Elizabeth was a strait-laced, German Baptist Brethren farm girl who married a man who had been raised Catholic and who had served in the Civil War. She lived out her life in Clay Township, Carroll County, Indiana, a place that is among the best "corn country" in the U.S.A.

She and her Catholic husband were married for fifty years and seven months, until his death, and they argued about religion until the day that he died. In private, their argument must have ceased: Their marriage produced nine children, with the first child born 11 months after they married and the ninth child born when Elizabeth was 38.

Always, Elizabeth's attitudes were German Baptist, and her husband's attitudes were Roman Catholic. One of their children told the story about a time when several of their sons were in the attic of their house playing cards. Elizabeth was scandalized that her sons were playing cards, and she complained to her husband that their sons were "sinning." Her husband replied, "But they're doing it quietly."

Siblings: David, George, Andrew, Robert, John, Noah, Sarah, Samuel, Isaac, Daniel, Reuben, Jennie.

RELIGION: German Baptist Brethren.

1909 HUFFORD FAMILY HISTORY: Page 81. Pictured with her husband and children. Please note that the book lists incorrect birth information for Elizabeth. The date of birth that the book lists for Elizabeth is, instead, the date of birth for Elizabeth's mother. The book also has the year of birth wrong for Elizabeth's husband.

Below are the descendants of Elizabeth and her husband, through their great-great grandchildren, with an asterisk indicating DNA-proven. (By December 2018, eight of her nine children have been DNA-proven -- Sarah Catherine, Mary Elizabeth, Rosa Ellen, George, William, James, Dora, and Challence. Her son Theodore had no children.) In the list below, an asterisk denotes DNA-proven.

1– George HOOKER (1844-1921)

sp-Elizabeth HUFFORD (1851-1929)

…..2– Sarah Catherine HOOKER * (1871-1952) (m. BEARD)

……….3– John Moore BEARD (1891-1979)

……….3– Marvin Earl BEARD * (1893-1972)

……………4– Russell Edward BEARD * (1915-2006)

………………..5– Living BEARD female * (1943-) (m. 1st GOCHENOUR; m. 2nd GOOD)

………………..5– Living BEARD female (1949-) (m. STRANG)

……………4– Glen Earl "Dutch" BEARD (1917-1947)

………………..5– Living BEARD male (1945-)

………………..5– Living BEARD male (1947-)

……………4– Robert Jesse BEARD * (1920-2010)

………………..5– Living BEARD male (1946-)

………………..5– Living BEARD male * (1948-)

………………..5– Living BEARD female (1952-)

………………..5– Living BEARD female (1956-) (m. HOSFIELD)

……………4– Roberta Fern BEARD * (1920-2003) (m. SHEPARD)

………………..5– Living SHEPARD male (1944-)

………………..5– Living SHEPARD female * (1947-) (m. WOLF)

………………..5– Living SHEPARD female (1952-) (m. NEAL)

……….3– George Irvin BEARD * (1897-1965)

……………4– Miles Griffith Irvin BEARD * (1918-2006)

………………..5– Alice Marie BEARD * (1950-)

………………..5– Living BEARD male (1955-)

………………..5– Living BEARD male (1954-)

………………..5– Living BEARD male (1959-)

……………4– Max Irvin BEARD (1920-1988)

………………..5– Mary Frances BEARD (1944-2009) (m. STEVENS)

………………..5– Living BEARD male (1948-)

……………4– Bruce Williard BEARD (1921-1990)

………………..5– Living BEARD female (1951-)

………………..5– Living BEARD female (1954-) (m. MILLER)

………………..5– Living BEARD male (1959-)

………………..5– Living BEARD male * (1968-)

……….3– Edith Eve BEARD (1902-1978) (m. GRIFFITH)

……………4– Living GRIFFITH (1943-)

………………..5– Living GRIFFITH male (1966-)

………………..5– Living GRIFFITH male (1968-)

………………..5– Living GRIFFITH female (1974-)

…..2– Mary Elizabeth HOOKER * (1873-1963) (m. HAZLETT)

……….3– Essie Fern HAZLETT * (1893-1981) (m. SHEARER)

……………4– Evelyn Janet SHEARER (1921-2003) (m. SHANK)

………………..5– Richard Paul SHANK (1949-2014)

……………4– Living SHEARER * (1925; alive in 2003) (m. KEEN)

………………..5– Living KEEN * KEEN (1954-) (m. 1st BYLER; m. 2nd HOWERTON)

