Simpson David Huffaker

23 July 1812–25 October 1891 (Age 79)
Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Simpson David

When Simpson David Huffaker was born on 23 July 1812, in Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jacob Huffaker, was 40 and his mother, Margaret Bodkin, was 41. He married Susan Green Robinson on 26 February 1836, in Bureau Township, Bureau, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1847 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 25 October 1891, in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Huffaker Family Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Simpson David Huffaker
1812–1891
Elizabeth Melvina Richardson
1829–1911
Marriage: 18 January 1846
David Simpson Huffaker
1847–1903
Melvina Elizabeth Huffaker
1849–1945
Harriet Relief Huffaker
1851–1851
Willard Stephen Huffaker
1852–1856
Susan Erepta Huffaker
1854–1916
Leonard Thurston Huffaker
1856–1870
Laurany Wilhelmina Huffaker
1858–1859
Lorenzo Wilder Huffaker
1858–1860
Lucy Delaphine Huffaker
1860–1881
Welby Richardson Huffaker
1862–1915
Howard Richardson Huffaker
1864–1864
Wilford Dermont Huffaker
1865–1938
Ray Elroy Huffaker
1868–1940
Earl Perry Huffaker
1870–1945
Alfreda Blanche Huffaker
1872–1918

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (15)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 7
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1827
    Age 15
    Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 24
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    Altered form of German Hofacker .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Hofacker

    Story Highlight

    THE HUFFAKER FAMILY

    THE HUFFAKER FAMILY My paternal Grandmother, Frances Matilda Huffaker, was the daughter of Simpson David Huffaker and Elizabeth Ann Brady. The earliest information we have on the Huffaker family …

    Sources (73)

    • Simpson D Huffacre, "United States Census, 1840"
    • Simpson Huffaker in entry for Hugh Nelson and Ariadne Gardner (1931), "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • Simpson B. Huffaker in entry for Etta Gardner, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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