Reuben St. John Huffman and Mary Jane Hughs

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Husband Reuben St. John Huffman ¹

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            AKA: Squire R. J. Huffner 2
           Born: 1 Oct 1836 - Franklin Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Father: John George Huffman (1797-1872) 4
         Mother: Mary M. Fink (Abt 1810-1885) 4

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       Marriage: 20 Mar 1894 5

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   Other Spouse: Jemima Walton (      -1892) 4 - 2 Jun 1870

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Wife Mary Jane Hughs ⁴

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           Born: 13 Sep 1845 - Bell Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Father: Isaac Hughs (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Mary White (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Reuben St. John Huffman

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He received a good common school education, followed by an academic course at Pleasant Unity and Harrison City Academies, after which he engaged in teaching. During the autumn of 1859 and the spring of 1860 he taught in district No. 1, Penn township, later a part of Jeannette, in the brick schoolhouse, and in the summer of 1860 attended the normal school in Derry. In the autumn of that year and in the following spring he taught in what was then Shetlers district, in Penn township, and in the summer of 1861 again attended the normal school in Harrison City. During the autumn of that year and the spring of 1862 he taught the select borough school in Shelocta, Indiana County, and in the late spring of that year made a trip south as far as Vicksburg, returning on the steamer "Diana," which was the last steamer up river before the closing of the Mississippi. September 15, 1862, Mr. Huffman enlisted in Company G, Fourteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, with the rank of third corporal, and on January 1, 1863, while in camp at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, was promoted to fourth duty sergeant, and subsequently to first duty sergeant, serving as such till discharged at Washington, District of Columbia, June 30, 1865. He was present at the following battles: New Market, under General Sigel; Piedmont, under General Hunter; Lynchburg, also under General Hunter; and the retreat from Lynchburg to Parkersburg, West Virginia, under the same commander. Then General Sheridan took command of the forces of the Shenandoah valley, and pursued Johnston and McCansland, by forces under General Averill, to and through Chambersburg, thence to the Potomac and on to Moorfield, where General Averill recaptured all the spoil taken at Chambersburg. Sergeant Huffman was in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, a very warm fight, Ceder Creek, and many minor engagements.
After the return of peace Mr. Huffman took up carpentry at Oil City, Pennsylvania, and carried it on for two years. He then began wagonwork at Irwin, serving with light wagons many of the customers for whom his father had built heavy ones, and from thence he moved to the old homestead in Penn township. In 1878 he moved to New Alexandria and there carried on light wagon and carriage work until 1900, when he formed a partnership with his son William F. as a dealer in lumber and building materials at New Alexandria. The lumber yard was near the Pennsylvania Railroad depot and was well stocked with builders' and mine supplies, vehicles, implements, etc., and their business was one of the best established and most prosperous in that community. In 1880 he was elected justice of the peace, was re-elected in 1885 and continued in office, serving several more terms. His office was at Gay and Washington streets, in the rear of his residence which was built in 1894. He filled most of the borough offices, including chief burgess, assistant chief, clerk of council, and was also a councilman. He was always an active worker in the Republican ranks.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 134, 248.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 752.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 135, 248.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 248.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 136.