Henry Huffman by W. D. Ritter

grandfather of "DICK" HUFFMAN, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and served in the French and Indian War, which lasted from 1754 to 1763. It is not known at what time, where or under whom he served - whether under Braddock or Forbes or whom, or whether he served in company with Washington or not.

Living where he did, it is very likely he served against Fort Du Quesue, now Pittsburg. If so, he served with Washington, for Washington was in the two expeditions against that place, the first under Braddock and the next under Forbes. He afterward, like Washington served through the Revolution, in company with Mr. Shryer, names in this sketch. They were from the same neighborhood. In 1819 he, in Company with Mr. Shryer, moved to Indiana. Daviess county- that part of which is now Greene county, Taylor township – and lived near Mr. Shryer a short time, then returned farther east and lived abouth two years in Ohio, dying in that State, and was buried near Lawrenceburg, Indiana, which town is just at the state line.

So far as I know Mr. Huffman out ranks for length of serivce as a soldier of any man who ever lived in this county, having fought through both these long and bloody wars. Other branches of the Huffman family lived in Washington and Daviess counties. He was a woodturner, wheelwright and chairmaker by trade.

Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind. With Reminiscences of Pioneer Days, Illustrated (1908, B. F. Bowen & Co. Indianapolis, Indiana) Vol. 1 Pg. 95-6

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Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind. With Reminiscences of Pioneer Days, Illustrated (1908, B. F. Bowen & Co. Indianapolis, Indiana) Vol. 1 Pg. 95-6