Josey Huddleston (1855-1934)

Josephus (Josey) Sidney Alford Huddleston

Vital Statistics

 * Father: Enos McMurray Huddleston (1830-) -
 * Mother: Almira Jane Reid (1840-1912) -
 * 1855-Nov-14 : Birth in Newton, Jasper Co, Iowa, USA
 * 1861- : Wagon Train migration to Utah
 * 1934-Feb-25 : Died

Biography
Birthplace is Newton Iowa, county seat of Jasper Co. (Nowhere near Hillsboro Co.) The town would later become famous as the headquarters of the Maytag Corporation. His mother was only 15 when he was born and she would soon thereafter leave his abusive father. She would later remarry to William Wood Hall who would raise Josey as his own son.

At age five, Josey went west to Utah with his William and Almira Hall in the David H Cannon Company of 1861. Departure: 1 June 1861  / Arrival:  11-16 August 1861 /  225 individuals and 57 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). His mother's journal are part of the historical record for this event.

Resources

 * LucasCountyan Blog - Story of Almira and her family in Iowa.
 * Hall Prentiss Ancestry -

1870 US Census
Taken in the community of East Weber, Weber Co, Utah - 03-July-1870.
 * William Hall (M-38) Ocp: Farmer / born in England
 * A Jane Hall (F-30) - born in Illinois
 * Joseph S A Hall (M-14) - born in Iowa
 * Sophronia Hall (F-5) - born in Utah
 * C M A Hall (M-3) (Cumorah Angus) - born in Utah
 * William Hall (M-5mo) - born in Utah
 * Amelia Savage (F-18) - daughter of English family living next door, probably helping with the children
 * John Stifle (M-28) - ocp: Railroad Hand