JOHN HUFF
was the oldest son of Peter Huff
and Saleta Ann Brown, born abt.
1843 in Meigs County, Tennessee. He was named after his paternal
grandfather, John Huff. John, his widowed mother Saleta Ann (Brown)
Huff, and four of his five siblings died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows
Massacre in Utah Territory. He was 14 years old when he died.
Inscription:
IN MEMORIAM
IN THE VALLEY BELOW BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7 AND 11,
1857, A COMPANY OF MORE THAN 120 ARKANSAS EMIGRANTS
LED BY CAPT. JOHN T. BAKER AND CAPT.
ALEXANDER FANCHER WAS ATTACKED WHILE EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. THIS
EVENT IS KNOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
MASSACRE
*JOHN HUFF'S NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE 1990 MONUMENT.
He is recorded there under "Saladia Ann Brown Huff", as
one of her "two other sons".
WILLIAM C. HUFF
was the second son of Peter Huff and
Saleta Ann Brown, born abt. 1844
in Meigs County, Tennessee. He, his widowed mother Saleta Ann (Brown)
Huff, and 4 of his 5 siblings died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows
Massacre. He was 13 years old when he died.
Inscription:
IN MEMORIAM
IN THE VALLEY BELOW BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7 AND 11,
1857, A COMPANY OF MORE THAN 120 ARKANSAS EMIGRANTS LED
BY CAPT. JOHN T. BAKER AND CAPT. ALEXANDER
FANCHER WAS ATTACKED WHILE EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. THIS EVENT
IS KNOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
MASSACRE
WILLIAM HUFF
(No age on Monument)
MARY
E. HUFF
was the oldest daughter of Peter Huff and
Saleta Ann Brown, born abt. 1846
in Meigs County, Tennessee. She, her widowed mother, and 4 of her 5
siblings, died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah
Territory. She was 11 years old when she died.
Inscription:
IN MEMORIAM
IN THE VALLEY BELOW BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7 AND 11,
1857, A COMPANY OF MORE THAN 120 ARKANSAS EMIGRANTS LED
BY CAPT. JOHN T. BAKER AND CAPT. ALEXANDER
FANCHER WAS ATTACKED WHILE EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. THIS EVENT
IS KNOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
MASSACRE
(MARY E. HUFF'S NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE MONUMENT.)
JAMES
K. HUFF was the third son of
Peter Huff and Saleta Ann Brown,
born abt. 1849 in Dallas County, Missouri. He, his widowed mother, and
4 of his 5 siblings, died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in
Utah Territory. He was 8 years old when he died.
Inscription:
IN MEMORIAM
IN THE VALLEY BELOW BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7 AND 11,
1857, A COMPANY OF MORE THAN 120 ARKANSAS EMIGRANTS LED
BY CAPT. JOHN T. BAKER AND CAPT. ALEXANDER
FANCHER WAS ATTACKED WHILE EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. THIS EVENT
IS KNOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
MASSACRE
(JAMES K. HUFF'S NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE MONUMENT.
He is recorded there under "Saladia Ann Brown Huff", as
one of her "two other sons".
UNKNOWN SON HUFF
was the youngest son of Peter Huff and
Saleta Ann Brown, born abt. 1851,
probably in Dallas County, Missouri. According to his sister, Nancy
Saphronia (Huff) Cate's account, she said she "had a sister (Mary E.)
that was nearly grown, and four brothers that they killed." This
unknown son would be the fourth brother she mentions, her other three
brothers (John, William C., and James K.) are known. Although this
fourth son has been called Elisha, and his name appears on the 1990
Monument as same, there is no evidence to support this son's name as
Elisha. All that is known is that he would have been around 6 years
old at the time he died.
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