Shelby County Indiana History & Genealogy, Obituaries

Shelby County Indiana
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Huffman

The Shelbyville News
Sat., Dec. 9, 1989
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Ann B. Huffman
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Ann B. Huffman, 80, Shelbyville, died at 9:15 a.m. Saturday at her residence. Born on Dec. 7, 1909, she was the daughter of Charles W. and Bertha Eugenia (Schoot) Kercher. On June 10, 1967, she married Howard Huffman, who died on Nov. 25, 1985. A lifelong Shelbyville resident, she was a private duty nurse for several years and a member of the Shelbyville Baptist Temple and the Eastern Star.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Henry (Dorothy) Spurling, Shelbyville; three stepchildren, Harley Huffman, Whiteland, Mrs. Bill (Janice) Fox, Carthage, and Mrs. Richard (Jean) Byrd, Nineveh; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Asbury Cemetery, Morristown, with Fred A. Shelton officiating. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Murphy Mortuary. Memorial contributions may be made to the Senior Citizens Club and the Shelbyville Baptist Temple or the Shelby County Cancer Society.
Contributed by Carolyn Hoffman

The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday October 22, 1946
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MRS. HUFFMAN DIES SUDDENLY
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Former Resident Succumbs On Birthday
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Stricken on her sixty-first birthday, Mrs. Clara (Arnold) Huffman, a resident of Shelby county for many years, died at 5:20 p.m. Sunday at her home north of New Lisbon, in Henry county. She suffered a stroke Sunday morning. She was the wife of George Huffman.
Born October 20, 1885, she spent the earlier years of her life in Shelby county and moved to Henry county, near New Castle, about 25 years ago. She was a member of the Liberty U.B. Church in Marion township.
Surviving with the husband are two children, Miss Beatrice Huffman, of New Bethel, and Kenneth Huffman, of New Castle; two grandsons; two nieces, Mrs. Wayne Wicker, of Fountaintown, and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cobb, of this city, and several cousins in this vicinity.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the late home and burial will be made in the New Castle cemetery.
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Friday October 25, 1946
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HUFFMAN FUNERAL IS CONDUCTED AT NEW CASTLE
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William Huffman and daughter, Opal, and Mrs. Ora McKinney, of this city, attended the funeral services Wednesday at New Castle for Mrs. George Huffman, a Shelby county native who died Sunday following a stroke of apoplexy suffered the same day.
Mrs. Huffman, whose death occurred on her 61st birthday anniversary, was born in Shelby county and resided here until about 25 years ago.
She is survived by the husband and a son, Kenneth Huffman, of New Castle, and a daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Leonard, of New Bethel. Among other survivors are William Huffman, of Shelbyville, who is an uncle of the deceased woman, and Mrs. Ora McKinney, also of this city, who is a cousin.
Contributed by Bob McKenzie

The Shelbyville Republican
Wednesday March 4, 1936
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J. O. HUFFMAN PASSES AWAY
Funeral Services Will Be Held At Home of Daughter Friday
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James Oliver Huffman of this city, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ora [Manie] McKenney, at 524 Shelby Street at 4 a.m.
The deceased was the son of George and Mary Plummer Huffman and was born in Shelby county February 26, 1854 and at the time of his death was 82 years old.
On February 1, 1876, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Harrell and to this union four children, three of whom survive were born. They are Mrs. Ora [Manie] McKenney, at whose home death occurred, Mrs. Lillie Rhoades of Shelbyville and Mrs. Will R. [Bertha] McKown of Newcastle, Indiana. The wife of the deceased died eight years ago.
Besides the children he leaves two brothers, E. T. Huffman of Newcastle, Indiana and W. M. Huffman of this city, one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Mr. Huffman had been a farmer but retired and moved to this city seventeen years ago. He was a member of the First Christian church.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home of his daughter, Mrs. McKenney, at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon with the Rev. Paul Million officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Hill cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Mary Harrell Sesniak

