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Thomas Hughes Sr. Family

First Generation

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1. Thomas Jefferson HUGHES Sr. Born on 14 May 1840 in Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock. At the age of 77, Thomas Jefferson died in Carlisle, Ky. - Engine House Precinct on 29 Aug 1917. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock in 1870. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900. Was on the census for Kentucky 1910 Miracode in 1910.

On 14 May 1883 when Thomas Jefferson was 43, he first married Harriet BRECKINRIDGE, daughter of Peter BRECKINRIDGE (1800-) & Lisy (1810-), in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Born in Apr 1844 in Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock. At the age of 90, Harriet died in Jefferson Co., Ky. on 31 Jul 1934. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock in 1870. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900.

They had the following children:

2 i. Henry "Jno" (1864-1937)

3 ii. Bettie "Betty" (1865-1938)

4 iii. Mary (1867-)

5 iv. James (1867-)

6 v. Eliza Jane (1870-1907)

7 vi. Martha G. "Mattie" (1871-1885)

8 vii. Charley Ed (1872-)

9 viii. Thomas (1874-1956)

10 ix. Maggie Mae (1875-1962)

11 x. Luella L. "Ella" (1876-1903)

12 xi. Annie "Ana" J. (1878-1927)

13 xii. Christine "Tena" (1881-)

14 xiii. Lummie Lee (1882-1949)

15 xiv. Franklin (1883-)

16 xv. Jesse "Jess" (1889-1938)

17 xvi. Robert

18 xvii. Pete

On 24 Feb 1908 when Thomas Jefferson was 67, he second married Lizzie CRITTENDEN, in Millersburg, Ky. Born in 1866 in Nicholas Co., Ky.

Second Generation

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Family of Thomas Jefferson HUGHES Sr. (1) & Harriet BRECKINRIDGE

2. Henry "Jno" HUGHES. Born on 27 Mar 1864 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. At the age of 73, Henry "Jno" died in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Sunnyside on 24 Oct 1937. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock in 1930.

In 1883 when Henry "Jno" was 18, he first married Addie H., in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Born in May 1867 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. At the age of 39, Addie H. died in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle on 7 Feb 1907. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900.

They had the following children:

i. Lizzie (1884-1912)

ii. James (1887-1904)

iii. Maggie (1889-)

iv. Robert (1890-)

v. Emma (1894-)

vi. Lucy (1895-)

vii. Lydia (1898-)

viii. John

ix. Sarah

On 1 Sep 1909 when Henry "Jno" was 45, he second married Anna CUNNINGHAM, in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Born in 1877 in Bourbon Co., Ky.

They had the following children:

i. Daniel T. (1911-)

ii. Harriet

iii. Ida Belle (1916-1959)

Henry "Jno" third married PARKER.

They had one child:

i. Cordelia

Henry "Jno" fourth married SPENCER.

They had one child:

i. John

3. Bettie "Betty" HUGHES. Born on 15 Jul 1865 in Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock. At the age of 72, Bettie "Betty" died in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Sunnyside on 20 May 1938. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock in 1870. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1930.

Bettie "Betty" first married Joe HAWKINS.

Bettie "Betty" second married Thomas E. EVERETT. Born in 1872 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. At the age of 82, Thomas E. died in Woodford, Ky. on 15 Aug 1954. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1930.

4. Mary HUGHES. Born in 1867 in Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock in 1870. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880.

On 5 Apr 1888 when Mary was 21, she married Joseph SMITH, in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Born in 1864.

5. James HUGHES. Born in Jun 1867 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900.

On 11 May 1889 when James was 21, he married Ida FORD, in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Born in 1868 in Nicholas Co., Ky.

They had the following children:

i. Birtie B. (1890-)

ii. Bettie (1891-)

iii. Nellie (1893-)

iv. Gertrude (1894-)

v. Janie (1896-)

vi. Annie (1898-)

vii. Emma (1899-)

viii. Bifloe...

6. Eliza Jane HUGHES. Born in Oct 1870 in Mason Co., Ky.-Maysville. At the age of 36, Eliza Jane died in Bourbon Co., Ky. in 1907. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock in 1900.

