Butler Huggins, p. 1066

BUTLER HUGGINS, prominent in the agricultural community, is a son of Jacob Huggins, a farmer, who was born in 1790, in Greene county, Penn., and in early life was married to Margaret Campbell. She was born in 1792, in Adams county, Ohio, and became the mother of eight children, of whom but three are now living, viz.: Butler, William P. and Agnes (Mrs. George). Four sons of this family took part in the Civil war, Butler remaining at home, to care for the rest. James enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty ninth P. V. I. The mother passed away in 1863, having met with an accident, breaking a limb, which resulted in her death; the father died in 1868.

Butler Huggins was born April 17, 1820, in Ross township, Allegheny county, Penn. He attended the schools of Butler county, that State, for ten months, and then served an apprenticeship at black-smithing, a trade he followed twenty years. On August 21, 1846, he was married to Sarah Harger, of Allegheny county, Penn., and four children were born to them, viz.: Holmes (married); Emily (wife of E. C. Fulton); Myra (married to William McClure); and John (deceased). The mother of these died September 21, 1853, and May 30, 1855, Mr. Huggins married Miss Mary Ann Leslie, a distant relative of Frank Leslie, also a cousin of W. O. Leslie, the noted lawyer of Pittsburgh, Penn. Mr. Huggins began life a penniless boy, but by dint of tireless industry and perseverance has risen to his present enviable position. He was a dealer in all kinds of live stock, and of late years he has dealt extensively in horses, which business he is now following in connection with farming. Mr. Butler Huggins, it may here be said, is considered to be as good a judge of horses as can be found in the Keystone State, and it has often been remarked of him that "he could see more about a horse by walking around him once, than most men could by looking at the animal all day." He owns 140 acres of fine land in Greene county, and the home farm in this county, also containing 140 acres, including an undeveloped oil well. A Republican in politics, he has served his township as justice of the peace, judge of election and road commissioner, filling each office with credit to himself, and the entire satisfaction of his constituents.

Text taken from page 1066 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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