Since this blog began as a journal for our Hughes research trip to Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, the emphasis was on the daily progression of the trip rather than the chronology of the Hughes family line, therefore the ancestral lines may be somewhat confusing. So, before I go any further with more family information, I want to list the Hughes line we are tracking, beginning with David G and continuing through Alton Eugene Hughes, the subject of the very first entry.
David G. (Garland) Hughes 1826 - 1858
John Linnaeus Hughes 1851 - 1919
William David Hughes 1871 - 1948
Alton Eugene Hughes 1898 - 1991
Our second trip to Arkansas (see the last entry) yielded a few small bits of interesting family information, but gave no clues to the next big question - Who were David G. Hughes' parents? The only information we had was what we found in the brief biographical sketch of John L. Hughes. David's father came from Virginia and settled in Tennessee. Where did he settle and what was his name?
In our search for the answers to these questions, Sharryn and I have been greatly assisted by Joy, a great granddaughter of Catherine Lydia Hughes Hancock Eades. Catherine was a daughter of David G. and Cynthia and a twin to James Edwin Hughes. The other siblings were Warner Tarlton Hughes and an adopted son, William Callison. Joy has been a great help and encourager in this process. It turned out to be information regarding Warner that led us to the right location and the proof we needed to answer the big question. And what is the answer?
That will be the subject of my next blog entry.
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