Mahala Jane Huffman ^{3 4 5}

   Another name for Mahala was Martha J. Huffman.²

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sherman Township, Calhoun County, WV on 13 July 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 10, Dwelling 60, Family 60, Roll 1685
Sherman Township, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Mahala J. Huffman...6..WV
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 31 Mar 1863, then her age should have been 7 instead of 6.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 15 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 233D, District 143, Roll 1401
Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Mahala J. Hoffman..Dau..17..VA..At Home
(Living with parents.)
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• She was buried on 29 November 1899 in the Enon Cemetery in Russet, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial #105829110
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• Her obituary was published in the Calhoun Chronicle on 5 December 1899 in Grantsville, WV.

⁵ Mrs. Mahala J. Fowler, wife of Lloyd Fowler, died at the home of her brother, L. Huffman, in this town last Wednesday morning and was interred the same day at the Huffman burying ground about three miles above town. She leaves five small children to grope through the world without the soft touch of the hand of a mother. May a merciful God look in special and tender pity upon the two little girls.

(Source: Calhoun Chronicle, Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia, 05 Dec 1899)
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Mahala married Lloyd B. Fowler, son of Henry Fowler and Elizabeth, on 9 December 1888 in Calhoun County, WV.^{1 2} (Lloyd B. Fowler was born in 1852 in , Ritchie County, VA,^{1 6} died on 17 April 1924 in Henrietta, WV ^{1 7} and was buried after 17 April 1924 in Russet, WV ^{1 7}.)

  Marriage Notes:

When Mahala Huffman-Fowler, died in Nov 1899, the father, Lloyd Fowler, kept two sons (Willard Dye and Obert) while the oldest third son (Alda) and two daughters (Bertha and Reta) were sent to live with their maternal grandfather, Absolom Huffman. The third daughter, Abby Fowler, shows up with the grandfather, Absolom Huffman, on the 1910 US Census but it is not known where she was for the 1900 US Census.
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