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Rachel Elizabeth HUGHES

Rachel Elizabeth HUGHES

Female 1881 - 1955  (74 years)

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  • Name Rachel Elizabeth HUGHES 
    Born 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 48 in 1920 Census would put birth in about 1872, but age 21 in her Jan 1904 marriage record puts it in about 1882/83. The 1900 Census shows her birth date as July 1880, age 19, while her death record states Aug 12 1881. Her headstone has only the year 1881.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1904  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 24 Sep 1955  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Marshville Cemetery, Marshville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I96043  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2016 

    Father Daniel Jefferson HUGHES,   b. CA 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Sep 1936  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Mother Adaline STUTLER,   b. 4 Jul 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1936, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F23229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Thomas LOUGHERY,   b. 1870, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1937, Isaac Creek, near Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1904  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis Twp), enumerated on Jan 16/17 1920 at Flag Run Road:
      Joseph Laughery, 46, farm laborer; wife Rachel, 42; dau Molly, 15; son Johnie, 11; dau Tussie, 8.

      NOTE: In this census, Rachel appears also to have been enumerated with her parents in Doddridge County, but with conflicting age and marital status:
      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumeraed on Jan 9 1920 at Jockey Camp Road:
      D. Jefferson Hughes, 66, farmer; wife Adline, 65; grandson Emery, 23, single, no occupation; dau Rachel Laughery, 48, divorced; granddau Julie Laughery, 1y 6m.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Apr 5 1930 at Flag Run Road:
      Joseph Laughery, 59, farmer; wife Rachel, 46; dau Zula, 12.
    Children 
     1. Mollie LOUGHERY,   b. 17 Jun 1904, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1949, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    +2. John Roosevelt LAUGHERY,   b. 1906, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1976, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Tessie Ellen LOUGHERY,   b. 1913,   d. 20 Dec 1944, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     4. Lillie A. LOUGHERY,   b. Abt Aug 1915,   d. 22 Sep 1916, Jockey Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     5. Zula LOUGHERY,   b. CA 1918
    Family ID F41515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    96043_LOUGHERY_Joseph_RachelHughes_MarshvilleCem_HarrisonCoWV.jpg    		96043_LOUGHERY_Joseph_RachelHughes_MarshvilleCem_HarrisonCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    96043_LAUGHERY_RachelElizabethHughes_1881-1955_DeathCertificate.jpg    		96043_LAUGHERY_RachelElizabethHughes_1881-1955_DeathCertificate.jpg
    96044_JosephThomasLoughery_RachelElizabethHughes_MarriageRecord_26Jan1904.jpg    		96044_JosephThomasLoughery_RachelElizabethHughes_MarriageRecord_26Jan1904.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 357 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=53182&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Joseph Thomas Loughery, widowed, 31, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of John & Alcinda Loughery; and Rachel Elizabeth Hughes, single, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Jefferson & Adaline Hughes. Marrid Jan 26 1904 in Wilsonburg, officiated by Charles A. Snider, a Minister of the Gospel.