, 1851. Together with five sisters and a brother, she was reared
to young womanhood in this county. She was married to John Monroe Huff July
22, 1869, and to them were born eight children, five of whom are living. Mrs.
Huff was a devout and sincere member of the Christian church, having joined
under the preaching of Elder G. H. Gary in 1870. She was an exemplary wife
and mother, being a close follower of the teachings of Jesus, always lovingly
and quietly watching over her own and many times overtaxing her system In her
efforts to help others near and dear to her. August 14. 1902, at 8:45 A. M.,
God claimed her for His own, permitting her to suffer in the flesh only, for
she was exalted and now enjoys eternal life. She was aged fifty years eight
months and twenty-two days. The community about Cadiz Indiana, appreciated
this beautiful life and every day found dear friends and neighbors desirous
of contributing loving little duties for those who are left broken-hearted.
But they all say, as did the mother "Tarry with me. O my Saviour, Lay my head
upon Thy breast; Till the morning, then awake me- Morning of eternal rest"
The two children left at home with the father are Fay and Raymond. Miss Fay
has entered the eighth grade in the public schools, am also has her brother.
She is her father's main stay since her dear mother was taken to the home
beyond.
Typed by Lora Radiches
Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana B. F. Bowen 1920