The Shelbyville Republican
Friday, November 8, 1935
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G. H. HUFFMAN DIES AT HOME
Rites Will Be Held Sunday at 2 p.m. For Retired Farmer
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Gideon H. Huffman, 88 years old, retired farmer, died at 10:45 o'clock Thursday night at his home in Fairland, after nearly a year of illness. His death was caused by arterial sclerosis. Mr. Huffman had been engaged in farming in Moral township for many years before he moved to Fairland, several years ago. He was born on October 12, 1847, a son of Fountain and Anna Huffman. His marriage to Susan E. Jenkins took place January 7, 1867. She died a number of years ago.
Mr. Huffman was a member of the Primitive Baptist church at Greenfield.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. W. E. Higginson and Mrs. F. E. Neal, both residing in Colorado Springs.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Fairland Baptist church, after a short service at the late home at 1:45 p.m. Burial will be in the Fairland cemetery, in charge of Max Herrlich & Son, of New Palestine.
Submitted by Barb Huff for John Ballard

The Shelbyville Republican
Monday February 20, 1928
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LOCAL WOMAN DIED AT HOME
Mrs. J. O. Huffman Had Been In Ill Health For Several Years
DIED SHORTLY BEFORE NOON
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Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Huffman, wife of James O. Huffman, 718 South Harrison street, died at her home shortly before noon today. Mrs. Huffman had been in ill health for several years and had been confined to her room for two months.
Mrs. Huffman was born in Brandywine township November 7, 1859, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrell. She was married to James O. Huffman February 1, 1876. Four daughters were born to this union. They are: Mrs. George [Lillie] Rhodes, Mrs. Evan [Manie] Lewis, Mrs. William [Bertha] McKown, all of Shelbyville and Mrs. J. W. Baker, of Memphis, Indiana.
She is survived by four brothers, George B. Harrell, Shelbyville; Ira T. Harrell, Newcastle; Dr. Samuel Harrell, Noblesville; Dr. Charles Harrell, St. Louis, Missouri; a half-sister, Mrs. Ed Deason, Greenfield; and a half-brother, Este Harrell of Indianapolis; a grandson, Claude Rhodes, and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Christian Church here. The Rev. Paul Million, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the home at any time.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Mary Harrell Sesniak

A Shelby County Newspaper
Saturday, July 26, 1919
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MRS. JOHN HUFFMAN
PASSED AWAY TODAY
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Daughter of John L.Huffman
Died at Home in Acton
---Brothers in Service.
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          Mrs. John Huffman, nee Huffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Huffman, 422 Colescott street, this city, passed away this morning at 11 o'clock at her home in Acton, at the age of thirty-five years.
          Death was expected, as the deceased had been suffering for the past two years from tuberculosis and had been a patient in the Oaklandon hospital, north of Indianapolis, until yesterday, when she was removed to her home at her own request, knowing that the death angel was soon to take her from her loved ones.
          Mrs. Huffman was well known here and before her marriage to John Huffman, about fifteen years ago, was a teacher in the Shelbyville county schools. In her early childhood she united with the East Union Baptist church and thruout her life had been a firm believer in her Maker and worked for the welfare of all her acquaintances.
          Five children are left to mourn her death, Arthur, Frances, John, Robert and Paul, all of whom are at home and attending the schools of Acton. The oldest, Arthur, is aged fourteen years.
          Two brothers, Capt. Dale Huffman and Lieut. Robert E. Huffman, are still in service, the former being a commanding officer of one of the medical units now stationed in Germany. The latter is in a camp in this country awaiting discharge. Besides the two brothers, she is survived by five [?-plf] sisters, namely, Mrs. Arthur Swails, of Acton; Mrs. Andrew Bridgeford, Mrs. Dollie Amos, of near Fairland and Miss Fern Huffman, a teacher in the Marion county schools and who resides with Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Swails, of Acton.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelbyville Republican
Saturday December 26, 1916
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KILLED IN GREENFIELD
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Word was received yesterday of the death of William Huffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Huffman, of near Greenfield, well known in this county. The young man was killed by an interurban car when the wagon in which he was riding was struck. The boy is a nephew of Miles Huffman, north of here.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Bob McKenzie

