Jul-28-2018
Husband: Martin L. Hughes
Born: ca 1796 in New Jersey 1 Died: 1864 1 Cause of death: smallpox 1 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Jonathan Hughes (1753 - 1849) Mother: Abagail Jackson (1765 - 1842)
Wife: Ann Davis 2,3 Also known as: Anna Davis 3 Married: Jun-22-1819 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Born: Sep-25-1800 in New Jersey 1 Died: Apr- 7-1885 in Salem, WV 1 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, WV Father: William G. "Jarsey Billy" Davis (1762 - 1840) Mother: Catharine Johnston ( - 1800)
F Child 1: Catherine Hughes Born: Apr-15-1820 4 Died: Mar-28-1849 4 Husband: Gideon Maxson b. Oct-31-1815 d. Feb- 7-1890 Census name: Gideon Maxin 5 Married: Oct-22-1837 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4
M Child 2: Sylvester Hughes Born: Oct-28-1821 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6 Died: Nov-11-1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,6 Cause of death: smallpox 6 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 8,5 Military: Sep-21-1864 - Oct-26-1864 Civil War 6 (see note 1) Wife: Jane Davis b. Dec- 5-1822 d. Jan- -1844 Married: Apr-15-1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6,9 Wife: Delila Ann F. Randolph b. Jan- -1831 Married: Mar-26-1846 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9
F Child 3: Priscilla Hughes 3 Born: Feb-14-1825 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6,10 Died: Dec-17-1888 10 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 10 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Benjamin Wilson Bee b. Jan-22-1826 d. Apr-15-1911 Also known as: Wilson Bee 11,3,12 Married: Sep- 9-1847 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 13
M Child 4: William Hughes Born: Feb- -1827 14 Died: Apr-15-1915 15 Census: 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1889 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Edith Sutton b. Feb-27-1832 d. Feb- 8-1891 Married: Sep-11-1848 in Doddridge Co, WV 6 Divorced: Mar-25-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 16 Wife: Eliza L. Adams b. May- -1861 d. bef Apr 1910 Married: Aug- 4-1889
F Child 5: Leah Hughes Born: Feb-27-1829 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 17,18,14 Died: Oct-31-1917 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 17 Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: William Davis b. Nov-25-1823 d. Jan-16-1892 Married: Aug- 2-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 13,19
F Child 6: Hannah Jane Hughes Born: Jun- 2-1831 20 Died: Jul-29-1910 20 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 10 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Hezekiah D. Sutton b. Oct- 7-1830 d. Jan-18-1909 Married: Mar-10-1853 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 21
M Child 7: Stephen Hughes Born: 1835 22 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farm laborer 23 Wife: Sabrina Davis b. Feb-28-1838 Also known as: Sobrina Davis 22 Married: Aug-27-1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 22
F Child 8: Rosanna Hughes Also known as: Rosannah Hughes 13 Born: Aug-27-1837 18,24 Died: Aug-26-1909 24,22 Buried: in Wright Cemetery, Little Rowles Run at Co Rd 12, near Cremo, Calhoun Co, WV 24 Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Martin Stutler b. Dec-25-1831 d. Jul-23-1910 Married: Jan-20-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 25
M Child 9: Charles G. Hughes Born: 1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13,18 (see note 3) Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Marinda E. Brown b. ca 1843 d. Sep- 4-1914 Census name: Malinda Brown Married: Jul-14-1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
Sources: (1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 53. (2) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 20. (3) Death record of daughter. (4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 58. (5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (6) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 103. (7) Civil War Service Records,. (8) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (10) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (11) Marriage record of son. (12) Death record of son. (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (15) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Alphonso Duff, National No. 98980, State No. 1203. (16) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Chancery Records. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (18) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 54. (19) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 69. (20) Headstone. (21) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 137. (22) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 104. (23) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (24) Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Grantsville Printing Co, Grantsville WV (1985) (25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Martin Stutler, 22, res. Doddridge Co, son of Samuel; and Rosannah Hughes, 16, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Martin. Married Jan 20 1854. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WVa," p. 104, reports marriage date as Aug 27 1854.) Event Notes Note (1) According to multiple records, including his wife's widow's pension application, Sylvester Hughes was an unassigned West Virginia volunteer. He was drafted and volunteered as a Private on Sep 21 1864. He was sent to Wheeling to await further assignment. However, he immediately contracted smallpox and was released on Oct 26 1864. He died the following month. John LaForge F. Randolph was a physician and surgeon who attended Sylvester when he was released and sent home. Sylvester Hughes' smallpox caused not only his own death, but also led to the deaths of his father and two of his children. Note (2) In household of grandson William E. Davis. Note (3) Age 40 in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1840. Name Index