Last Update: 17 May 2004


 James Franklin HUGHES b.1824 S.C. d.unknown.
           m.23 Mar 1845 Lancaster, N.C. to 
             Catherine Elizabeth CHAPMAN b.1827 N.C. d.unknown.
            [d/o Thomas Powe CHAPMAN & Elizabeth Dickerson MOORE]. 

        More on James Franklin HUGHES:
         James taught school for 40+ years.
         James, Catherine, and their immediate kin came to Texas 
         in 1851 by wagontrain, stopping to spend Christmas Day 
         at a Fort in Georgetown, TX.

        Children;

           1a.Benjamin "Ben" Jacob HUGHES b.N.C.  d.unknown

               More on Ben HUGHES: 
               Never Married - taught music - walked with crutches.

           2a.Mary Adeline HUGHES b.TX 
                 m.Tom S. FAREHAND.

           3a.Thomas Powe HUGHES b.TX 
                 m.Sarah GREEN.

           4a.Elizabeth "Lizzie" HUGHES b.TX 
                 m.Thomas DEAN.

           5a.Lelia/Lillias "Lillens" HUGHES b.TX
                 m.G.W.TEMPLETON.

           6a.James McDaniel HUGHES b.22 Sep 1862 Florence, TX  d.16 Dec 1903 Vera, KNox Co., TX
                 m.Nancy Ann GREEN b.20 May 1864 Hill Co., TX  d.5 Dec 1936 Vera, Knox Co., TX.
               Both buried at Vera Cemetary, Knox Co., TX.

           7a.Taliaferro "Tol/Toliver" HUGHES b.TX
                 m.Sarah CANTRELL.

           8a.Cornelia Rebecca HUGHES b.TX
                 m.William BAUGHMAN.

           9a.Minnie Gertrude HUGHES b.TX
                 m.William JONES.

           10a.Raleigh "Robert" Evanda/Evander HUGHES b.8 Jan 1870  d.9 May 1926
                 m.Tennie BROOKS b.29 Jun 1881  d.4 Nov 1967.
                Both buried at Vera Cemetary, Knox Co., TX.


     Children of 6a.James McDaniel HUGHES and Nancy Ann GREEN;
        
       a.Molly Elizabeth HUGHES  b.TX  d.unknown.
              m.1st.Oscar KINNIBRUGH
                2nd.Thomas Bluford THURMAN.

       b.Dora Pearl HUGHES  b.TX  d.unknown.
              m.George H. CRAKER.

       c.Alford "Clayton" HUGHES  b.13 Nov 1888 Erath Co., TX  
                                  d.21 Aug 1975 Nixon, Gonzales Co., TX.
              m.1st.13 May 1906 to Jennie THURMAN
                2nd.14 Sept 1929 to May CROFT.

       d.James "Irving" HUGHES b.TX  d.unknown.
              m.Minnie Margaret BYRD.

       e.Lillie Gertrude HUGHES b.TX  d.unknown.
              m.Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" BRATCHER

       f.Tommy HUGHES b.3 Feb 1895 Vera, Knox Co., TX  
                      Born on the Old Homeplace.
                      d.3 Feb 1895 Vera, Knox Co., TX
            Lived only 2 hours. Buried at Vera Cemetary, Vera, Knox Co., TX.

       g.Burnett HUGHES b.1896 Vera, Knox Co., TX  
                        Born on the Old Homeplace.
                        d.1896 Vera, Knox Co., TX
            Stillborn. Buried at Vera Cemetary, Vera, Knox Co., TX.

       h.Lucy Anna/Annie "May" HUGHES b.TX  d.unknown.
                                      Born on the Old Homeplace.
              m.W.Charles HOUSE b.unknown  d.TX.
            Both buried: Loraine, TX.

       i.Ira Albert "Bud" HUGHES b.6 Feb 1899 Vera, Knox Co., TX  
                                 Born on the Old Homeplace.
                                 d.23 Dec 1966 Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
              m.27 Jan 1929 to Anna Elnora "Nora" MITCHELL 
                                  b.6 Apr 1908 Mena, Polk Co., ARK. 
                                  d.1 Jan 1974 Dallas, Dallas Co., TX.
            Both buried at Grove Hill Cemetary, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX.

       j.Katie Maureen HUGHES b.TX.
                              Born on the Old Homeplace.
              m.Francis HUTTON.

       k.Arthur Elmer HUGHES b.TX  d.unknown.
                             Born on the Old Homeplace.
              m.Addie Pauline BROCK.

                                                                                 
More on the Old Homeplace;  
  Nora (MITCHELL) Hughes told me before her 
  death that the bedroom you were born in determined
  which County you were born in. 
  This was also verified by a living
  daughter of Bud and Nora HUGHES, 
  Carolyn WOOD in 1995.

                                                                                                
     Children of Ira Albert "Bud" HUGHES and Anna Elnora "Nora" MITCHELL;

               a.Myrtle "Elnora" HUGHES b.20 Nov 1932 Vera, Knox Co., TX 
                                          Born on the Old Homeplace.
                                        d.23 Nov 1993 Dallas, Dallas Co., TX.
                                        Buried:Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, TX.
                   m.1950 to John Sidney "Charles" WILLETT 
                                        b.25 May 1928 Huntsville, AL  
                                        d.17 Jun 1987 Quinlan, Hunt Co., TX.
                                        Buried:Wylie Cemetary, Wylie, TX.

               b.Caroline Sue HUGHES
                   m.Wesley WOOD.

               c.Patsy HUGHES b.Vera, Knox Co., TX  d.CA.
                                Born on the Old Homeplace.
                   m.Bob McCORMICK.






 

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