Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Sylvester Hughes    
                Born: Oct-28-1821          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Nov-11-1864          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,1
      Cause of death:                      smallpox  1
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3,4
            Military: Sep-21-1864 - Oct-26-1864 Civil War  1 (see note 1)
              Father: Martin L. Hughes   (1796 - 1864) 
              Mother: Ann Davis   (1800 - 1885) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Jane Davis     
             Married: Apr-15-1842          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,5
                Born: Dec- 5-1822           
                Died: Jan-  -1844           2,1 (see note 2)
              Father: Nathan J. Davis   (1797 - 1891) 
              Mother: Keziah Davis   (1796 - 1862) 

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. 103. 
(2) Civil War Service Records, . 
(3) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(4) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 

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 the Civil War widow's pension application of Delilah F. Randolph Hughes,
Jesse and Hulda Davis testified that Sylvester's first wife, Jane, died in Jan
1844.







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