John Paddy Huddleston

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Biography

John Paddy Huddleston was born on October 28, 1771 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA, Bedford, VA, United States. His parents were Daniel Huddleston and Rachel Huddleston.

John married Mariam Huddleston in 1798 in Kanawha, VA, United States. Together they had the following children: Job Huddleston; Elizabeth Nihoof; Nathan E. Huddleston; Fleming Huddleston; Huldah Marsh; Jarrett Calvin Huddleston; Susan Ann Huddleston; Allen Dulin Huddleston; George Paddy Huddleston; Nancy Ann Dempsey; Allen Dulin Huddleston; Mary Huddleston.

He died on November 9, 1862 in Falls View, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA, Falls View, Fayette, VA, United States and was buried in John Paddy Huddleston Cemetery, Falls View, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA, John Paddy Huddleston Cemetery, Falls View, Fayette Co, West Virginia.

Children:

1. Job,
2. Hulda,
3. Mary,
4. George Paddy,
5. Ruth,
6. Elizabeth,
7. John Walsh,
8. Nathan,
9. Jarrett,
10. Susan,
11. Nancy, Allen,
12. Fleming.

John Paddy inherited the Homestead from his father, Daniel. As the story is told, John Paddy was not a church member, but kept the Sabbath and made his servants do the same. The Homestead was called "Travelers Inn" and if a traveler stopped over Sunday he was charged for supper on Saturday and breakfast on Monday, but there was never a charge for Sunday. It is said that John Paddy entertained and boarded many men of note, including Daniel Boone, with whom he hunted and trapped up and down the Kanawha and Gauley Rivers. John Paddy also helped make a bear trap that is now in the Charleston, West Virginia Archives. The trap was kept under a cliff on the mountain until after the Civil War, when William Marsh, one of John Paddy's grandsons, gave it to the state. John Paddy and his sons cut logs on Gauley River and then would go up when the river was at flood stage, roll the logs in and let them float down where others would catch them and tie them as rafts after the logs went over the falls at Glen Ferris.

John Paddy died November 9, 1862. The Army had cut loose all of the boats in his vicinity and the nearest ferry was at Cannelton, so when he died his black servant, Helen, called across the Kanawha River to F.A. Settle and said "old master is dead and would Mr. Settle come and hold services". Mr. Settle was a class leader and there was no available minister as they had all gone away with the Army. It had been a dry fall and the river was low so Mr. Settle and his wife forded their horses across the river to hold the services.

• Mr. Settle buried him with the impressive burial services of the M.E. Church.
• Miriam Jarrett Huddleston died July 15, 1865, at the age of 84 years of age.
• After her death, the Homestead fell to Jarrett C. Huddleston and in later years to strangers.
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 14 2020, 19:22:45 UTC

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John Paddy Huddleston BIRTH 28 Oct 1771 Bedford County, Virginia, USA DEATH 9 Nov 1862 (aged 91) Falls View, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL John Paddy Huddleston Cemetery Falls View, Fayette County, West Virginia,

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Children Photo Job Huddleston 1800–1855

Photo George Paddy Huddleston 1806–1859

Hulda Huddleston Marsh 1806–1877

Ruth Huddleston Hanna 1808–1875

Photo Elizabeth Huddleston Nihoof 1810–1840

Photo Nathan Huddleston 1814–1890

Photo Jarrett Calvin Huddleston 1816–1889

Photo Susan Ann Huddleston 1819–1822

Photo Allen Dulin Huddleston 1821–1888

Photo Nancy Ann Huddleston Dempsey 1821–1912

Fleming Huddleston 1824–1893