O.H. HUFFMAN

O.H. HUFFMAN WAS BORN IN ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, IN 1832 AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN DELPHOS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1900. HE HAD BEEN SICK BUT A FEW DAYS AND DEATH WAS DUE TO A GENERAL FAILING OF HIS POWERS. MR. HUFFMAN CAME TO IOWA MANY YEARS AGO LOCATING IN HENRY COUNTY, WHERE HE WAS MARRIED IN 1866 TO MISS SARAH RIDER. TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN AS A RESULT OF THIS UNION. HE CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND SETTLED AT DELPHOS, WHERE HE WAS STRICTLY HONORABLE IN ALL HIS DEALINGS AND WAS A WORTHY MAN AND CITIZEN. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED YESTERDAY FROM THE M.E. CHURCH IN BENTON BY REV. I.M. O’FLYNG. THE REMAINS WERE INTERRED IN THE BENTON CEMETERY. A WIFE AND TWO SONS ARE LEFT TO MOURN HIS DEATH.