John Henry Huff (1839 - 1894)

HUFF, LOVELAND, DRAKENS, WINTERNITZ

Posted By: Barry Mateer (email)
Date: 11/26/2021 at 13:29:33

The Weekly Osceola Sentinel , Osceola, Iowa
March 8, 1894

W. E. Harper hands us the following obituary of an old soldier, well known in this county, and published in the Hoxie (Kan.) Sentinel:

Comrade J. H. Huff, aged fifty-four, died at his home In Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Sunday, February 11, 1894, after a short, but painful illness. Comrade Huff was born at Indianapolis, Indiana, December 24, 1839. In his early youth lived In Wabash, Indiana, where he was a constant member of the M. E. church.

In the fall of 1860 he moved, with his parents to Ringgold county, Iowa. In the spring of '61 he returned to Wabash, Indiana, and enlisted in the 47th Indiana Infantry.

In the fall of '62 he lay sick a long time at Memphis, Tennessee. As soon as he was able to be removed, he was taken to the hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, where he was discharged, and in the spring of ’63 enlisted again in the 8th Iowa Cavalry, in which he served until captured under Stoneman, in Newman, Georgia. He was taken to Andersonville prison, where he remained some time, and when exchanged was the last number called from prison, also the last number called into the Union ranks when he joined his regiment, where, for meritorious conduct at the capture of his regiment, he was promoted from orderly sergeant to first lieutenant, and was placed in command of the post at Fort Valley, Georgia, where he remained until the close of the war.

In the fall of '66, September 12, he was married to Miss Addie L. Loveland, at Wabash, Indiana. Seven children were born to them, four of whom survive him, Mrs. R. A. Drakens, Leonardville, Kansas; Mrs. Dr. I. A. Winternitz, Colorado City, Colorado; and two younger ones, a son and a daughter, who are with their mother at Kingfisher.

Comrade Huff was one of the famous ten thousand who made the memorable race into Oklahoma, April 22, 1889, and settled in Kingfisher, where he selected some valuable property. He was connected in the early days with the provisional city government, and expected to become a permanent citizen at that time. He was also a member of Kingfisher Post G.A.R. - our recollection is, one of the original members.

On account of the difficulty of disposing of his Kansas interests, he was prevented from taking up his residence In Kingfisher until within the last few months. The funeral services took place at the family residence 4 P.M. Tuesday under the 'ministration of Rev. J. C. Calnoon, and the body was taken via Rock Island railroad to Comrade Huff's old home in Clyde, Kansas, for final interment.

So it goes; so are passing rapidly away the old soldiers to whom this country is indebted for its present existence

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