Joshua Brannon Huckeby (February 13, 1802 – March 22, 1889) was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer. Huckeby represented Perry County, Indiana, in the Indiana House of Representatives during the 21st, 27th, and 29th sessions of the Indiana General Assembly. He served as Prosecuting Attorney for the 3rd Indiana District Common Pleas Court from 1854 to 1856. Family Huckeby was born near the courthouse at Liberty in Bedford County, Virginia, to John Huckeby, Sr. (1774–1827) and his wife, Frances Anne (Brannon) Huckeby (1781–1851). John was a local farmer. In 1805, John and his family left their home near the Peaks of Otter and moved to Barren County, Kentucky, living successively in Garrard, Lincoln, and Breckinridge counties in Kentucky. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Huckaby and Keziah Self. Thomas was born in Virginia but later settled in Kentucky. His ancestors had come from the east of England to Colony of Virginia during the reign of King Charles II of England. Keziah was the daughter of William Self of Cumberland County, Virginia. His mother's father, Lawrence Brannon, was of Irish descent. His wife, Olympias Brannon, née Loudoun, had been left an orphan in infancy. Early life and marriage In common with most of his contemporaries of the frontier, Huckeby grew up without the privilege of even a common school education. Altogether his schooling did not amount to a term of three months. In 1823, he left Breckinridge County, Kentucky and came to Perry County, Indiana, settling near the town of Rome. There he met Rebecca "Becky" Lang (1808–1891), and after a brief courtship they were married at Rome by her stepfather, Lemuel Mallory (1763–1851), on April 4, 1824. Joshua and Rebecca Huckeby were the parents of nine children, three sons and six daughters: Mary Ann (1826–1864), Rachel Littell (1828–1883), Eliza Ellen (1830–1901), Elizabeth (c.1833–1852), John Lang (1835–1882), William Lamb (c. 1838–1903), Sarah Jane (1840–1852), Isabelle (1845–1909), and Thomas Jefferson (1847–1849). The family moved from Rome to Cannelton, Indiana, c. 1848. As in Rome, he operated a tavern in Cannelton for a while. In 1856, he bought a house from R. Henry Gay on Taylor Street. This house would come to be known as the Virginia Place. Political career Huckeby was elected a justice of the peace in 1833, served on the county board of school examiners in 1836, and was county surplus revenue agent in 1843. He represented the county in the