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34. Charles Edward Hughes224,225,226,227 was born on 19 July 1821 in USA, South Carolina, Charleston Co., Summerville.228 He served in the military American Civil War, Confederacy in 1863 at 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry.56,61 C. E. Hughes (First_Last)
Regiment Name 6 Mississippi Cavalry.
Side Confederate
Company G
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M232 roll 20
He died on 10 June 1888 at the age of 66 at at his home in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville. obituary-
HUGHES---Mr Charles Edward Hughes was born in South Carolina, July 9, 1821, and died at his home in Lauderdale county, Miss., June 10, 1888. Mr. Hughes embraced religion and joined the Methodist Church in early life and remained faithful until death. He was a cheerful, contented, happy man and made his home bright and attractive. His presence was like a sunbeam, dispelling darkness, and cheering his associates. He was poor in this world's goods, but rich in faith, and an heir of the kingdom of God. He was married December 13, 1846, in Lauderdale county, Miss., to Miss Pauline Craig. They had nine children born to them -- three of whom have died. One of the surviving six, Miss Bettie Hughes, is a missionary in China. It was a severe trial to him to give his daughter up for that work, but he yielded the point, and bade here go in the name of Jesus. In his last moments he said to a visiting minister, "Tell her (Bettie) I am very sick, but my way is clear." He suffered much in his last illness, but was visited by several ministers of the gospel whose ministrations he greatly enjoyed. His end was peace. May God comfort the bereaved ones!
H. P. Lewis Charles was buried at Hughes Family Cemetery in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville. Charles Edward Hughes was born in South Carolina, the oldest child of James and Martha (Stevenson) Hughes. Shortly after his birth his parents and maternal grandfather moved to Alabama, settling in Perry County near Marion. Six more brothers and sisters were added here to the growing family while his father taught school to support them. When his father received money from his father's estate he used it to buy land in Lauderdale Co. Mississippi, moving the family there around January 1837 when Charles was fifteen. Now with their own land Charles' family settled permanently, joining the nearby Daleville community currently called Lizelia. His father continued to teach school and two more siblings joined the family in Mississippi.
Charles Hughes is listed in 1843 Lauderdale Co, Miss. tax rolls. Here, wrote Craig Hughes Sheely, "Charles Hughes met and married Pauline Craig, who was teaching school in Kemper County, Miss. They were married December 13, 1846, at the church in Old Dalesville by Rev. Walton Reeves." Pauline Craig Hughes wrote that she and "Charles Edward Hughes were married at the Methodist Church at "Old Daleville," now Lizelia, on December 13, 1846."
They lived the first year of their marriage with his parents. James F. Hughes gave to his son, Charles Edward, eighty acres of land lying in Section 5 and in 1848 they moved to their own farm. Later Charles Edward and Pauline Hughes bought his father's 24 acre homestead, the part thereof lying on the east side of the Jackson and Livingston road, that James F. had kept for himself after selling off other parcels.. So only the 104 acres owned by Charles Edward Hughes was left of the original purchase of the Hughes family. In "The History of Daleville, Mississippi" by Patricia Lightsey Davis, she also mentions that C. E. (Charles Edward) Hughes had received eighty acres of land from his father.
Their first child (Mary) was born at the James Fisher Hughes home. "By January 1848, Charles E., with the help of his brothers and other relatives, had build a large one-room cabin in the woods on the land given him by his father. There, eight more children were born". In this home they reared seven of the nine children born to them. A daughter Everett died in infancy, and Florence died at the age of six from diphtheria.
Charles Edward Hughes made his living as a farmer. In Lauderdale Co., the main crops grown by farmers at that time were cotton, corn, sugar-cane, oats, peas, potatoes, vegetables and fruits of all kinds, the last two items being extensively raised for market, and the raising of live stock. No James Fisher Hughes or Charles Edward Hughes were listed as slave holders in the 1850 or 1860 census records, Charles most likely grew crops managable by himself and his family. In fact, his granddaughter once said something about her family being anti-slavery.
