Sergeant Co. H 6th MI Cavalry
Dates of Service: 12 Sep 1862 - 03 Oct 1863
John Bogart Huff was born in 1831 in New Jersey to Peter Huff and Maria Stryker, the third of five children. He moved with his family to Sparta Twp, Kent Co., Michigan in 1842 and married Emily around 1857. To that union was born a daughter, Harriet.
At the age of 29 years, John enlisted as a Soldier at the town of Caledonia, Kent Co., MI. He was injured March 1, 1863, by a fall from his horse, the horse falling upon him afterwards. Huff was a member of G.A.R. Post 97, John J. Bagley of Hersey, MI.
Emily died in 1865 and John remarried to Samantha Cole on September 13, 1866, at Greenville, Michigan. By 1870, the family of four (including 12-year-old Hattie and two-year-old son Jesse) had moved to Hersey Township, Osceola Co., MI.
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865; Eva Gray Tent No. 2, Grand Rapids, MI
John B. Huff of Hersey township, died at his home June 16, 1894, from the effects of an abscess in the head. The deceased was an early settler in this township, having located his present farm and homestead twenty-four years ago. He served during the Civil War in a Michigan cavalry regiment and was considered an exemplary citizen.
Source: Evart Review, Friday, June 22, 1894
Dates of Service: 12 Sep 1862 - 03 Oct 1863
John Bogart Huff was born in 1831 in New Jersey to Peter Huff and Maria Stryker, the third of five children. He moved with his family to Sparta Twp, Kent Co., Michigan in 1842 and married Emily around 1857. To that union was born a daughter, Harriet.
At the age of 29 years, John enlisted as a Soldier at the town of Caledonia, Kent Co., MI. He was injured March 1, 1863, by a fall from his horse, the horse falling upon him afterwards. Huff was a member of G.A.R. Post 97, John J. Bagley of Hersey, MI.
Emily died in 1865 and John remarried to Samantha Cole on September 13, 1866, at Greenville, Michigan. By 1870, the family of four (including 12-year-old Hattie and two-year-old son Jesse) had moved to Hersey Township, Osceola Co., MI.
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865; Eva Gray Tent No. 2, Grand Rapids, MI
John B. Huff of Hersey township, died at his home June 16, 1894, from the effects of an abscess in the head. The deceased was an early settler in this township, having located his present farm and homestead twenty-four years ago. He served during the Civil War in a Michigan cavalry regiment and was considered an exemplary citizen.
Source: Evart Review, Friday, June 22, 1894
Sergeant Co. H 6th MI Cavalry
Dates of Service: 12 Sep 1862 - 03 Oct 1863
John Bogart Huff was born in 1831 in New Jersey to Peter Huff and Maria Stryker, the third of five children. He moved with his family to Sparta Twp, Kent Co., Michigan in 1842 and married Emily around 1857. To that union was born a daughter, Harriet.
At the age of 29 years, John enlisted as a Soldier at the town of Caledonia, Kent Co., MI. He was injured March 1, 1863, by a fall from his horse, the horse falling upon him afterwards. Huff was a member of G.A.R. Post 97, John J. Bagley of Hersey, MI.
Emily died in 1865 and John remarried to Samantha Cole on September 13, 1866, at Greenville, Michigan. By 1870, the family of four (including 12-year-old Hattie and two-year-old son Jesse) had moved to Hersey Township, Osceola Co., MI.
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865; Eva Gray Tent No. 2, Grand Rapids, MI
John B. Huff of Hersey township, died at his home June 16, 1894, from the effects of an abscess in the head. The deceased was an early settler in this township, having located his present farm and homestead twenty-four years ago. He served during the Civil War in a Michigan cavalry regiment and was considered an exemplary citizen.
Source: Evart Review, Friday, June 22, 1894
Dates of Service: 12 Sep 1862 - 03 Oct 1863
John Bogart Huff was born in 1831 in New Jersey to Peter Huff and Maria Stryker, the third of five children. He moved with his family to Sparta Twp, Kent Co., Michigan in 1842 and married Emily around 1857. To that union was born a daughter, Harriet.
At the age of 29 years, John enlisted as a Soldier at the town of Caledonia, Kent Co., MI. He was injured March 1, 1863, by a fall from his horse, the horse falling upon him afterwards. Huff was a member of G.A.R. Post 97, John J. Bagley of Hersey, MI.
Emily died in 1865 and John remarried to Samantha Cole on September 13, 1866, at Greenville, Michigan. By 1870, the family of four (including 12-year-old Hattie and two-year-old son Jesse) had moved to Hersey Township, Osceola Co., MI.
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865; Eva Gray Tent No. 2, Grand Rapids, MI
John B. Huff of Hersey township, died at his home June 16, 1894, from the effects of an abscess in the head. The deceased was an early settler in this township, having located his present farm and homestead twenty-four years ago. He served during the Civil War in a Michigan cavalry regiment and was considered an exemplary citizen.
Source: Evart Review, Friday, June 22, 1894
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