……….3– Glenn HAZLETT (1894-bef 1910)

…..2– Rosa Ellen HOOKER * (1874-1962) (m. HURLEY)

……….3– Ruth Perrin HURLEY (1893-1967) (m. KRAMER)

……………4– Mary Katherine KRAMER (1918-2008) (m. BECKETT)

………………..5– Robert Byron BECKETT, Jr. (1942-2016)

………………..5– Living BECKETT (1947-)

………………..5– Living BECKETT (1950-)

……….3– Mabel Elizabeth HURLEY * (1904-1965) (m. RUCH)

……………4– Rose Mary RUCH * (1925-2011) (m. HARRISON)

………………..5– Living HARRISON female (1946-) (m. BYRKETT)

………………..5– James Dale HARRISON (1949-2012)

………………..5– Living HARRISON male * (1958-)

………………..5– Living HARRISON female (1964) (m. GRICE)

……………4– Ruth Mary RUCH (1927-2013) (m. KUIPERS)

………………..5– Living KUIPERS female (1947-) (m. EBY)

………………..5– Robert Alan KUIPERS (1951-1972)

………………..5– Living KUIPERS female (1953-) (m. BAAS)

………………..5– Living KUIPERS female (1960-) (m. MOLENAAR)

……………4– Richard Hurley RUCH * (1930-2016)

………………..5– Living RUCH male * (1949-)

………………..5– Christina Mary RUCH (1952-2000) (m. SLIGH)

………………..5– Living RUCH male (1953-)

………………..5– Living RUCH male (1959-)

………………..5– Matthew John RUCH (1970-1979)

…..2– George Washington HOOKER * (1877-1947) (m. Amanda McMASTER)

……….3– Robert J. HOOKER * ((1905-1977)

……………4– Elsie Irene HOOKER (1922-1973) (m. GOLCHUK)

……………4– Gladys May HOOKER (1924-2015) (m. MELVIN)

………………..5– Living MELVIN female (m. GORUK)

………………..5– Living MELVIN male

………………..5– Living MELVIN male

………………..5– Living MELVIN male

………………..5– Living MELVIN female

………………..5– Living MELVIN male

………………..5– Living MELVIN female (m. HORECHKA)

……………4– Clifford J. HOOKER (1925-1981)

……………4– Roberta Doreen HOOKER * (1937-2021) (m. BODGER)

………………..5– Robert Donald "Butch" BODGER * (1954-2021)

………………..5– Allen Lee BODGER * (1956-1993)

………………..5– Living BODGER male (abt 1957-)

………………..5– Catherine Ardeen BODGER (1958-2002) (m. STORALE; m. QUIROZ)

……………4– William George "Bill" HOOKER * (1941-2018)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male

………………..5– Living HOOKER male

………………..5– Living HOOKER female * (m. SPICER)

……….3– Dora Rosella HOOKER * (1908-1984) (m. JACKSON)

……………4– David JACKSON (1939-1942)

……………4– David Charles JACKSON (1942-1944)

……………4– Living JACKSON male * (abt 1945-)

………………..5– Living JACKSON male

………………..5– Living JACKSON female

……………4– Steven David JACKSON (1946-2005)

………………..5– Living JACKSON female (m. BEBEE)

……………4– Living JACKSON female

……………4– Living JACKSON male

……….3– James Benjamin HOOKER (1910-1984)

……………4– Living HOOKER female (aft 1938-) (m. BODNAR)

………………..5– Living BODNAR male (aft 1964-)

………………..5– Living BODNAR male (twin) (aft 1965-)

………………..5– Living BODNAR female (twin) (aft 1965-)

……………4– James Murray HOOKER (1941-2016)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male

………………..5– Living HOOKER male

……………4– Living HOOKER male

……….3– Douglas Berdet HOOKER * (1914-1957)

……………4– Helen May TOPPING * (1937-2007) (m. WHIFFIN) (b. Margaret Elizabeth MERCY)

………………..5– Andrew Scott Gordon WHIFFIN (1962-1984)

………………..5– Living WHIFFIN female * (1963-) (m. PINCKSTON)

………………..5– Living WHIFFIN male (1967-)

………………..5– Living WHIFFIN male (1970-)

……………4– Living HOOKER male (1945-)

……………4– Living HOOKER female * (1949-) (m. REIMAN)

………………..5– Living male SWENSON (1965-)

