Husband: Con Otis Hughes Census name: Colonell
Born: Feb-23-1903 in Tyler Co, WV 1,2 Died: Oct-16-1970 in Gilmer Co, WV 3,1 Resided: in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 4,5 Resided: 1940 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1940 in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1930 in Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Resided: 1924 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Meade District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: 1945 Hope Natural Gas Co. 5 Occupation: 1940 pumper, natural gas 7 Occupation: 1930 laborer in oil fields 8 Father: Henry "Babe" Hughes (1875 - 1940) Mother: Myrtle D. Cornell (1881 - 1934)
Wife: Wanda Pauline Tharp Married: Aug-10-1924 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Born: Oct- 8-1904 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Died: Jun- -1992 1 Resided: at Linn, Gilmer Co, WV 1 Resided: 1945 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 5 Census: 1940 in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1930 in Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1924 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Richard Delano Tharp (1855 - 1929) Mother: Mary Lenore "Mollie" DeBrular (1875 - 1928)
M Child 1: Robert Gail Hughes
Born: Feb-19-1926 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Died: May-16-1945 at Okinawa, Japan 9,10
Buried: in Arlington National Cemetery, VA 11,12
Census: 1940 in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV
Resided: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 8
Education: Harrisville H.S. 9
Military: Pfc, Co B, 1st Bn, 29th Mar, 6th Mar Div, US Marine Corps, WW II, Pacific (KIA) 9
F Child 2: Mavis Nadine Hughes Also known as: Nadine Hughes 7 Born: Jul-28-1927 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: 1946 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Ralph Windell Waggoner b. Jul-18-1927 Married: Oct-26-1946 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 13
F Child 3: Maisie Hughes Born: ca 1933 7 Census: 1940 in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Donnie Dail Hughes
Sources: (1) Social Security Death Index. (2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (5) Obituary of son. (6) Obituary of father. (7) 1940 Census, Calhoun County, WV. (8) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (9) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (10) West Union Herald, 6/14/1945. (11) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html, Reburial 1949/3/31; buried: section 34 site 2681. (12) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (13) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV.