M. "Frank" Huggins
(1866- ? )
M. "Frank" Huggins (also known as "Frank H. Huggins") was born in 1866 near Newburg, Preston County, WV, the son of Eugene and Jennie (Hanshaw) Huggins.
Frank married Rachel A. Glenn (1865- ? ) in Newburg in 1889. Their children were Nellie A. Huggins, Glenn "Elwood" Huggins, T.H. Huggins and W.O. Huggins.
Circa 1894, they lived at Parsons,
WV, and in 1908 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV. The town's Main
Street is seen here in a rare old postcard photograph, circa 1908.
Frank must have felt great pride in his father's service in the war. The July 19, 1894 West Virginia Argus reported that Frank "spent a few days in [Newburg] last week." He was serving on a committee to decorate two churches for a Civil War soldier's reunion at Albrightsville, WV in August 1894.
In 1901, the Hugginses moved to Morgantown, where they resided at 21 Oak Street. Circa 1909, he was district manager for Peoples' Life Association and League. Rachel "was a Lady Matron in the Wallace House" at West Virginia University in 1906 when their [daughter] Nellie was a student there," said the Huggins Families book.
At the death of his uncle Dr. Guy Hanshaw in 1908, Frank was entitled to a 1/16 share of the estate, which included lucrative oil and gas wells. He received an immediate payout from the estate of $115.63 in 1909. At intervals over the years, through 1942, he received royalty payments from the oil and gas wells. The high point was in 1918, when he received $49.08. In total, he received $534.35 in inheritance.
When the federal census was taken in 1920, Frank and Rachel were living in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH, where he was employed as a hardware salesman. Their residence was on Superior Avenue.
During the 1920s, the Hugginses moved again, to Detroit, Wayne County, MI, and resided with Frank's sister and brother in law, Pauline and Charles Engelbrit. The federal census of 1930 shows Frank employed as a master caddy at a golf course, which was managed by Charles.
Unfortunately, nothing further of their lives, or fates, is known.
Son Elwood Huggins (1897- ? ) married Maria (?) (1900- ? ), a native of Serbia. Circa 1920, they lived with Elwood's parents in Cleveland, where Elwood worked as a telephone company agent, and Maria as a telephone operator.
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