Charles was in his early forties when he left his family to enlist in the Confederate State Army. Life was rough for him during his service. His daughter Betty wrote: "Father was away, in the then besieged city of Vicksburg that summer of 1863 when I was born. There was no possibility of any sort of communication of those within the city to those without for many weeks, so neither of my parents knew from sometime in May, until sometime after Vicksburg surrendered to the Union army, commanded by Gen. Grant on July 4th, whether or not the other still lived. Father had been quite ill during those weeks of the siege, and was in poor shape for travel when General Grant issued paroles to all to the Confederate soldiers and permitted them to return to their respective homes. Vicksburg, as you know, is some hundred and forty odd miles from Meridian. A man as weakened as father was by sickness and starvation (for rations had been meager and inadequate during those weeks) was unequal to so many miles of travel. Accompanied by one of his brothers, they together reached the home of the latter in Smith County after tortuous days of travel in summer heat. There, father rested for some days before he arrived at home, and saw for the first time the baby daughter, myself, who had arrived two months before."
His service was also mentioned in a letter by Craig Hughes Sheely: "Charles E. Hughes was a private in the Cavalry, Company G, 6th Regiment, CSA. He joined at Dekalb, Miss. He was in the battle of Vicksburg when it surrendered. He and his brother Joel Hughes who also fought in this battle walked to Smith County, where Joel lived. Charles rested a few days then continued on foot to Daleville and home, seeing for the first time his three month old baby girl Elizabeth (Betty). This was in Sept. 1863. He had walked one hundred and fifty miles."
Charles E. Hughes became postmaster of Daleville on May 24, 1867. He served to about 1880. He died on June 10, 1888, at his home in Lauderdale County, Miss., and is buried in the Hughes Family Cemetery.
Pauline Hughes, her son Charles 18, daughter Matty and and Matty's two little girls, Linnie and Lida were left in the home after the death of her husband. Mattie continued to live with Pauline and Charlie until her own daughter Linnie married Will Hopkins in 1897. In October of 1902, Pauline went to Sally's (Prouty) house. Sally Hughes had married James William Prouty, a widowed Yankee who had stayed and married in Mississippi after the war. "... Mr. Charles E. Hughes (Sally's father) was of course a confederate, he was at Vicksburg, Miss. when it fell, but he never knew Mr. Prouty as he died in 1888 and Mr. Prouty and Sally married in 1891." Interestingly, Mr. Prouty's father, Austin, was also at Vicksburg, but with the Union Army.
Pauline Craig and Charles Edward Hughes229 were married on 13 December 1846 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville. They appeared in the census on 30 August 1850 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Southern District.230,231 1850 MS Lauderdale Co.,Southern District dwelling 36, family 37:
Charles Hughs, 29, M, Farmer, $160 real estate, born in SC
Paulina Hughs, 21, F, AL
Mary J. Hughs, 2, F, MS
Martha Hughs, 3 months, F, MS
P. H. Partin, 32, M, Clerk, $300 real estate, born in SC
No James Fisher Hughes or Charles Edward Hughes listed as slave holders in 1850 or 1860. There was a John and a William Hughes listed in 1850, not sure if they are related or not. The census records are only a snapshot taken every 10 years, so it is possible that our Hughes family owned slaves during other than census years. But I don't think so. Not with their backgrounds, and I never heard any mention of it. To the contrary, my mother once said something about her family being anti-slavery.
(John Hurst, after checking the census slave schedules to see if slaves ever lived on the Hughes' Daleville property.)
They230,231 appeared in the census in 1853 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co.. Lauderdale County, Mississippi, 1853 State Census" is listed
C. E. Hughes, 1 male, 2 females, for a total of 3.
Pauline and Charles appeared in the census in 1860 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co.. 1860 MS Lauderdale Co., Beat 3 Daleville, pg 116, dwelling 805, family 783
(all with surname Hughs, and all children born in MS):
-- C. E. Hughs, 39, M, Farmer, $700 / $350, born in SC
-- Pruline, 24, F, Domestic Business, born in AL (my note: her age is in
error, could be an error in this transcribed version of the census, or could
be an error on the actual census sheet)
-- Mary J., 13, F
-- Martha M., 10, F
-- William J., 8, M
-- John C., 5, M
-- Sarah M., 2, F
No James Fisher Hughes or Charles Edward Hughes listed as slave
holders in 1850 or 1860.
