Surgeon Sanford W. Huff

Surgeon Sanford W. Huff was born in Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., December 25, 1826. His ancestors on his mother's side were Quakers; on his father's side could be traced through the Knickerbocker line to the earliest settlement of his native state. He received a common school and academic education, and graduated at the medical college at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1851; was married to Miss Harriet Borland in 1853; removed to Iowa in 1857, and engaged in the practice of medicine at Iowa City; was commissioned Surgeon of the 12th Iowa August 19, 1862, and joined the regiment on its return from prison. He served with the regiment, or as Brigade or Division Surgeon, until January 20, 1866, when he was mustered out with the regiment and returned to Iowa, resuming the practice of his profession at Sigourney, Iowa. His wife died in 1862. He was again married, in 1870, to Miss Laura S. Nickerson. He died at his home Friday, November 7, 1879.

SOURCE: David W. Reed, Campaigns and battles of the Twelfth Regiment Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry, p. 252