William Horace Huffaker came to Kansas in 1879, when he was eight years old, 
  in a covered wagon with his parents and sister. He helped his father break the
  sod with oxen and horses on the land they took as a homestead. He attended the
  Subscription and Normal schools, later apprenticing himself to become a black-
  smith, the trade he followed, as well as farming in the Sharon Valley.
     He married Indiana Jeanette Roderick in 1897 and established a home on his 
  parent's homestead. To his union one child, Mary, was born.
     William's whole life revolved around his family, community, politics, and 
  looking on the bright side of life. He adored children and loved animals. Bill's 
  friendliness, generosity, and neighborliness were the qualities that a pioneer 
  possessed.
     He made the "Run" when the Cherokee Strip opened, but obtained only school
  land. Before it was opened, he told of going on a hunting trip with Mr. E.C.
  Davis, a homesteader from Illinois, who lived nearby. (Mr. Davis was the grand-
  father of Mrs. Dorothy (Davis) Miller of Medicine Lodge.) They brought home
  small game, fowl, and a ten-point deer. The antlers are still mounted as proof
  at his daughter's home, one-half mile south of Sharon, which is the Huffaker
  homestead.
     Bill was always interested in politics and could forsee the outcome of the
  candidates before they were elected. He once said, "Truman is too small for his
  big job."
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 245  
     Submitted by: Mary Schiff