They appeared in the census in 1870 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co..229 1870 MS Lauderdale Co., Beat 3 Marion Station, pg 132, dwelling 26, family 26
(all members had surname Hughes, and all the children were born in Miss.):
-- Charlie E. Hughes, 48, M, SC
-- Pauline 42, F, AL
-- Martha, 18, F
-- William, 17, M
-- John, 15, M
-- Sarah, 12, F
-- Elizabeth, 7, F
-- Florence, 3, F
-- Charles, 2 months, M
They229 appeared in the census in 1880 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.232 Charles E. HUGHES Self M Male W 58 SC Farmer SC SC
Pauline HUGHES Wife M Female W 54 AL Housekeeping SC SC
William J. HUGHES Son Male W 27 MS Mail Contractor SC AL
Sarahell HUGHES Dau S Female W 21 MS At Home SC AL
Louisa E. HUGHES Dau S Female W 16 MS At Home SC AL
Charles E. HUGHES Son S Male W 10 MS Works On Farm SC AL
Mattie M. BURT Dau W <Widowed> Female W 31 MS At Home SC AL
Cora L. BURT GDau <Granddaughter> S Female W 6 MS AL MS
Lida P. BURT GDau <Granddaughter> S Female W 4 MS AL MS
35. Pauline Craig225,233 was born on 21 April 1826 in USA, Alabama, Marengo Co.. She appeared in the census on 18 June 1900 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co..64 During the 1900 census Pauline, 74 yrs., is living with her youngest unmarried son Charles E. Hughes and a niece in Lauderdale Co. MS beat 3. (see census notes under son Charles E.) Pauline is still teaching school. She appeared in the census on 11 May 1910 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co..70 During the 1910 census, Pauline is 84 yrs old and living with her son-in-law and daughter's family, J. W. and Sarah Prouty. Her daughter Betty is also living with them. See James W. Prouty's census notes.
Pauline died on 10 December 1910 at the age of 84 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville. She was buried at Hughes Family Cemetery in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville. Pauline apparently attended Miss McCee's girls' school in Kemper County, Miss. Until about 1847, Pauline taught school in Kemper County. She married Charles Edward Hughes December 13, 1846 in Old Daleville, Miss. at the Methodist Church.
She wrote, "I was solicited to teach at a school in the southern part of Kemper County. My patrons insisted that I should board around among them, free of charge, and I found the arrangement to be very satisfactory and pleasant. They were all so kind to me, and I am sure that I won not only the respect, but also the love of most of the pupils.
I really enjoyed teaching that school. December 13, 1846, I was married to Charles E. Hughes in the church at Old Daleville by the pastor, Rev. Walton J. Reeves.
We lived with Father and Mother Hughes until February 8, 1848, on which date we went to housekeeping in our little log cabin in the woods. (By the way, that was just sixty years ago today.) (Pauline wrote this in 1908.) In that room all my children, except the oldest, were born.
In 1850 my mother and the children still remaining with her, moved to Texas, and I never saw any of them again except sister Jane." Her daughter, Betty Hughes, also said that, "All of mother's immediate family moved to Texas near the middle of the past century."
Miss Betty Hughes wrote to her nephew, " And now of mother herself I will write a bit. She as well as her older sister, Aunt Jane Colvin, was endowed by nature with a mind capable of high development, Music, "Watercolor" painting, instructions in French, as well as good needle work instruction, were parts of the curriculus of the girls' school she was privileged to attend. This bright young girl proved herself no "slacker" as she applied herself to these various branches of study, and when still in her "teens" was enabled to begin the work of teaching. Her ability in this direction was soon established.
Only a few short years, however, were spent in teaching, before she met my father, Charles Edward Hughes, eldest son of James Fisher Hughes family at Daleville, Mississippi. They were married December 13, 1846. It was planned that they would live in the home of his parents during their first year of married life. Early in that year (1947) however, some substantial citizens of eastern Kemper county desired mother to take charge of a small school in their community, in order that their children might have the benefit of such superior teaching as they had reason to believe mother capable of giving. She acceded to their request, and taught the school through the spring and early summer months, though she was expecting to become a mother in the early fall. (Sister Mary was born Sept. 19th of that year.)
