Charles was born in Saint Mary, Illinois, and shown on his death certificate as the son of Truman Huff and Isabell "Unk." [Malissa Isabell Hare]. Truman remarried before Charles' 4th birthday; what became of Charles' mother is still unknown. He was shown as Ray E Huff at home in Saint Mary with his father and stepmother in the 1900 census, age 10, and as a farm laborer in Prairie Township, Hancock County, age 20, in the 1910 census.
Charles completed his WWI draft registration on 7 July 1917 in Carthage, Illinois, stating he was an unemployed farmer with weak eyesight. While residing in Ed Dorado, Kansas, he was drafted with 111 other Hancock County, Illinois men on 25 May 1918, and ordered to depart for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia on 27 May 1918. He departed Boston, Massachusetts aboard the SS Beltana for Europe on 24 July 1919, listing his sister, Mrs. Ethel Mosley of Carthage, Illinois as his next-of-kin. He has not been found in the 1920 census, perhaps still serving overseas.
Charles died of heart disease at the National Military Home hospital, listed as Charles Ray Huff, of 2946 Commercial Street, San Diego, a single gas station attendant, at the home since 19 Dec 1935 (3 months, 27 days). This generally agrees with his 1930 US census entry where he was indeed shown as single, age 40, the proprietor of a service station, as well as a veteran of the World War.
Charles completed his WWI draft registration on 7 July 1917 in Carthage, Illinois, stating he was an unemployed farmer with weak eyesight. While residing in Ed Dorado, Kansas, he was drafted with 111 other Hancock County, Illinois men on 25 May 1918, and ordered to depart for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia on 27 May 1918. He departed Boston, Massachusetts aboard the SS Beltana for Europe on 24 July 1919, listing his sister, Mrs. Ethel Mosley of Carthage, Illinois as his next-of-kin. He has not been found in the 1920 census, perhaps still serving overseas.
Charles died of heart disease at the National Military Home hospital, listed as Charles Ray Huff, of 2946 Commercial Street, San Diego, a single gas station attendant, at the home since 19 Dec 1935 (3 months, 27 days). This generally agrees with his 1930 US census entry where he was indeed shown as single, age 40, the proprietor of a service station, as well as a veteran of the World War.
Charles was born in Saint Mary, Illinois, and shown on his death certificate as the son of Truman Huff and Isabell "Unk." [Malissa Isabell Hare]. Truman remarried before Charles' 4th birthday; what became of Charles' mother is still unknown. He was shown as Ray E Huff at home in Saint Mary with his father and stepmother in the 1900 census, age 10, and as a farm laborer in Prairie Township, Hancock County, age 20, in the 1910 census.
Charles completed his WWI draft registration on 7 July 1917 in Carthage, Illinois, stating he was an unemployed farmer with weak eyesight. While residing in Ed Dorado, Kansas, he was drafted with 111 other Hancock County, Illinois men on 25 May 1918, and ordered to depart for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia on 27 May 1918. He departed Boston, Massachusetts aboard the SS Beltana for Europe on 24 July 1919, listing his sister, Mrs. Ethel Mosley of Carthage, Illinois as his next-of-kin. He has not been found in the 1920 census, perhaps still serving overseas.
Charles died of heart disease at the National Military Home hospital, listed as Charles Ray Huff, of 2946 Commercial Street, San Diego, a single gas station attendant, at the home since 19 Dec 1935 (3 months, 27 days). This generally agrees with his 1930 US census entry where he was indeed shown as single, age 40, the proprietor of a service station, as well as a veteran of the World War.
Charles completed his WWI draft registration on 7 July 1917 in Carthage, Illinois, stating he was an unemployed farmer with weak eyesight. While residing in Ed Dorado, Kansas, he was drafted with 111 other Hancock County, Illinois men on 25 May 1918, and ordered to depart for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia on 27 May 1918. He departed Boston, Massachusetts aboard the SS Beltana for Europe on 24 July 1919, listing his sister, Mrs. Ethel Mosley of Carthage, Illinois as his next-of-kin. He has not been found in the 1920 census, perhaps still serving overseas.
Charles died of heart disease at the National Military Home hospital, listed as Charles Ray Huff, of 2946 Commercial Street, San Diego, a single gas station attendant, at the home since 19 Dec 1935 (3 months, 27 days). This generally agrees with his 1930 US census entry where he was indeed shown as single, age 40, the proprietor of a service station, as well as a veteran of the World War.
Inscription
CHARLES RAY HUFF
ILLINOIS
PVT. 1 CL.
2 GEN. HQ.
MIL. POLICE BN.
APRIL 16, 1936
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