MRS. FRANK SHANE/ FORMERLY A HUFFMAN
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Re: MRS. FRANK SHANE/ FORMERLY A HUFFMAN
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"Peter Huffman, with his family of five children and wife, came to Monroe Township, Clark Co. IN in 1811. He had other children who were married and had homes of their own, one of whom was the wife of Mr. Henry Collins. They were both killed in the Pigeon Roost massacre. They settled on Silver Creek near Henryville, where he commenced a life of a pioneer in the woods. In the March of 1813, a group of Shawnee Indians possibly the same ones that were at Pigeon Roost, concealed themselves behind the bank of Silver Creek and shot Peter Huffman who at that moment came to his door to look for two of his grandsons who were playing in the barn below the house. With the same ball that Mr. Huffman was killed Mrs. Huffman was wounded in the breast, the ball lodging in the shoulder-blade. The old gentleman was killed instantly in what is known as the Huffman defeat. (I have this ball now). The Indians took one of the children into captivity and kept him for a number of years.
History of The Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties
Vol. 2, 1882"
BIOGRAPHY of PETER HUFFMAN:
Mr. Peter Huffman, with his family of five children and wife came to Monroe township, Clark county, Indiana in 1811. He, however, had other children who were married and had homes of their own, one of whom as the wife of Mr. Henry Collins. They (Mr. and Mrs. Collins) were both killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
Mr. Huffman settled on Silver Creek, Monroe township, Clark county, Indiana, where he commenced the life of a pioneer in the woods. In March 1813, he was killed in what is known as the Huffman defeat. With the same ball that Mr. Huffman was killed, Mrs. Huffman was wounded in the breast, the ball lodging in the shoulder blade.
His sons settled in Jackson county, Andrew J. Huffman is a grandson of this famous Indian hunter. He was born in 1819; was married in 1841, on the day of General Harrison's inauguration; to Miss Eliza McComb of Monroe township, born in 1823.
How are you related? I descend from the Andrew J. Huffman above.
"Peter Huffman, with his family of five children and wife, came to Monroe Township, Clark Co. IN in 1811. He had other children who were married and had homes of their own, one of whom was the wife of Mr. Henry Collins. They were both killed in the Pigeon Roost massacre. They settled on Silver Creek near Henryville, where he commenced a life of a pioneer in the woods. In the March of 1813, a group of Shawnee Indians possibly the same ones that were at Pigeon Roost, concealed themselves behind the bank of Silver Creek and shot Peter Huffman who at that moment came to his door to look for two of his grandsons who were playing in the barn below the house. With the same ball that Mr. Huffman was killed Mrs. Huffman was wounded in the breast, the ball lodging in the shoulder-blade. The old gentleman was killed instantly in what is known as the Huffman defeat. (I have this ball now). The Indians took one of the children into captivity and kept him for a number of years.
History of The Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties
Vol. 2, 1882"
BIOGRAPHY of PETER HUFFMAN:
Mr. Peter Huffman, with his family of five children and wife came to Monroe township, Clark county, Indiana in 1811. He, however, had other children who were married and had homes of their own, one of whom as the wife of Mr. Henry Collins. They (Mr. and Mrs. Collins) were both killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
Mr. Huffman settled on Silver Creek, Monroe township, Clark county, Indiana, where he commenced the life of a pioneer in the woods. In March 1813, he was killed in what is known as the Huffman defeat. With the same ball that Mr. Huffman was killed, Mrs. Huffman was wounded in the breast, the ball lodging in the shoulder blade.
His sons settled in Jackson county, Andrew J. Huffman is a grandson of this famous Indian hunter. He was born in 1819; was married in 1841, on the day of General Harrison's inauguration; to Miss Eliza McComb of Monroe township, born in 1823.
How are you related? I descend from the Andrew J. Huffman above.