"ROBERT HUDDLESTON [1.1.3sp], one of the truly representative citizens of Miller Township, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1820. His parents were Robert and Mary (WARD) HUDDLESTON, both natives of England, where his mother died. His father and four children immigrated to America in 1831, and located in this township, where the father purchased land and resided till his death, which occurred soon after. The children, thus left in their early years without paternal guidance, engaged in work among the farmers of the community till grown to maturity, when the old homestead being divided, they established themselves in homes of their own. Robert HUDDLESTON, the subject of this notice, was married at the age of twenty-two years to Mary J. EWBANK [1.1.3], an early settler of English birth [born in Dearborn Co., IN]. Her father was born in 1793, and emigrated from England with his parents in 1807, settling in New Jersey. In 1811 the family moved to Indiana Territory, and settled on Tanner's Creek, in this county. In his twenty-fourth year (1817) Thomas EWBANK married Elizabeth ANDERSON, a native of New Jersey, and they began house-keeping in the same place in which Mr. EWBANK closed his earthly career November 26, 1857. In his sixteenth year he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his walk thereafter was that of the conscientious Christian. He also assisted in organizing the Methodist Protestant Church, in this county, at the time of the division between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant denominations, and was warmly attached to the cause of religion. After his marriage Robert HUDDLESTON took possession of his portion of the home farm, erected a cabin on the same in the winter of 1842-43, and with a very small outfit of furniture (which included a new cook stove, then a great curiosity to the whole neighborhood, and the first in the community), began housekeeping and farming in real pioneer style. The old cabin is still standing as a monument to the early sacrifices endured within its humble walls; but its day of usefulness has long since gone by, and it has given a place to a comfortable brick residence of modern design. A life of industry has rewarded Mr. and Mrs. HUDDLESTON with a fair portion of worldly comforts, and their union has been blessed by eight children, seven of whom are now living: Sarah C., wife of M.B. WOOD; T. Henry; Carrie G., Wife of John KUNTZ; Martin V. who married Mary J. HANSEL; John F., who married Ella COOK; Ida M., wife of Dora HANSEL, and Anna B. who is still at home. It is worthy of note that Mr. HUDDLESTON owned the second wagon made at the Guilford shop and the first iron toothed harrow used in the community. Mr. and Mrs. H. were formerly members of the Methodist Protestant Church but are now associated with the Methodist Episcopal society, with which they have been connected many years."