Frederick Royal HUFFMAN, son of Margaret and John C. HUFFMAN, was born September 17, 1893, lost his life while the U. S. S. MOUNT VERNON was in battle with an enemy submarine on the morning of September 5, 1918.
The ship was struck by a torpedo, which exploded in the fire room where he was on duty. He with thirty-five other men was instantly killed and twelve were wounded. He was either killed by the explosion or instantly drown by the enormous in rush of water thought the hole made by the torpedo.
Captain DIAMUKEN, commanding officer of the U. S. Navy, says:
“He was a member of the finest engineers force it has ever been my pleasure to be associated with, and it was due to the gallant conduct of those who survived that the ship was brought into port. Permit me to express the deepest sympathy for you in behalf of myself and the MOUNT VERNON’s entire crew. We deem it an honor to serve with your noble son. He died as a brave man should in these times at his post of duty in the service of his country.”
The body arrived in Newberry from a port somewhere in France September 24. A service with full military honors was held over there Sept. 9 for the thirty six men who gave their lives for their ship and their country. Then the bodies were transferred to the ship that would bring them to America.
Besides his mother he leaves seven sisters and three brothers to mourn his untimely death. His father preceded him to the Great Beyond.
Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. church in Newberry, September 25. Burial in the Newberry Cemetery.
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INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Index Page 122: HUFFMAN, John C. to Margaret NICHOLSON, December 22, 1892, Book N, Page 420.
The ship was struck by a torpedo, which exploded in the fire room where he was on duty. He with thirty-five other men was instantly killed and twelve were wounded. He was either killed by the explosion or instantly drown by the enormous in rush of water thought the hole made by the torpedo.
Captain DIAMUKEN, commanding officer of the U. S. Navy, says:
“He was a member of the finest engineers force it has ever been my pleasure to be associated with, and it was due to the gallant conduct of those who survived that the ship was brought into port. Permit me to express the deepest sympathy for you in behalf of myself and the MOUNT VERNON’s entire crew. We deem it an honor to serve with your noble son. He died as a brave man should in these times at his post of duty in the service of his country.”
The body arrived in Newberry from a port somewhere in France September 24. A service with full military honors was held over there Sept. 9 for the thirty six men who gave their lives for their ship and their country. Then the bodies were transferred to the ship that would bring them to America.
Besides his mother he leaves seven sisters and three brothers to mourn his untimely death. His father preceded him to the Great Beyond.
Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. church in Newberry, September 25. Burial in the Newberry Cemetery.
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INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Index Page 122: HUFFMAN, John C. to Margaret NICHOLSON, December 22, 1892, Book N, Page 420.
Frederick Royal HUFFMAN, son of Margaret and John C. HUFFMAN, was born September 17, 1893, lost his life while the U. S. S. MOUNT VERNON was in battle with an enemy submarine on the morning of September 5, 1918.
The ship was struck by a torpedo, which exploded in the fire room where he was on duty. He with thirty-five other men was instantly killed and twelve were wounded. He was either killed by the explosion or instantly drown by the enormous in rush of water thought the hole made by the torpedo.
Captain DIAMUKEN, commanding officer of the U. S. Navy, says:
“He was a member of the finest engineers force it has ever been my pleasure to be associated with, and it was due to the gallant conduct of those who survived that the ship was brought into port. Permit me to express the deepest sympathy for you in behalf of myself and the MOUNT VERNON’s entire crew. We deem it an honor to serve with your noble son. He died as a brave man should in these times at his post of duty in the service of his country.”
The body arrived in Newberry from a port somewhere in France September 24. A service with full military honors was held over there Sept. 9 for the thirty six men who gave their lives for their ship and their country. Then the bodies were transferred to the ship that would bring them to America.
Besides his mother he leaves seven sisters and three brothers to mourn his untimely death. His father preceded him to the Great Beyond.
Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. church in Newberry, September 25. Burial in the Newberry Cemetery.
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INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Index Page 122: HUFFMAN, John C. to Margaret NICHOLSON, December 22, 1892, Book N, Page 420.
The ship was struck by a torpedo, which exploded in the fire room where he was on duty. He with thirty-five other men was instantly killed and twelve were wounded. He was either killed by the explosion or instantly drown by the enormous in rush of water thought the hole made by the torpedo.
Captain DIAMUKEN, commanding officer of the U. S. Navy, says:
“He was a member of the finest engineers force it has ever been my pleasure to be associated with, and it was due to the gallant conduct of those who survived that the ship was brought into port. Permit me to express the deepest sympathy for you in behalf of myself and the MOUNT VERNON’s entire crew. We deem it an honor to serve with your noble son. He died as a brave man should in these times at his post of duty in the service of his country.”
The body arrived in Newberry from a port somewhere in France September 24. A service with full military honors was held over there Sept. 9 for the thirty six men who gave their lives for their ship and their country. Then the bodies were transferred to the ship that would bring them to America.
Besides his mother he leaves seven sisters and three brothers to mourn his untimely death. His father preceded him to the Great Beyond.
Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. church in Newberry, September 25. Burial in the Newberry Cemetery.
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INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Index Page 122: HUFFMAN, John C. to Margaret NICHOLSON, December 22, 1892, Book N, Page 420.
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