During this year of 1847, father, with the assistance of his brothers and some more experienced relatives of adult age, had built a large one-room house of hewed logs, on part of the eighty acres of land his father had given him. Into this home early in February 1848, father, mother, and the infant Mary moved, and in that home my mother lived for more than half a century. Here, all of the nine children, except Mary were born and reared. For many years, this one big room, with a big kitchen out in the yard, some twenty-five or more feet away, was all there was to a home for this growing family. Additions were made in later years. One large room, 16 X 20 feet in dimensions, was built by father in 1870, the year your father was born. This room was made of logs hewed square by father's capable hands, who was skilled in the use of the "broad axe." Other additions of mill-sawed planks were added to the home. A large kitchen adjoining the house was put up and the old home was then a place of abundant room and real comfort to all who lived there or chanced to come for nights.
From the early months of 1848, until the spring of 1852, mother was occupied with the duties of helping to establish this home "in the woods" and in the bringing two more children to the world.
Matty was born in April 1850, and Will two years later.
When Will was but a tiny infant, grandfather, James F. Hughes' health having given down, and he being unable to fulfill a contract he had made to take a school near Lauderdale Station, he asked that mother take the school in his stead. Grandmother Martha would care for father and the two little girls, Mary and Martha, while mother was thus engaged. This arrangement was made, and mother taught the school to a successful finish, adding for herself in the meanwhile, more merited praise as a teacher of worth. Some months later, she was again solicited to help in a school at "Old Marion" known I believe as the "Marion Academy". Marion was then the county seat. Her splendid work at this "academy" enhanced a reputation already well established, but mother felt that she should no longer let work away from home deter her from giving to her own family its service which only a wife and mother could give. She continued to "teach" however, around her own fireside, instructing the children of her own home. My older brothers never knew another school. In those strenuous days, just preceding, during and following the Civil War, there were few schools being taught in rural districts of our southland. It was at the home fire-side in the evening, while mother's busy fingers sewed, knitted or spun thread, that instructions were systematically given, and the children were indeed not permitted to grow up in ignorance. In later life, these brothers of mine were never humiliated by feeling themselves educationally less prepared to meet life than some of their companions who had been taught in school.
We were taught early not only how to "read, write and cipher" but were given literature worth while to help us in mental development. It was not in school rooms, but at "mother's knee" so to speak, that our appreciation of good literature was established. Book-shelves in a corner of mothers room, held worth while books for us to read, as well as necessary school books, too, with "notes" for the tunes were there in abundance, for both my parents loved music and were capable of making it with their own fine voices; mother's a clear soprano, father's deep-toned bass. Other literature in addition to the valuable books I have mentioned, was provided us; children's periodicals for the younger children, and more advanced literature for the older ones.
Father, as well as mother could appreciate good reading matter, and I cannot remember a time at least when there was not a weekly newspaper as a regular visitor to our house. These father would read during his short mid-day resting periods from his farm work, and at night, by the light of burning pine-knots, on the hearth. Sometimes, when he might be feeling too much fatigued from his long hours in the field, he would have sister Sally, who was an exceptionally good reader, read aloud such articles in these papers as he wished specially to hear. My first glimpses into American "politics" came through these readings.
The book-shelves I mentioned were the work of father's own capable hands, for he was indeed well skilled in the use of tools. Tables, chairs, benches, and other things for the use of the family were made by him, as well as the plow stocks from seasoned timbers, for use in the cultivation of the soil.
But to return to what I was writing about mother and her ability as a teacher, she proved herself as one who could help other young people as well as the children in her immediate family. When Professor J. L. Cooper established his school at Daleville a year or so after the close of the Civil War, quite a few young men beyond the "teen"-age came from various points in our own and adjoining states, to enroll there as pupils.