………………..5– Living male REIMAN (abt 1972-)

……….3– Herbert Henry HOOKER (1920-1967)

……………4– Living HOOKER male

…..2– William Edward HOOKER * (1879-1950)

……….3– Estella Leona HOOKER (1904-)

……….3– William Edward HOOKER * (1927-1999)

……………4– Living HOOKER female (1953-) (m. GADDIS)

……………4– Living HOOKER * male (1954-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (1986-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male * (1990-)

……………4– Living HOOKER female * (1957-) (m. 1st WALIA; m. 2nd LARSON)

………………..5– Living WALIA female (1981-)

………………..5– Living WALIA female * (1985-)

………………..5– Living WALIA female (1987-)

…..2– Theodore John Wesley HOOKER (1882-1957)

…..2– James Burton HOOKER * (1884-1955) (m. Adeline McMASTER)

……….3– Mabel Elizabeth HOOKER (1910-1910)

……….3– Lawrence James HOOKER * (1911-2001) (m. Thelma HUTCHINSON)

……………4– Elwood Wayne HOOKER (1934-1937)

……………4– Raymond Wallace HOOKER * (1936-2000)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female (1960-) (m. RELPH)

………………..5– Living LaPOINTE female * (1963-) (m. OWAINAT)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (1963-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (1967-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (1970-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female (1972-)

……………4– Doris May HOOKER (1939-1980)

……………4– Edward Keith HOOKER (1940-2017)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (1960-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female * (1963-) (m. 1st GRAY; m. 2nd SALCIDO)

……….3– Ruth Sybil HOOKER * (1914-1979) (m. 1st GANTON; m. 3rd HARDIN)

……………4– Joyce Maureen GANTON (1932-1949)

……………4– Fay L. GANTON (1933-2014) (m. MIERA)

………………..5– Living MIERA male (1962-)

……………4– Gwendolyn Joan GANTON * (1938-1987) (m. THOMAS)

………………..5– Living THOMAS female (1956-) (m. JOHNSON)

………………..5– Living THOMAS male (1957-)

………………..5– Living THOMAS female (1963-) (m. m. HAYES)

………………..5– Living THOMAS female * (1964-) (m. BRUSS)

………………..5– Living THOMAS female (1967-)

………………..5– Living THOMAS female (1973-) (m. TAORMINA)

……………4– Sharon GANTON (1940-1988) (m. 1st SMITH; m. 2nd HART)

………………..5– Living SMITH (aft 1960-)

………………..5– Living SMITH (aft 1960-)

………………..5– Living SMITH (aft 1960-)

………………..5– Living HART (aft 1970-)

………………..5– Living HART (aft 1970-)

………………..5– Living HART (aft 1970-)

……………4– Living GANTON male * (1942-)

………………..5– Gary Steven GANTON, Jr. * (1968-2000)

………………..5– Living GANTON male (1970-)

………………..5– Living GANTON female (1975-) (m. 1st SNODGRASS; m. 2nd WILLIAMS)

……….3– George Edward HOOKER (1915-1936)

……….3– Theodore HOOKER (died in infancy)

……….3– Glen Burton HOOKER (1922-2010)

……………4– Henry HOOKER (abt 1950-)

……………4– Donald Guy HOOKER (1953-2009)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female

………………..5– Living HOOKER female

………………..5– Living HOOKER female

………………..5– Living HOOKER male

……………4– Tina HOOKER (aft 1950-abt 1989) (m. WRIGHT)

……………4– Living HOOKER male (1962-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (1985-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female (2004-)

……………4– Glenda Rose HOOKER (1964-2008) (m. 1st JECK; m. 2nd MOLENDYK)

………………..5– Living JECK male (1982-)

………………..5– Living JECK female (1984-) (m. LITTLECHILD)

………………..5– Living JECK female (1987-) (m. WALLIS)

……………4– Living HOOKER male (1970-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (abt 1991-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female (1994-)

……….3– Marion Margaret HOOKER * (1924-2002) (m. CHAMBERS)

……………4– Living JACKSON female (1945-) (m. 1st DICK; m. 2nd MORROW)

………………..5– Living DICK male

………………..5– Living MORROW female

……………4– Living CHAMBERS female (1947-) (m. GELLNER)

………………..5– Living CHAMBERS male

………………..5– Living GELLNER female (m. SOMERVILLE)

