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Confederate Soldier Abner Benton Hughes

Confederate Soldier Abner Benton Hughes

Male 1841 - 1914  (73 years)

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  1. 1.  Confederate Soldier Abner Benton HughesConfederate Soldier Abner Benton Hughes was born 31 Mar 1841, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama (son of Sgt. James A. Hughes and Jane Clayton Stockton); died 27 Apr 1914, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio ; was buried , National Military Home Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio .

    Notes:

    Census:
    1870 Polk Co MO book p 79
    1880 Polk Co MO book p 15
    MILITARY: Union-Civil War: Company E, 8th Cavilry Corp,
    Missouri State Militia, 27 June 1861 - 1865
    !MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-107
    Parents: James Hughes b. @1815 & Jane Stockton b. 1819
    per IGI
    Buried at National Military Home, Dayton, Ohio. Had red
    hair.
    Occupation: Farmer, Teacher, Judge.

    He & his wife were separated, if not divorced. (A.B. Hughes
    vs. M.L. Huges, Bolivar Herald, 29.Nov.1900).
    !NAME:Doris Wilson, Wilson, Doris, family group sheet dated
    02.Nov.1998
    !NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
    Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
    Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 205A
    !NAME:Missouri-Polk County Marriage Book B, Missouri-Polk
    County Marriage Book B, Office of the Recorder in Polk
    County Court House, Bolivar, Missouri., page 107

    Abner married Massa Louisa Devin 23 Oct 1862, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Massa (daughter of Clayton Devin and Margaret West) was born 23 Feb 1844, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died 28 Aug 1925, Riverside, Riverside, California U.S.A.; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Alfred Benton West Hughes was born 2 Jun 1864, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died 13 Apr 1955, Independence, Polk, Oregon U.S.A..
    2. Jessie Parthenia Hughes was born 31 May 1866, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 23 Jan 1899, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried 24 Jan 1899, Greenwook Cemetery, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A..
    3. Ella Louise Hughes was born Apr 1873, Polk County, Missouri; died 5 Jan 1943, Seal Beach, Los Angeles, California .
    4. Jane Delila A. Hughes was born 7 Feb 1870, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 31 Aug 1951, Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland U.S.A..
    5. Albert Franklin Hughes was born 14 Jul 1872, Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died 6 Feb 1926, Springfield, Greene, Missouri U.S.A..
    6. Joseph Leander Hughes was born 19 Jan 1876, Polk County, Missouri; died 3 Oct 1952, Riverside, Riverside County, California ; was buried , Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum Riverside, Riverside County, California.
    7. Deoma Clayton Hughes was born 17 Feb 1879, Fair Play, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died 1961, Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon U.S.A..

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sgt. James A. Hughes was born 6 Jun 1802, Wayne County, Kentucky; died 1862, Lawrence County, Missouri; was buried , Batson Family Cemetery, Green Co., Missouri.

    Notes:

    Fatally wounded during the battle of Pea Ridge during the
    Civil War.
    !NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
    (manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 29

    James married Jane Clayton Stockton. Jane was born 9 Jan 1805, Wayne County, Kentucky; died 16 Nov 1880, Green County, Missouri; was buried , Batson Family Cemetery, Green Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Jane Clayton Stockton was born 9 Jan 1805, Wayne County, Kentucky; died 16 Nov 1880, Green County, Missouri; was buried , Batson Family Cemetery, Green Co., Missouri.

    Notes:

    !NAME:Doris Wilson, Wilson, Doris, family group sheet dated
    02.Nov.1998

    !NAME:International Genealogical Index, International
    Genealogical Index, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
    Saints

    Children:
    1. 1. Abner Benton Hughes was born 31 Mar 1841, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama ; died 27 Apr 1914, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio ; was buried , National Military Home Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio .