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D H. H. Huff Lives on Farm In Huff Familv 144 Years Harold H. Huff who has the distinction of having entered upon his Hlst successive year as secretaryâ€"treasurer of the Ben Gill Cheese and Butter CHI} ~hgs'his home in the attractive white colonial cottage on the now Historic Huff farm near Mt. Pleasant, on the Picton to Belleville highway. Mr. Huff was first elected to his present office in 1906, when he was in his early twenties. He had just graduated from Picton Business College which wastthen located in the Gil- bert Block. He has continued in the position ever since and last week at the Company's annual meeting the shareholders reâ€"elected him for the Roth time. At the start he said he had comparativelv little to do; not much more than to make out the monthly cheoues. Now its evâ€" erthing. The various government regulations which have been put into effect, from time to time, have greatly increased the work of the secretary-treasurer of a cheese factory. Among other items are various tests to be recorded. 'The Huff familv farm near Mt. Pleasant has been contin- uously in Huff family possession for 144 years. Th9 farm was first deeded to Mr. Huff's grandfather's uncle William Moore Huff in 1802. Quit Claim Deeds I still have the original quit claim deeds, Mr. Huff informed the Times, These ouit claim deeds indicate that there was no previous owner of the property. Thus the farm actually descended from the Crown to William Moore Huff. On the death of William Moore Huff, the farm was acquir- ‘ed bv Mr. Huff's grandfather, Elisha Huff, Jr. and then to himâ€" self. H. H. Huff's pioneering ancestor, Englebert Huff came to America from Norwav. His great grandfather. Solomon Huff was the first white settler on Huffs Island. Previously it had been an Tndian srttlement. His Ua E. T, nrojenitor, Paul Huff came from Duchess Countv in New York state and settled at Hay Bav on the Adolnhustoum.shore u: 1 727/», , Harold H. Huff, who has just been re-appointed secretary-treas- urer of Ben Gill Cheese and But- ter Company for the 40th succes~ sive year. The above portrait shows Mr. Huff at the time of his initial appointment in 1906. \