Daniel W. Huff

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Daniel W. Huff
c. 1917
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 7th district
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Wilkinson County district
In office
January 1904 – January 1908
Personal details
Born(1854-09-20)September 20, 1854
Centreville, Mississippi
DiedJune 4, 1940(1940-06-04) (aged 85)
Centreville, Mississippi
Political partyDemocratic

Daniel Webster Huff (September 20, 1854 - June 4, 1940) was a Democratic Mississippi state legislator in the early 20th century.

Biography[edit]

Daniel Webster Huff was born on September 20, 1854, in Old Centreville, Amite County, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of Holloway Huff and his wife, Caroline (Pomeroy) Huff.[3][1] Daniel relocated to nearby Wilkinson County and became a cotton planter.[1][3] He served as a member of the Board of Supervisors of Wilkinson County.[1][3] In 1903, he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he represented Wilkinson County as a Democrat from 1904 to 1908.[3][1] In 1915, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate, representing the state's 7th district.[1] He died at his home in Centreville on June 4, 1940.[2][4]

Personal life[edit]

He was a Presbyterian.[3] He married Mary Narcissus Lanehart in 1877.[3] After her death, he remarried Birdie Albertine Whetstone in 1902.[1][2][3] He had nine children, eight from his first marriage, and one from his second.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 764.
  2. ^ a b c Hough, Granville W. (1976). Hough and Huff Families of the U.S. p. 71.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Rowland, Dunbar (1904). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  4. ^ "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on June 5, 1940 · Page 7". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.