Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Huff was born on 24 May 1844, in Huntington Township, Ross, Ohio, United States, his father, Henry Huff, was 30 and his mother, Barbara Ann Selby, was 24. He married Mary Elizabeth Rutherford on 26 September 1865, in Ross, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Scioto Township, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1920. He died on 28 July 1922, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hamilton Cemetery, Scioto Township, Ross, Ohio, United States.
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- Thomas Hough in household of Heny Hough, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas Huff, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Thomas Huff, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hufo, a short form of a compound name formed with hug ‘heart, mind, spirit’ as the first element.
Americanized form of German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish Hoff or Hof .
English: variant of Hough .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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