………………..5– Living GELLNER male

……………4– Living CHAMBERS female * (1948-) (m. 1st GOSS; m. 2nd MUENCH; m. 3rd BORROWS)

………………..5–

………………..5– Living GOSS female * (1968-) (m. 1st SARGENT; m. 2nd HAWKINS)

………………..5– Tyson Lorrie MUENCH (1976-2009)

……………4– Living CHAMBERS female (1955-) (m. HILL)

………………..5– Living HILL male (abt 1980-)

………………..5– Living HILL female (m. CAVALIERE)

……….3– Elizabeth Betty HOOKER * (1925-2018) (m. 1st WINTERS; m. 2nd KERR)

……………4– Living WINTERS male (b. 1948-)

………………..5– Living WINTERS male (Last name may have changed.)

……………4– Karen Anita WINTERS (1950-2005) (m. FOSSUM)

………………..5– Living FOSSUM female

………………..5– Living FOSSUM female

……………4– Living WINTERS female * ((b. 1951) (m. BARNETT)

………………..5– Living BARNETT * ((m. SHAW)

………………..5– Living BARNETT

……………4– Murray Herbert "Mo" WINTERS * ( (1953-2000)

………………..5– Michelle Rose-Ann WINTERS (1975-2004)

………………..5– Living WINTERS female

……….3– Living HOOKER male (1927-)

……………4– Kenneth Walter HOOKER (1959-1993)

……….3– Clifford Arthur HOOKER (1930-1947)

……….3– Clarence C. "Catsy" HOOKER * (1932-1993)

……………4– Living HOOKER male (b. aft 1954-)

……………4– Clarice Adeline HOOKER (aft 1954-1999)

……………4– Living HOOKER female * (m. JACOBSEN)

……………4– Living HOOKER female

……………4– Living HOOKER female

…..2– Dora Leona HOOKER, R.N. * (1886-1974) (m. MALONEY)

……….3– Challence Auburn MALONEY (1922-1968)

……………4– Living MALONEY female (1951-)

……………4– Living MALONEY female (1954-)

……….3– Sarah Catherine MALONEY * (1926-1993) (m. GENSEMER)

……………4– Living GENSEMER male (1952-)

………………..5– Living GENSEMER male (1988-)

………………..5– Living GENSEMER female (1990-)

……………4– Living GENSEMER female * (1956-) (m. FINK)

………………..5– Living FINK female (1987-)

……….3– George F. MALONEY (1927-2005)

……………4– Living MALONEY male (1952-)

……………4– Living MALONEY male (1954-)

…..2– Challence Oscar HOOKER * (1889-1957)

……….3– Thomas George HOOKER * (1922-2006)

……………4– Living HOOKER female (1954-) (m. HASKINS)

………………..5– Living HASKINS male (1981-)

………………..5– Living HASKINS male (1983-)

……………4– Living HOOKER male * (1955-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female (1982-) (m. LARSON)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female (1985-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (1987-)

……………4– Living HOOKER female (1958-) * (m. GALZKI)

………………..5– Living GALZKI male (1983-)

………………..5– Living GALZKI male * (1985-)

………………..5– Living GALZKI female (1988-)

……………4– Living HOOKER female (1962-) (m. DUNN)

……….3– Theodore Challence HOOKER, M.D. * (1924-2008)

……………4– Living HOOKER male * (1950-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER female (1987-)

………………..5– Living HOOKER male (1990-)

……………4– Living HOOKER female (1953-) (m. CASEBOLT)

………………..5– Living CASEBOLT female (1984-)

………………..5– Living CASEBOLT male (1989-)

……………4– Living HOOKER female (1964-) (m. O'DAY)

………………..5– Living O'DAY male (1997-)

………………..5– Living O'DAY male (2000-)

……….3– Joan Elizabeth HOOKER * (1936-2010) (m. NEUMANN)

……………4– Living NEUMANN male * (1959)

………………..5– Living Neumann female (1990-)

………………..5– Living Neumann male (1992-)

……………4– Living NEUMANN male (1960-)

………………..5– Living NEUMANN male (1995-)

………………..5– Living NEUMANN female (1997-)

……………4– Living NEUMANN male (1961-)

………………..5– Living NEUMANN male (1999-)

………………..5– Living NEUMANN male (2005-)

……………4– Living NEUMANN female (1964-) (m. NEESON)

………………..5– Living NEESON male (1992-)

………………..5– Living NEESON female (1994-)

………………..5– Living NEESON female (1999-)