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A bio for this man stated he is born Erie Co NY, he may have been but more likely in Westfield, Chautauqua Co NY where his parents and several sibling came by 1830's
The family moved to WI and then to Minnesota,town of GLASGOW,Wabasha CO where several are mentioned in the history of that county
for a time there were Huddleston in Ripley then Westfield all from Ireland as were the COCHRANE there still
Huddleston, William a well-to-do resident of Lake City, widely known and respected, is one of the few remaining pioneers of Wabasha County and of Minnesota. He was born in Erie County, N. Y.,(Probably CHAUTAUQUA CO) November 8, 1848, son of David and Jane (COCHRANE) Huddleston. The parents were natives of Ireland, in which country the father was born in 1805 and the mother in 1815. David Huddleston became a farmer, which he remained while in his native land, where he married Jane COCHRANE. In the early 18 thirties they emigrated to the United Sates, resided for a time in New York City, and then settled on a farm in Erie County, N. Y. In 1852 they came west to Wisconsin, in which state they remained for a year. At the end of that time a further migration brought them to Winona County, the journey being made overland with five yoke of oxen, one horse and four cows. They settled on land now the site of the City of St. Charles, and also at one time owned what is now the site of Utica, Minn. David Huddleston helped to build the first log house in Rochester, and at the time they arrived in Minnesota there was not a house between Rochester and Winona. After farming for many years, he died April 19, 1892, at the home of his son William in GLASGOW Township, Wabasha County. His wife died in Donnelly, Minn., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Hartung, on August 19, 1894. Of their children, three died in infancy. Eliza, born January 27, 1835; Margaret, born May 18, 1837, and James, born August 18, 1838, are also deceased. The survivors are: Thomas, born August 18, 1839, now residing at Dumfries, Wabasha County; David, born July 27, 1841, a resident of Lake City; James (second), born February 8, 1843, now of Ladysmith, Wis.; John, born February 23, 1846, living in Denver, Colo., William, born November 8, 1848, of Lake City, Minn.; Margaret, born March 4, 1851, now Mrs. John Hartung of Lake City; and Jane, born September 4, 1854, now Mrs. John COCHRANE of River Falls, Wis. When William Huddleston was ten years old, his mother removed with him and two of his sisters to GLASGOW Township, Wabasha County, buying a homestead right of 160 acres, which she proved up, and on which she resided until her death. Upon William she depended to a large extent to manage the farm, a task for which he proved competent, as at the age of 13 he was drawing a man's wages of $13 a month, and was driving seven yoke of oxen on a breaking-plow. The men for whom he drove, Mike Redman and James Strain, paid him, however, in reciprocal labor, building a fence for him on the farm. Of this farm he came into full possession and increased its original area to 260 acres. Besides erecting a good set of buildings, he brought 250 acres under the plow, and followed general farming successfully until 1900, when he sold his GLASGOW property and moved into Lake City. Here he owns five houses and lots and has other investments. For over 20 years he bought and shipped cattle from this section, and was an active factor in building up the agricultural and stock raising interests of the county. A Republican in politics, he served for a number of years on the GLASGOW Town Board, and was a man to whom his fellow citizens, felt they could safely entrust public interests. Mr. Huddleston was married March 25, 1885, to Margaret, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Sweat) Hope, of GLASGOW Township. He and his wife attend the Congregational church
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