In 1887 when Eliza Jane was 16, she married Thomas BERRY I, son of Johnson BERRY (1826-) & Amanda JONES (20 Oct 1838-12 May 1911), in Bourbon Co., Ky. Born in 1863 in Nicholas Co., Ky. At the age of 65, Thomas died in Bourbon Co., Ky.-Little Rock on 27 Nov 1928. Was on the census for Fayette Co., Ky.-Lexington in 1870. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Upper Blue Licks in 1880. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock in 1900. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Hutchinson in 1910. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Flat Rock in 1920.

They had the following children:

i. John (1879-)

ii. Charles "William" (1887-1955)

iii. James Edward "Ed" (1889-1965)

iv. Thomas (1891-)

v. Frank "Jessie" (1893-)

7. Martha G. "Mattie" HUGHES. Born in Sep 1871 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880. At the age of 13, Martha G. "Mattie" died in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle on 7 Jun 1885.

8. Charley Ed HUGHES. Born in 1872 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880.

9. Thomas HUGHES II. Born in Apr 1874 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. At the age of 81, Thomas died in Fayette Co., Ky. on 15 Mar 1956. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900.

10. Maggie Mae HUGHES. Born on 27 Nov 1875 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. At the age of 86, Maggie Mae died in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle on 20 Apr 1962. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900.

On 9 Jan 1901 when Maggie Mae was 25, she married Ab SHARP, in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Born in Nicholas Co., Ky. Ab died in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle on 9 Aug 1908.

They had the following children:

i. Willie (1893-)

ii. Herbert P. (1918-1999)

iii. Ben (1906-)

iv. Billy (1920-)

v. Margarett (1922-)

vi. Alfred

vii. Pearl Christine (-1957)

viii. Ab (1909-2004)

11. Luella L. "Ella" HUGHES. Born in 1876 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. At the age of 27, Luella L. "Ella" died in 1903. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880.

Luella L. "Ella" married Edward H. CURTIS, son of Joseph CURTIS (1856-) & Amanda (1859-). Born in 1873 in Bourbon Co., Ky.-Paris. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Paris in 1880. Was on the census for Kentucky 1910 Miracode in 1910. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Paris in 1920. Was on the census for Bourbon Co., Ky.-Paris in 1930.

They had one child:

i. Florence Kenney (1898-1997)

12. Annie "Ana" J. HUGHES. Born on 30 Sep 1878 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. At the age of 48, Annie "Ana" J. died in Bourbon Co., Ky.-Millersburg on 2 Mar 1927. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880. Was on the census for Mahoning Co., Ohio-Youngstown in 1920. Buried on 4 Mar 1927 in Carlisle Cemetery-Carlisle, Ky.

Annie "Ana" J. first married George BALTIMORE. Born in 1856 in Pennsylvania. Was on the census for Mahoning Co., Ohio-Youngstown in 1920. At the age of 62, George died in Fayette C., Ky. on 28 Aug 1918.

They had the following children:

i. Alfred (1914-1940)

ii. Harriet Josephine (1908-1999)

iii. George (-1929)

iv. Edith

Annie "Ana" J. second married Fein CONWAY. Born in Bourbon Co., Ky.Middlesburg.

13. Christine "Tena" HUGHES. Born in May 1881 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900.

On 18 Oct 1904 when Christine "Tena" was 23, she married Thomas A. STEWART, in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Born in 1881 in Springfield, Ohio.

14. Lummie Lee HUGHES. Born in 1882. At the age of 67, Lummie Lee died in Cincinnati, Ohio on 8 Apr 1949. Buried in Apr 1949 in Union Baptist Cemetery-Cincinnati, Oh. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1880. Was on the census for Kentucky 1910 Miracode in 1910. Was on the census for Hamilton Co., Ohio-Cincinnati in 1930.

Lummie Lee married Charles A. NICHOLS. Born in 1875 in Ohio. At the age of 47, Charles A. died in Civil War on 1 Aug 1922.

15. Franklin HUGHES. Born in Jan 1883 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900.

16. Jesse "Jess" HUGHES. Born in Apr 1889 in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle. At the age of 48, Jesse "Jess" died in Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1938. Was on the census for Nicholas Co., Ky.-Carlisle in 1900.

On 19 Aug 1908 when Jesse "Jess" was 19, he married Bessie BRADLEY, in Bourbon Co., Ky.-Paris.

17. Robert HUGHES.

18. Pete HUGHES.