A Shelbyville Newspaper
May 26, 1915
MRS. SARAH HUFFMAN
DIED TUESDAY NIGHT
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Widow of John H. Huffman---
died at home of daughter,
Mrs. Ella Ray.
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Mrs.Sarah A. Huffman, 82 years old, widow of John H. Huffman, died at nine-thirty o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs.Ella Ray, 345 East Pennsylvania street. The end followed nine weeks of suffering from a complication of diseases.
Mrs. Huffman was born in Dayton, Ohio, July 11, 1833, and was the last of a family of nine children. She had been a resident of this city for 55 years. She had been a member of the Methodist church many years, was a devout Christian, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. Many will mourn her departure.
Two children born of her marriage to Mr. Huffman survive---the daughter at whose home she died and John H. Huffman, who is a resident of North Dakota, and who had been here recently to visit his mother and sister. She also leaves five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Vine street M.P. church at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. D.W.Hedrick, pastor of the church officiating, and the interment will be made in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Buried Forest Hill Cem, Section, Lot 25
Contributed by Catherine Huffman Watkins

The Shelbyville Republican
Wednesday May 26, 1915
Page 4 column 4
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MRS. SARAH A. HUFFMAN
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Died Tuesday Night at the
Home of Her Daughter
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Mrs. Sarah A. Huffman, eighty-two years old, died Tuesday night at nine-thirty o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Ray, No. 345 East Pennsylvania street. Death was caused by a complication of diseases with which she had been suffering for the past nine weeks.
She was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1833. When a young woman she came to this city and had been a resident of Shelbyville for the past fifty-five years. She was the widow of the late John H. Huffman.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ella Ray, at whose home she died, and one son, John H. Huffman, who lives in North Dakota. He was here a few weeks ago visiting with his mother, but had returned home recently. Mrs. Huffman had been a member of the M. E. church of this city for a number of years.
The funeral services will be held at the Vine Street M. P. church Thursday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock, the Rev. D. W. Hetrick, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Submitted by Barb Huff

The Tonganoxie Mirror
(Tonganoxie, Leavenworth Co., KS)
Thursday, January 23, 1913
Page 1
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EARLY SETTLER PASSES AWAY
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         "Mrs. Angeline Huffman, for 46 years a resident of the neighborhood, died suddently Friday morning at seven o'clock of neuralgia of the heart. Until two days before her death she was about her usual avocations and her son Bert, whose birthday came the same day as hers, came out from Kansas City Friday morning to celebrate the events, only to find his mother dead."
        "Funeral services were conducted in the Friends church Sunday afternoon at two o'clock by Rev. Ballard and the interment was in Hubbel Hill cemetery."
        "Angeline Ensminger was born in Shelby county, Indiana, January 22, 1837, and was married to Ira Huffman November 3, 1854, in Liberty township in the county of her birth. Together they became pioneer settlers of Kansas and located a short distance northeast of Jarbalo in 1857. In 1866 they settled three miles northwest of town where they lived for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman were the parents of seven sons and four daughters, of whom only four sons survive, Fount, Mac, and Ira of Tonganoxie, and Bert of Kansas City. Mrs. Huffman also leaves 22 grandchildren, a half brother in Missouri and a half sister in Indiana. Her husband preceded her in death eighteen years ago last December. Mrs. Huffman had been a member of the Baptist church 40 years."
Contributed by Bob McKenzie

A Shelbyville Newspaper
Wednesday, January 11, 1905
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John Huffman, an old resident of Vanburen township, died at his home at 9 o'clock p.m., January 17th, aged seventy years, his death being the result of heart trouble. He leaves a widow and two sons, Frank and Willard, also two sisters, Mrs. Martha Wickliff and Miss Sarah Huffman. Funeral services will be held at the Liberty church at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 19. Interment at same place in charge of James Hoop & Co.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday April 10, 1902
Page 3 column 4
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OBITUARY
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Ira Fountain Huffman was born October 1, 1881, and was the sixth of eight children, five girls and three boys, that came to bless the home of Gideon H. and Susan E. Huffman. Ira was a dutiful son and a loving brother and leaves many sorrowing relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Little did this bereaved home think March 30, 1901, when they laid to rest their beloved son, Edward Smith, and two months later their two little grandchildren, that they would be called upon in less than a year to again submit to the winged messenger of death that must take from them their beloved son and brother, Ira. But God works in a mysterious way his wonders to perform, and now we see darkly, but there comes a time to all faithful followers of Christ when they shall know why His ways are mysteries now, and know that God's ways are best. On the morning of the 22nd Ira was warned, as it seemed, by the spirit of the approaching messenger, death, and he talked freely to his parents, saying he was not afraid to die and if it was the will of the Lord to call him away in the prime of his life he was ready, for said he, I have placed my trust in God and He doeth all things well. His demise came March 23, 1902, after a lingering illness, aged 29 years, 5 months and 22 days.
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Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weep
A calm and undisturbed repose
Unbroken by the last of foes
Asleep in Jesus! Far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be
But thine is still a blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weep
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Contributed by Bob McKenzie

