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 OHN T. HUFFMAN is the senior member of Huffman & Bro., manufacturers of brick at Charleston. He is a native of Coles County, and the son of John and Catherine (Robinson) Huffman, who have been for years well-known citizens of Coles County. Mr. Huffman’s educational advantages were limited to the common schools, and his life, until he attained to manhood, was devoted to work upon the farm. At the age of twenty-one years he associated himself with his brother, Napoleon B., in the business of manufacturing brick, which, on account of the rapid improvement of Charleston, and the great number of brick houses being erected throughout Coles County, has been for many, years a staple article of trade. They continued in the brick business during a period of eleven years, and then sold out to W. S. Coon. During the following six years Mr. Huffman gave his attention to the duties of public office and farming, and then again engaged in the manufacture of brick, the firm being constituted of himself and brother George, and during the year 1887 the firm has manufactured 1,000,000 of brick, all of marketable quality, and which were disposed of to good advantage.Mr. Huffman is a successful and reliable business man, and in addition to his manufacturing interests is the owner of fifty-seven acres of land, which was first purchased by his father, and which adjoins the city limits of Charleston on the west. On account of its close proximity to the city, and the fact that not many years hence it will be occupied by buildings and streets, this land is considered very valuable. Like his father, Mr. Huffman is Democratic in his politics, and for sixteen consecutive years has held the office of Constable. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., both of the Subordinate Lodge and the Encampment, and also of the Patriarchal Circle. On the 14th of August, 1871, Mr. Huffman was married to Amanda E. Redden, a native of Coles County. She was the daughter of James and Margaret L. Redden, who were pioneers in the settlement and development of the county. Their household has been blest with five children, whose names are Nora B., Frank A., Eva E., Clarence and Jessie. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman are the center of a large circle of friends, by whom they are highly esteemed and with whom they take pleasure in participating in social matters. |
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