A "literary and debating" society was organized, and public debates were organized in which important subjects were discussed were held from time to time. Some of these young men having learned that mother had been a successful teacher in pre-war days, would consult with mother about the arguments they were supposed to present on given subjects in these public meetings. She was ever ready with her helpful suggestions, and, on more than one occasion, was know to have written in full the "speech" some hesitating youth was supposed to present. On one such occasion, a prospective "debater" came to mother for desired help in a coming debate before the public. He gave mother the subject, telling that he was to be on the "affirmative" side, and asking that she write his speech for him. This she proceeded to do. Just a few days later this young man came to tell mother that it was the other side, the "negative" to which he had been assigned, and that he didn't know where he could turn for help with the arguments he had to present. Mother comforted him by telling him that she would write another speech, giving such arguments as she might find on the "negative"side. This second speech was written and duly presented to the public by the perturbed young man. The judges appointed by the society to render the decision on the merits of given arguments awarded approval to the young man who had used this speech on the "negative" side. Some months later, the society decided to have this same subject again presented in a "public debate," using other speakers than those who had dealt with the subject on the previous occasion. Again a would-be debater came to mother needing help. She told him that she had the speech she had previously written on the affirmative side (which was to be his), and gave it to him to look over.
He read it, and being pleased, decided to use it, just as mother had written it some months before. His side, the affirmative, gained the approval of the judges, just as the negative side had won on the earlier occasion, so my mother's speech proved winner in both instances. (It takes no ordinary mind to be able to see both sides of given subjects, I am well assured.) It was not in the realm of mental development alone that mother's training and ability was of the superior grade. Her hands, too, were trained to all useful work. I've never known one more skilled in the use of a needle than she. Those capable hands too made every garment worn by her husband and children during all of my childhood days, for ready-to-wear establishments were unknown in that day. Full suits for my father, of coats, vests, and pants were made by her of material heavy enough for winter, comfort as well as those of lighter weight. They were cut and shaped by mother's own hands, every stitch of the sewing (she never owned or used a sewing machine in all of her eighty four years of life,) done by her. Machines came into use long after mother had become adept in the use of needle, thread, and thimble. Not only could the more substantial garments be skillfully fashioned by her, but the finest and most delicate of embroidery work could be done. Her beautiful watercolor paintings, done while she was at school where those fine arts were taught, were the wonder of my childhood days. Few of them were ever framed, but most of them were kept together in parcels in her individual trunk, holding other things regarded by us all as sacred treasures. Among these was my grandfather John Craig's Masonic apron, which had been a part of his outfit when he was a leader of that group. For many years after mother's death, this trunk of keep-sakes remained in Sister Sally's home at Daleville, just as mother had kept it through the years. Paintings, Masonic apron, and all were in their usual place there at the time of Sally's death in 1940. Almost a full century had passed since Pauline Craig, attending school at Miss McCee's girls' school in Kemper County had made these lovely paintings, and they had never been disturbed in any way. Two years after Sally's death, however, when the house was for the first time in it history left unoccupied (though fully furnished) for a time looters broke in, ransacked the place, turning things topsy turvy in he sacred trunk, and these paintings disappeared along with some other things of value which had been left in the house. Who the marauders were, we've never known, but we truly have reason to regret that those of your generation, Dear Craig, can't see and appreciate that beautiful work of dear mother's hands -- hands so capable of doing so much and so well.
Spinning thread and weaving cloth on old-fashioned thread looms, were parts of her accomplishments. She excelled in these, too, and could accomplish a prodigious amount of work in a single day. During all of these war years (1861-1865) she made, with sister Mary's assistance, clothes for all the needs of the family at home and for father, away with the army. Through the day-light hours of those strenuous years, she would spin and weave. At night by fire-light on the hearth she would make the cloth into garments and fashion socks and stockings for us all of the threads she had so skillfully spun. She managed, somehow, to always have an extra pair of socks to be put into parcels she would be sending father, to be given to some companion soldier, less fortunate than himself in getting things from home.
