w/o James Huff, Jr.
Daughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Moses Wells of Pennsylvania and Sarah Ann Ratliff.
Daughter-in-law of Dr. James Huff of Harlan KY.
DAR Real Daughter
Ashland Daily Independent
January 14, 1927
Friday
Transcribed By: Judy Cantrell Fleming
As the News goes to press word reaches Louisa, telling of the death Thursday morning of Mrs. Mahala Wells Huff, the oldest resident of Lawrence county, the widow of, a veteran of the War of 1812, and said to be the daughter of a Revolutionary solider.
Mrs. Huff was born Dec. 25, 1818, at what is now Wellsville, W. Va., and was 108 years and 19 days old when she died at the home of her son, Henderson Wells, three miles southeast of Louisa. Death was due to the infirmities attendant upon advanced age. She was the daughter of James Huff, a native of Virginia.
Older than Lawrence county, the deceased was a remarkable woman. She was known to newspaper readers throughout the country as the result of publicity given her unique career.
Daughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Moses Wells of Pennsylvania and Sarah Ann Ratliff.
Daughter-in-law of Dr. James Huff of Harlan KY.
DAR Real Daughter
Ashland Daily Independent
January 14, 1927
Friday
Transcribed By: Judy Cantrell Fleming
As the News goes to press word reaches Louisa, telling of the death Thursday morning of Mrs. Mahala Wells Huff, the oldest resident of Lawrence county, the widow of, a veteran of the War of 1812, and said to be the daughter of a Revolutionary solider.
Mrs. Huff was born Dec. 25, 1818, at what is now Wellsville, W. Va., and was 108 years and 19 days old when she died at the home of her son, Henderson Wells, three miles southeast of Louisa. Death was due to the infirmities attendant upon advanced age. She was the daughter of James Huff, a native of Virginia.
Older than Lawrence county, the deceased was a remarkable woman. She was known to newspaper readers throughout the country as the result of publicity given her unique career.
w/o James Huff, Jr.
Daughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Moses Wells of Pennsylvania and Sarah Ann Ratliff.
Daughter-in-law of Dr. James Huff of Harlan KY.
DAR Real Daughter
Ashland Daily Independent
January 14, 1927
Friday
Transcribed By: Judy Cantrell Fleming
As the News goes to press word reaches Louisa, telling of the death Thursday morning of Mrs. Mahala Wells Huff, the oldest resident of Lawrence county, the widow of, a veteran of the War of 1812, and said to be the daughter of a Revolutionary solider.
Mrs. Huff was born Dec. 25, 1818, at what is now Wellsville, W. Va., and was 108 years and 19 days old when she died at the home of her son, Henderson Wells, three miles southeast of Louisa. Death was due to the infirmities attendant upon advanced age. She was the daughter of James Huff, a native of Virginia.
Older than Lawrence county, the deceased was a remarkable woman. She was known to newspaper readers throughout the country as the result of publicity given her unique career.
Daughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Moses Wells of Pennsylvania and Sarah Ann Ratliff.
Daughter-in-law of Dr. James Huff of Harlan KY.
DAR Real Daughter
Ashland Daily Independent
January 14, 1927
Friday
Transcribed By: Judy Cantrell Fleming
As the News goes to press word reaches Louisa, telling of the death Thursday morning of Mrs. Mahala Wells Huff, the oldest resident of Lawrence county, the widow of, a veteran of the War of 1812, and said to be the daughter of a Revolutionary solider.
Mrs. Huff was born Dec. 25, 1818, at what is now Wellsville, W. Va., and was 108 years and 19 days old when she died at the home of her son, Henderson Wells, three miles southeast of Louisa. Death was due to the infirmities attendant upon advanced age. She was the daughter of James Huff, a native of Virginia.
Older than Lawrence county, the deceased was a remarkable woman. She was known to newspaper readers throughout the country as the result of publicity given her unique career.
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