Thaddeus Wilton HUFF
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Baptism was also done by proxy 18 Oct 1967. Death date is entered at 2 May
1918 in some sources.
See Biography of Thomas Wilton Huff by Malta Lorene Huff Smith, daughter.
Came to Utah 1852
Frances was BIC; parents later separated. Mother remarried Stillman Pond.
Frances sealed to mother and Stillman Pond 8 Feb 1849, after being adopted by
him.
Frances was one of the original Utah Pioneers of 1847. She was born in a
covered wagon at Winter Quarters on the Missouri River. Her mother was a
descendant of the Armstrong brothers who came to America with the original
Dutch colony and settled in New York. She was also a descendant of Oliver
Cromwell. She was a babe of less than two years of age when she arrived in the
Salt Lake valley with the pioneers led by Brigham Young. As a child she aided
her parents in protecting their possessions during trouble with Indians and
often told her friends of how she had loaded rifles for the men during the
fighting. She spent her early life in the Cache valley. In 1899 she and her
husband moved to Teton City in the upper Snake River Valley where they engaged
in farming. AFN:49W5-07 shows endowment date to be 14 Jan 1865.
Some family records say he was born in Chambers, Alabama
Fam rec in poss of AuDessa LaPreal Huff Wilcox ( child 11)
Pers knowledge of Malta Loreen Huff Smith (child 13)
LDS Dec Memb film #284, child #3; #174 child #10, 12; #374 child #11
Lewiston Ward Record (GS 025, 596) wife, child #2,3,4,7,8,9,10
AFN:30P1-6F shows endowment date to be 6 Dec 1964
AFN:63K4-1V shows death date to be 22 Feb 1968
Obituary, funeral program
He married Frances Maria Russell 17 Dec 1864 at Richmond, Cache, Utah . Frances Maria Russell was born at Winter Quarters, Florence, Douglas, Nebraska 18 Oct 1846 daughter of Samuel Russell, Maj. and Mary Abigail Thorn .
They were the parents of 13
children:
Thaddeus Wilton Huff
born 29 Jun 1866.
Samuel Russell Huff
born 15 May 1868.
Frances Loretta Huff
born 25 Aug 1870.
Mary Abigail Huff
born 28 Dec 1871.
Jefferson Adams Huff
born 14 Feb 1874.
Betsy Ann Huff
born 6 Apr 1876.
Minnie May Huff
born 11 Feb 1878.
Charles Roy Huff
born 28 Jul 1880.
Bertha Arletta Huff
born 7 Nov 1882.
Thomas Alberto Huff
born 5 Mar 1884.
AuDessa La Preal Huff
born 21 Jan 1887.
Ven Dean Huff
born 12 Aug 1889.
Malta Lorene Huff
born 7 May 1892.
Thaddeus Wilton Huff died 4 May 1918 at Teton, Fremont, Idaho .
Frances Maria Russell died 11 Jun 1937 at Nampa, Canyon, Idaho .