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HUFF, JOHN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 8, P.O. Rockbridge. The above named gentleman is a native of Greene County, where he was born in 1833, fourth child of John and Anna Huff. John was a Virginian by birth, who there married Miss Anna Cox, of Virginia, a relative of the late General Hancock. Long before a railroad run through the State, and scarcely a steam boat plowed our western waters, John Huff made his way to the then far western State of Illinois, locating in Greene County, where he subsequently became a successful agriculturist. He passed away in September, 1873; Mrs. H. died in 1862; the survivors of the family are eight. John passed his early years upon the old farm homestead, and received a liberal education. In 1854 he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Cox, a daughter of David Cox, of Pennsylvania. Like many of the more opulent farmers of this county, the secret of Mr. Huff’s success lay in his ability to work persistently and energetically, He is today the owner of 160 acres of valuable land in this township.