I realize everyone may not be very familiar with the family history--Quiller had very little to say, and I knew little with any certainty until I started my research. Until the Family History Page is completed, it may be helpful to give a brief history to help everyone understand the documents posted here.
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Quiller Huff's parents were William Huff and Lucinda Rebecca Phelps.
I have not yet been able to find anything about William's family. On his death certificate, Lucinda Rebecca's brother Leander (Lee) Phelps stated that William was born in Letcher County, Kentucky.
Lucinda Rebecca's father was Aquilla Phelps, born in North Carolina in 1825. His father was Britt Phelps. I am currently researching Aquilla's parents. Aquilla moved to Washington County, Virginia where he married Lucinda Rebecca's mother, Sarah Dye Hickey. Aquilla served in the Washington County Militia in the Civil War. Soon after the end of the war, he moved his family to Floyd County, Kentucky, where they appeared on the 1870 census. Around 1879, the family moved to the Greasy Creek area of Johnson County. Aquilla was a farmer, and after his children had left home, they boarded miners from the Van Lear Mine (miners appear as boarders on the 1910 Johnson County Census). Upon his death in 1913, he was buried at Wolf Pen Hollow, Van Lear, Kentucky.
Sarah was the daughter of Matthew Hickey and Lucinda Dye, and was born in Washington County, Virginia in 1844. Moving to Kentucky with her husband and family, she lived with Aquilla until his death. After his death, she lived with Quiller Huff's parents, William and Lucinda Rebecca, until their untimely deaths during the influenza epedemic in 1920. Until her death in 1928, Sarah lived with another daughter, Rachael Phelps Butcher. Sarah was buried in the Club House Cemetery, Van Lear, Kentucky.
Many were unaware that Quiller Huff was married three times--first to Ruth Octavia Stanley, then to Nancy Davis Johnson, and finally to Nola Daniels, hence the three marriage certificates displayed.
When the Family History Page is complete, it will give more detail about anything I might find about William's ancestry, Aquilla and Sarah Phelps, and Quiller Huff's service in World War I. I welcome any contribution anyone might have.
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