Mother held things together during that distressing period when the Civil War was being fought so strenuously in other parts of our state. It was nearly two more years before peace finally was declared between the warring factions, and the up-hill business of rebuilding our southland began. Father went bravely back to his farm work as soon as strength was sufficiently restored while mother continued to spin, weave, and sew and knit as she had during the preceding years, so, there was clothing for us all and we were always supplied with the real necessities of life, much of which the dear old farm supplied, and there was never what could be termed "real want" though we never knew what could be termed super abundance of either food or clothing. As soon as he could get opportunity to add to the rooms of the home, father began to do this, and, as I've said on another page, our home was made comfortable and commodious. From this dear old roof tree, I went away to China as missionary in 1887. In June of the following year, dear father passed away. Your father, Craig dear, was then a boy of only eighteen years. He, mother, sister Matty and her two little girls, Linnie and Lida, were those left in the home after father's death. Sister continued to live on with mother and Charlie until her own daughter Linnie married Will Hopkins in 1897. Mother, it was planned, was to live no longer at the old home which she had occupied for fifty-four years, but with sister Sally, who was married to Mr. Will Prouty, and whose home adjoined ours. In October of 1902, mother went to Sally's. The following eight years were spent there, and she was truly cared for most adequately by both Sally and Mr. Prouty. "Sally," mother often said, "is the best woman I ever knew." No son born to me could have shown me more kindness and thoughtfulness than Mr. Prouty, these many years.
Her last days were indeed made comfortable by those who were considerate. She died of heart failure on December 10th, 1910. She was laid away in the final resting place in the little cemetery. Her grave is the last in that tier of graves to the right as you enter the cemetery from the south. (The gate is on that side.) Grandfather Hughes grave comes first; then my baby sister Evvy's, then sister Florence's and little Ida Burt (sister's stepdaughter in the "double-grave"), then brother John's, then father's, Lida's sister Matty's and Sally's, and sister's baby boys are in the tier of graves to the west."
Children were:
i. | Mary Jane Hughes66 was born on 19 September 1847 in USA, Mississippi, in James F. Hughes' home. She died on 23 June 1929 at the age of 81 in USA, Texas, Travis Co., Austin.234 Mary Jane was an immate of the Confederate Woman's Home in Austin Texas. "Mary married John Barfield, a cousin of her mother's, who had been a soldier in the Confederacy during the Civil War. The marriage (an elopement) occurred the fall after the surrender of the southern armies. Mary and John lived in different places in Mississippi until 1887, when they moved with their large family of children to Texas. When the children (all except one, a daughter, Florence, who died in infancy) were grown and married, Mary and John, in their declining years, found a comfortable "refuge" in the "Old Soldier's Home" in Austin, Texas. There Mary continued to live in the "Widow's Home" of the Institution, some years after the death of John. She died in 1933, being then eighty-five years of age. Most of her sons and daughters had preceded her in the "Other World". One of the three remaining sons was living in Houston, Texas at the beginning of the present year, (1943). He is Lee Barfield, Mary's second son and fourth child of a family of six sons and four daughters." Betty Hughes, 1943. Living in Palestine, Texas during 1910. (Anderson Co.) | |
ii. | Martha M. "Mattie" Hughes66 was born on 26 April 1850 in USA, Mississippi.67 She appeared in the census in 1880 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.180 Widowed, Living with her parents. Mattie M. BURT Dau W <Widowed> Female W 31 MS At Home SC AL Living in Indianola during 1910. | |
iii. | William James "Will" Hughes66 was born on 24 April 1852 in USA, Mississippi. He died in 1905 at the age of 53 in USA, Mississippi, Scott Co., Morton. 53 years old "Will, the oldest son, married his cousin Lou Emma Hughes, in the county, where many of the relatives lived. He died, near Morton, Mississippi in 1905, being only in his fifty-third year. Of the ten children of Will and Lou Emma, only four are living. The daughters, Pearl and Esther, died a good many years go. Four of the boys, too, are gone. Sidney and John Wesley dying when very small. Kennon, about the time he reached manhood and Wilson, killed in a car wreck in middle life. Of the four remaining sons Marvin, the eldest lives in Morton, Mississippi. Leonard, in Louisiana, and Clyde and Arthur in Jackson, Mississippi. All have families, several of the respective sons are now in the Service of "Uncle Sam" in the "Global War". Betty Hughes, 1943 | |
