Biography
T(homas) J(efferson) Huddleston, Sr. was born on June 1, 1876.
In 1924, Huddleston founded the Afro-American Sons and Daughters, a fraternal organization in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Four years later, he built and operated the Afro-American Hospital in Yazoo. It was Mississippi's first hospital owned and operated by blacks.
Huddleston's children with his wife Patience included:
- Carrie Huddleston
- Fontaine Huddleston
- Ethel Huddleston
- Lula Huddleston
- T(homas) J(efferson) Huddleston, Jr., (March 2, 1909—May 10, 1990) )
- Willie Jean Huddleston, (October 22, 1914—September 1985) mother of Mike Espy and Henry Espy.
Huddleston had one child with Jenny Eddings:
Christopher Columbus Huddleston (April 18, 1896 - December 12, 1982)
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