Descendant of Henry Huffman ID# 1.1. Chpt 1

Naomi was married 1st to Samuel Rexroad. Son Samuel was killed in the civil war. Her other children were Susannah, Amanda, Julia, and Emma Rexroad. Amanda & Emma both died tragically shortly after the death of their father. Naomi married Hiram Harmon a short time before her death.

Several other family members are buried in this small abandoned cemetery located on an old farm. Her parents Michael & Susannah Summers Hoffman/Huffman , her brother Adam Huffman , sister Mahulda Rexroad and Eliza A. Rexroad young child of Mahulda's, her sister Rachel Raner and Rachel's son, William "Rainer" are also interred in this cemetery.

Portrait and biographical record of Denver and vicinity, Colorado; Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co. 1898, 1317 pages (Page 1189-90)
Mrs. Julia A. Harmon
Feeling that some of the most important events in my life will not be preserved if I leave the task of writing them to others, I have decided to prepare it myself. I was born in Randolph County, VA., in 1835, the daughter of Samuel and Naomi (Hoffman) Rexroad. My father, who was born in 1803, was engaged in the lumber business in New Albany, Ind., and died there December 18, 1840, when I was quite young.

My mother, who was born January 15, 1807, was a second time married, a few years after the death of Mr. Rexroad becoming the wife of Hiram Harmon. She died February 8, 1856. After her death her brother, P. H. Hoffman, of Kentucky, wrote her obituary, which appears below

"It falls to my lot to chronicle the exit from earth to heaven of my dear sister, Mrs. Naomi Harmon, who departed her life at her husband's residence, in Whiteside County, Ill., February 8, 1856 at five o'clock A. M. Sister Harmon was the eldest daughter of Michael and Susannah Hoffman. She was born in Pendleton County, Va., January 15, 1807, and from the best of my information she embraced Christianity in 1830, and united herself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the same time under the ministry of Rev. Mr. Tucker, of the Pittsburg conference in the Randolph circuit. She continued a worthy and accepted member of the church from her first connection to the day God said, ‘It is enough. Come up higher.' Sister Harmon has been the subject of much affliction for many years. In early life she met with the misfortune of losing, by death, the husband of her youth, Samuel Rexroad, with who she had lived in happiness, and who left her in charge of five small children, four daughters and one son. She resided at that time in New Albany, Ind. Her second daughter went to Henderson, Ky., to spend a short time with a friend, but alas! She was seen no more by her mother. The sad intelligence was soon returned that Amanda was burned to death in Henderson. The youngest daughter was sent to live with her grandmother in Virginia, but sweet little Emma was returned no more to her afflicted parent; word soon fell on her ear that Emma, too, was dead.
"Thus in a short time three of her dear family were taken away from her, and she was left to mourn her irreparable loss. She moved to Illinois to spend her remaining days with friends. There to ameliorate her condition, she was married to Mr. Harmon, who now feels deeply his loss occasioned by her death. She lived but a few years after her second marriage. Sister Harmon was a high-minded and kind-hearted Christian lady, pleasing and affable in her manners, though unassuming, yet much respected and loved by her neighbors. She had been an obedient daughter. She was an affectionate wife and kind mother, and an obliging neighbor. Her end was peace and consolidation, in the promises of Him in whose hand are the issues of life and death, feeling that all things work together for good to them that love God. Truly her change of worlds was triumphant. I was informed by Miss S. V. M. that two or three weeks prior to her death were spent in prayer and praise; that her greatest desire was to depart and be with Christ, who had always been her best friend, in affliction and in health. A few minutes before she closed her eyes on earth, she inquired of a sister how long it would be before she was released. She was informed that one hour would in all probability close her earthly pilgrimage. She gave assent, by a nod of her head, and in a few minutes her work was ended, as peacefully as the summer sun sinks into the western horizon. O, that this dispensation may be sanctified to the everlasting good of her two remaining daughters, orphaned son and afflicted husband, and all her kindred."

The listed death year of 1852 does not agree with her obituary, but her tombstone may have been worn when recorded.