JOSEPH S. HUHN
Joseph S. Huhn came to Cass county in 1871, and settled on section 1, township of Brighton, where he owned one hundred and sixty acres of land. In 1872 he sold one-half of it, and 1877 the balance, and removed to Marne, where he bought a house and lot. He is a native of Ohio, having been born in Guernsey county April 6, 1820, and is a son of Jacob and Nancy (Saddler) Huhn, who were of German extraction. He continued to live on a farm in his native county until twenty-five years old, meanwhile learning the trade of carpenter. He then went to Union county, and remained seven years. Thence he went to Hardin county, Ohio, in 1857, and while there was engaged in farming until the 15th of September, 1864, when he enlisted in company H, One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio Infantry, and took part in the battle at Nashville, and was shortly afterwardds transferred to company K, as pontoon engineer. He was then sent down to the Tennessee and Alabama railroad to construct blockhouses, and continued in that service until discharged, on the 4th of July, 1865. He then returned to his family in Hardin county, where he resided until 1871, when he removed to Cass county. He was married on the 4th of July 1853, to Nancy Ray, a native of Ross county, Ohio. Five children have blessed their union, four boys and one girl--Clara J., now the wife of Frank A. Herbert and living in Kansas; Millard F., (deceased,) Mary C., wife of A.L. Squires, James S., the latter now living in Kansas, and Isolena. Mr. and Mrs. Huhn are members of the M.E. church.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 614-615.