iv. | John Craig Hughes66 was born on 20 September 1855 in USA, Mississippi.67 He died in 1878 at the age of 23 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Lizelia (originally called Daleville).67 He was buried at Hughes Family Cemetery in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.67 "John was tragically drowned in a mill pond at Lizelia, when only twenty two years of age. He had been induced by some other boys to go into the pond and try to learn to swim." Betty Hughes, 1943 | |
17 | v. | Sarah Matilda "Sallie" Hughes. |
vi. | Everette "Evie" Hughes was born on 1 March 1861 in USA, Mississippi.67 She died in 1862 at the age of 1.67 Everette, died in infancy. Source : Betty Hughes, 1943 She was buried at Hughes Family Cemetery in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.67 | |
vii. |  Elizabeth Louise "Miss Betty" Hughes49,53,66 was born on 9 June 1863 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.67 She appeared in the census on 11 May 1910 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co..70 With her mother and JW Prouty's family. See census notes under JW Prouty. She appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville, Beat 3.69 SD 9, Meridain and DeKalb Rd.22, 22 Prouty, Sallie M. Head, Own, 1000, FW, 71, Wd, MS, SC, NC, Manager Farm Irene Daughter, FW, 30, single, MS, OH, MS, Practical Nurse, General Nursing, W No 4 C. Martin, Grandson, MW, 4, single, Washington DC, MS, MS Hughes, Elizabeth, Sister, FW, 66, single, MS, SC, NC, none Miss Betty died on 2 November 1949 at the age of 86 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.67 She was buried at Hughes Family Cemetery in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.67 "L. Elizabeth (Betty) never married. She is at present (1943), at Clarksdale, Mississippi, in the home of her niece, Linnie (Burt) Hopkins. When twenty-four years of age, she went to China as a missionary for 14 years, from 1887 to 1900. After returning to America, (on her second furlough) in 1901, the Mission Board employed her in various ways, (as Field Worker, visiting, Conferences, City Missionary and Pastor's Assistant.) The state of her health, required her to discontinue active work in 1921. She is now listed as "Retired Worker" of the Mission Board." Betty Hughes, 1943 ----------------------- From the Daleville United Methodist Church History - A Brief Sketch of the Life of MISS LOUISA ELIZABETH HUGHES "Miss Betty" Missionary to China - 1887-1900 "I also remember a great aunt named Betty, who was a missionary in China. After she came home, I saw her once when I went to Jackson to see Mama and the rest of the family. She taught me a few Chinese words and of course I have forgotten them. But she insisted they be pronounced in the sing song style of the Chinese. She was over there so long she was prolific in their language. She told me of a time she had to move all her children she taught to a new and secret location to keep some mercenaries from finding them and killing them all. She said the hardest part of the long journey by foot, was trying to keep the younger children quiet when there were some enemies in the area, and she was so afraid for their safety. She was a very interesting person to talk to. I wish I cold have been around her more, and I also wish I had written down some of the things she said about her stay in China." Aline Prouty Vaughn | |
viii. | Emma Florence Hughes was born on 19 October 1866 in USA, Mississippi.67 She died from diphtheria in 1872 at the age of 6 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.66,67 "Emma Florence died at the age of six years. Diptheria being the cause." Betty Hughes, 1943 She was buried at Hughes Family Cemetery in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.67 In a double grave with little Ida Burt who died the same night. | |
ix. | Charles Edward Hughes Jr.66,225 was born on 30 March 1870 in USA, Mississippi.67 He appeared in the census on 18 June 1900 in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co..64 1900 Census Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., SD 5, ED 24, sheet 19, Beat 3, lines 80-82. 341 Hughes, Chas E. head W M March 1870 30 S Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama. Farming, Own, Free (Note- I think the niece is Pearl, the handwriting is difficult! There is a Pearl, daughter of Will Hughes that it could be.) He died on 4 February 1954 at the age of 83.67 Charles was buried at Hughes Family Cemetery in USA, Mississippi, Lauderdale Co., Daleville.67 In 1949 Aunt Betty Hughes wrote a letter to Craig Hughes about his family - "Charlie (after his father's death) did the best he could with the old farm until he was passed thirty years of age. It was a kind of losing battle with him however, for those "hills and hollows" were not overly productive. He decided he should try something with more promise as return for efforts expended. In the autumn of 1902, fourteen years after father's death, he went down the rail-road toward New Orleans and found work. "Charlie married Eula Herrington in 1908. He and Eula have reared four sons and four daughters. All except the one boy now in the service live in Meridian, Mississippi. Five of the eight are married." Living in Meridian during 1910. |