Where is William Huffman buried?

William Huffman, the father of Oliver, Louisa, Mary and Rosanna Huffman, died August 12, 1842 in Clinton township, Wayne Co., OH. The Wayne County Ohio Burial Records, published in 1975, list a William Huffman, matching the death of my William Huffman, buried in Millbrook Cemetery, Clinton township, Wayne Co., OH. This publication is in alphabetical order.


A reading by the Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society listed William Huffman. However, in the row by row listing, William Huffman's headstone is not listed. This suggests that the Society used a combination of reading the cemetery and the previously published records.

In trying to locate additional information regarding records on this cemetery, I have contacted the following:

• Clinton township Trustees. They stated they have no cemetery records. 
• Wayne Co., OH Auditor. They could only tell me the location of the cemetery.
• Wooster-Wayne chapter of the DAR. In the 1975 publication, references to the DAR cemetery records are referenced. They do not have any additional information and I should contact the Wayne Co., library.
• The Wayne Co., library. Only an alphabetical listing is available. 
• Schlabach Funeral Home. The trustee suggested I contact them as they supposedly have a listing for Oak Grove Cemetery.

Barring any additional information, I maybe at a dead end. I visited the cemetery recently and took pictures and video of the cemetery. If I had to speculate, perhaps William Huffman is located near the Easons and Freemans (Row 11 and 12). They lived close to one another, based on census records.

Alternatively, he could be buried by the Metcalfs (row 6). Both Thomas and Massom Metcalf died 1840 and 1843, respectively, and lived near the Huffman family. There is some empty space on either side of the Metcalfs.

Male descendants of Oliver Huffman.

I'm totally geeked out right now.

Reading throughout the (sparse) blog, you'll find a common link. From where was William Huffman? Who are his parents? I've taken several approaches, researching all other Huffmans in Wane County, OH and Porter County, OH to try and find a connection. I have diligently looked for Oliver Huffman's children (not documented here, but rather in my ancestry.com file). Looking for Oliver Huffman's children would potentially have y DNA tested to link to a documented Huffman.

A lot of Oliver's grandchildren were female and I lost hope. However, with the release of the 1940 census, new information on his children was available to search for their children. My efforts have focused on finding descendants of these children in recent weeks.  

I. Oliver Huffman m. Margery Moore

1. Winfield Huffman
2. Emma J. Huffman
3. Samuel Huffman
4. Elmer E. Huffman
5. Morgan A. Huffman
6. Albert Huffman
7. Marvin V. Huffman
8. Florida Huffman
9. Marion C. Huffman

Sounds like it'd be an easy job, right? 7 boys out of 9 children. There's got to be a direct male line, right?

I.1.Winfield Huffman m. Maria A. Allenbadt

1. Inez Huffman
2. Clarence I. Huffman m. Laddie Bush
• I have yet to find a census with them listing any children
3. Alta Grace Huffman

I.3. Samuel Huffman m. Louise C. Hardesty

1. Nina Huffman
2. Delta Ann Huffman

Two girls, so Samuel doesn't help.

I.4. Elmer E. Huffman m. Edith L. Averson Aberson

1. Ethel Hoffman
2. Chauncy Verl Hoffman m. Aimee Shine 1915
• 1920 Census they have no children
• 1930 no children
• 1940 no chidren
3. Ferol Hoffman
4. Delza Hoffman

I. 5. Morgan A. Huffman b. 1863 m. Anna Laura True 

• The couple married in 1894 in Porter Co., Indiana
• They were living in 1900 in Porter Co., Indiana
• By 1920, they were living in Huntington Co., Indiana
• As far as I can tell, here are their children:

1. Myrtle Marie Huffman
2. James Oliver Huffman (1899-1987) m. Ethel Naomi Uhl. 
1. Female 1
2. Female 2
3. Female 3
4. Female 4
5. Robert E. Huffman (1851-2012)
• three sons listed in obituary. However, none have last name of Huffman. Two have one last name and other has different name. They could have maternal last name if Robert and mother weren't married.
6. Male 1 lives in Ontario, OR
1. Male lives in OR/ID
1. Male lives in OR/ID

Yes! These are my direct descendants of William Huffman and Oliver Huffman. William was James' Oliver Huffman's g-grandfather. I found I.5.6.1.1 on Facebook. I hope he emails me back. Otherwise, I will do the cold calling of Male 1 (I.5.6) that lives in OR. 

I.6. Albert Huffman 

• Thus far, I have not found anything about him within census records or Porter Co., marriage records. 

I. 7. Marvin V. Huffman m. Jessie Doak

1. Marvin R. Huffman or perhaps Russel Marvin Huffman
• going by Russell Huffman in 1940, 1930 and 1920 census
• in 1940, he is 36 living at home with his parents, listed as single. 
2. Marjorie E. Huffman

I.9. Marion Huffman m. Lillie Coneway

1. Maylen Huffman
2. Harry C. Huffman (1902-1951) m. Honour Huffman (1904-1991)

• They were living in Logansport, Indiana in 1949. Harry died in 1951.

1. Marilynn Huffman
2. James M. Huffman b. 1939
• Obituary of Honour lists him living in WI (Milwaukee county) in 1991
• Looking through whitepages, he may have died in 2002. His wife maybe Judith A. Huffman and perhaps they have a child James L. Huffman??
• I need to find James M. Huffman obituary.
• All my hopes of getting a yDNA test seems to hinge on a bunch of men named James Huffman.

Huffman's of Wayne County, OH

I have had several 'hunches' that my William Huffman is a brother of several of the Huffman's in Clinton township, Wayne County, OH, specifically, Nathaniel Huffman and Christopher Huffman. All were born in New Jersey, with Christopher born 1816 and William born about 1812.  

Nathaniel Huffman:

m. Mary Unknown

had son Levi Huffman born in 1830, Hunterdon, NJ.  

Moved to Wayne County, OH, then to Henry County, OH, where Nathaniel died. Levi moved back to Wayne and eventually to Porter County, Indiana. He had a son Levi Randall Huffman, who married Nellie Hannah Edwards. 

Christopher Huffman married Elizabeth Unknown and was married in NJ. Christopher was born about 1816. Christopher and Elizabeth had 11 children, moving to Wayne County Ohio, then to several counties in Indiana and then finally to Porter County, IN. One of Christopher's children (presumably) is living with William Huffman's family in Porter County, IN in 1880. Christopher died in Porter County, OH. His burial site is not known. 

William Huffman married Mary Kirkoff/Carcuf and was born about 1812 in New Jersey. They had four children: Jane Elizabeth, Maria Louisa, Oliver Huffman and Roxanna. William died in 1842 with the will in probate. His children all located to Porter County, Indiana as noted in previous posts and is my line that I am interested in.

I have no information on the parents of William Huffman, nor do I know where he was born. But, because of the migration patterns of the two other Huffman patterns, it makes no sense that the families are not related. I simply refuse to believe that they are not related. Perhaps this is naive, but it's just too coincidental. 

I have a descendants of John Huffman, born 1732, died July 2, 1801 sheet listing a William Hoffman with 9 children: 

Elenenor Hoffman b. 9-8-1804

Catherine Hoffman m. John Tway

Elisabeth Hoffman m. William Bowman

John Hoffman 

George Hoffman m. Bowman

Ann Hoffman m. Jacob Corson

William Hoffman

Christopher Hoffman

Mary Hoffman

Unfortunately, this family sheet does not list a Nathaniel Ho/uffman. 

A DNA test would be the simplest, unfortunately, the male Huffmans of my William are limited and most moved away from Porter County, IN. At best, there are only five that I can trace around the 1900s.