Gene:
I'm responding here because I think the email function on this site has been attacked by spammers.
Our Huffman line is a dead end.
My father is Jep Hugh Huffman of Pike County, MS.
My grandfather (coincidentally) was Clinton Clyde (!) Huffman, born Washington Parish, LA.
My Great-Grandfather was Jeptha Gassaway Huffman of Pike County/Washington Parish.
My GG-Grandfather was Warren M. Huffman of St. Helena/Washington Parish and Pike County.
My GGG-Grandfather was John Huffman of SE LA (various places) who died in the Mexican War. (Buried in Puebla, Mexico.)
My GGG-Grandfather was (conjecturally) Daniel Huffman/Hoffman of Pike County/St. Helena Parish.
My GGGG-Grandfather was (conjecturally) one John Huffman of St. Helena Parish.
I would be thrilled to find out that you know more about my life of Huffmans/Hoffmans, but I have been unable to trace them further back than Mexican War vet John Huffman.
Thanks! -- Jim Huffman, Pearl River County, MS