Dr. Joseph Alston Huger, Sr.

Joseph Alston Huger, is one of the representative citizens of Savannah and one who stands prominent in business affairs, comes of stanch old Southern stock and is a veteran of the Civil War, in which he rendered yeoman service in defense of the cause of the Confederacy.

He was born in Pendleton, Anderson County, SC. May 15, 1813. Dr. Joseph A. Huger was a skilled physician and surgeon, and also carried on an extensive enterprise as a rice planter.

His father, Daniel Elliott Huger, was a distinguished and influential citizen of the state of South Carolina, a lawyer by profession, served with distinction on the circuit bench, and also represented his state in the United States Senate. The wife of Daniel Elliott Huger, whose maiden name was Isabella J. Middleton, was a daughter of Arthur Middleton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

The founder of the Huger family in America was Daniel Huger, a French Hugenot, who came to this country in 1685, settling in South Carolina, with whose annals the name has ever since been identified, and the family has become linked, through marriages in several generations, with other prominent families of South Carolina, such as Middletons, the Pinckneys, the Rutledges and the Blakes.

The maiden name of the mother of the subject of this review was Mary Esther Huger, and she and her husband were second cousins. Her brother, Gen. Benjamin Huger, was a distinguished officer in the Confederate service during the Civil war. Representatives of the Huger family were found enrolled as patriot soldiers of the Continental line in the war of the Revolution.

Mr. Huger married Miss Mary Elliott, daughter of Dr. Ralph E. and Margaret (Mackay) Elliott, of Savannah, and the children of this union are five in number. Eliza Mackay is the wife of Robert C Harrison, of Savannah, a nephew of Gen. W. W. Gordon, and the names of the other children are Caroline Pinckney, Emma Middleton, Percival Elliott and Clermont Kinloch. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 SAR Membership: 57486 Birth Date: 15 May Death Date: 12 Apr

Name: Dr. Joseph Alston Huger (1815-1895)

Father: Daniel Elliott Huger (1779 - 1854)

Mother: Isabella Johanna Middleton (1780 - 1865)

Spouse: Mary Esther Huger

Children: Lynch Prioleau Huger