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ALFRED B. HUFFMAN, mechanic, post office Gill Hall, son of Jacob and Hester (Beam) Huffman, was born in Jefferson township, this county, July 29, 1838. His grandfather, Lewis Huffman, came from Germany and settled in this county at an early time, where he reared a family of twelve children; he was in the war of 1812. Jacob Huffman was born in Jefferson township, where he died Nov. 21, 1865. His children were Catherine (now Mrs. S. M. Peterson, of Tyler county, W. Va.), Elijah (who died when a child), John B. (deceased), Sarah, Margaret (now Mrs. J. W. Snee, of Jefferson township) and Alfred B. The last named married Mary J., daughter of Smith Gaston, of Washington county, and settled on the place owned by his parents, remaining with them until their deaths, when he removed to Gill Hall, and engaged in business as dealer in general merchandise. He subsequently retired, and his son John G. is now the merchant of Gill Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman had four children: John G. (who married a daughter of Jackson Stilley), Ella May (wife of D. B. Blackburn, of Jefferson township), Hester Jane and Joseph E. Mrs. Huffman died Oct. 9, 1888. Mr. Huffman has held several official positions in the township, and at the present time is an acting justice of the peace. He has been a member of the Methodist Church for thirty years, and is a democrat.