The Franklin Democrat
Johnson County, Indiana
Friday, November 3, 1899
Volume XL, Number 17
Page 2, column 4
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OBITUARY
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Jemima Wells was born March 7, 1807 in Bracken County, Ky. Married Aaron Huffman Sept. 20, 1827. Living two years in Kentucky they moved to Dobletown Ind. After living there one year they moved to their present home where they lived until the failing health of the husband caused them to leave the farm and move to Acton. After a year of suffering he died Sept. 7, 1875.
After the death of her husband she returned to her farm in Clark Township, living with her son, Jackson, until her death.
Mr. and Mrs. Huffman united with the Baptist church at Pleasant View in 1840, and she had remained a true and faithful Christian since that time. Nine children were the result of this union – four sons and five daughters, six of whom are now living: Milton, Abel, Noah and Jackson, Mrs. Martha Bass and Mrs. Clara Maze. During a lingering illness of one year she showed the patience and love which only a true Christian can show until death relieved her of her suffering on Oct. 23, 1899, at the age of 92 years, 7 months and 16 days. As a faithful wife and affectionate mother her loss will be deeply lamented by her children, 22 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and many friends. Funeral services were held at the Acton Baptist church at 10:30 Wednesday, Oct. 25, conducted by Rev. Buchanan, of Indianapolis. Burial at Pleasant View cemetery.
Notes: Date of birth, 7 Mar 1807 – Bracken Co Kentucky. Date of death, 23 Oct 1899 – Johnson Co Indiana.
Contributed by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry

The Tonganoxie Mirror
(Tonganoxie, Leavenworth Co., KS)
Thursday, January 3, 1895
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"AN OLD SETTLER GONE."
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        Ira Huffman who for many years has resided two miles northwest of town, passed away early Sunday morning, of Bright's disease, after a long and painful illness."
         "The deceased came to Kansas before the war (Civil War--Compiler's parentheses) and settled in High Prairie township. When this township was opened to settlement he moved into this neighborhood."
         "He was a native of Indiana. The children who survive him are all grown."
         "Funeral services were held Monday forenoon, and he was buried in the cemetery on the hill."
Contributed by Bob McKenzie

The Weekly Sentinel
Tonganoxie, Leavenworth Co., Kansas
Friday, January 4, 1895
Page 1
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"DEATH OF IRA HUFFMAN"
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         "Elsewhere our correspondent at Hazel Ridge speaks of the death of Ira Huffman, which occurred last Sunday at his home, three miles and a half northwest of town. Residing in this vicinity for so many years, there were perhaps but few who were not familiar with the name and place of residence of Mr. Huffman. For years, a plain, unpretending farmer, Ira Huffman has ever been known and respected for his honesty and many kindly expressions of heart and hand. He was in the sixty-seventh year of his age. The burial took place last Monday afternoon in the hill cemetery west of town."
Contributed by Bob McKenzie
Note from Bob: Ira >was the son of Sally (Crisler) Bush Huffman and Fountain Huffman.

The Daily Republican
Saturday June 27, 1885
Page 4 column 1
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The ten-year-old daughter of E. S. Huffman, in Marion township, died yesterday with consumption. The funeral took place today at 10 o'clock, burial in the Liberty cemetery by Cummins & Worland, funeral directors.
Liberty Cemetery
Ida V. Huffman died June 26, 1885
Aged 7 years 1 month & 1 day
Contributed by Barb Huff for Bob McKenzie

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, December 6, 1883
Page 3, column 2
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SUDDEN DEATH
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Thursday morning Mrs. Fount Huffman, who resides with her aged husband in VanBuren township, discovered that the house had been entered sometime during the night and robbed of two hundred dollars. At the breakfast table she told her late husband, and after learning the extent of the loss he complained of his heart hurting him, and was at once removed to his bed, where he died in five minutes. He was in his 85th year. The funeral will take place at eleven o'clock tomorrow at Fairview Cemetery.
Submitted by Barb Huff

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