Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jonathan Hughes
Born: Mar-25-1753 in Hampshire Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: Sep- 7-1849 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 1 (see note 1) Buried: in Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: itinerant school teacher 3 Military: Ensign, Revolutionary War 1 Father: Mother:
Wife: Abagail Jackson 4,5 Married: Jul- -1786 in Wilkes Co, NC 3
Born: 1765 1,2 (see note 2) Died: Jul- 1-1842 in Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 3 Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Nancy Hughes Born: 1787 6 Died: 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7 Husband: Elias Stutler b. ca 1794 d. Oct-17-1870 Married: Jan-18-1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,7
F Child 2: Frances "Rebecca" Hughes Also known as: Rebecca Hughes Born: ca 1791 in Georgia 9 Census: 1870 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV (see note 3) Husband: Samuel Childers b. ca 1783 d. 1820 Married: Apr-26-1808 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10,11 Husband: William Roach Married: Mar-20-1828 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 12
M Child 3: Dudley Hughes Born: 1795 in Wilkes Co, NC 3 Died: May-14-1821 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3 Wife: Aseneth Davis b. May-27-1793 Married: Sep-21-1813 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10
M Child 4: Martin L. Hughes Born: ca 1796 in New Jersey 13 Died: 1864 13 Cause of death: smallpox 13 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Ann Davis b. Sep-25-1800 d. Apr- 7-1885 Also known as: Anna Davis 14 Married: Jun-22-1819 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13
F Child 5: Rachel Hughes Born: May- 2-1797 in Wilkes Co, NC 4,3 Died: May-15-1843 4 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 3 Husband: William F. "Flint Billy" Davis b. Aug-15-1791 d. Jan-22-1865 Married: Nov-25-1813 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4
F Child 6: Leah Hughes Born: 1806 15,7 Died: bef Dec 1865 16 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Robert Stutler b. Feb-22-1799 d. 1886 Married: May-18-1820 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
F Child 7: Hannah Hughes Also known as: Cathern Hughes 17 Born: ca 1806 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 18 Died: Dec-25-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV (see note 4) Resided: 1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 18 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Adam Ash b. ca 1802 d. Jul-27-1855 Also known as: Johann Adam Ash 20 Husband: William Lloyd Davis b. ca 1794 d. Nov- 4-1868 Married: Jul-10-1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 21
F Child 8: Martha Hughes Born: Apr- 6-1809 22 Died: Mar-21-1893 22 Census: 1870, 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: William B. "Buckeye Billy" Davis b. Oct-30-1807 d. Jun-24-1896 Married: Feb-16-1826 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 22
Sources: (1) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Alphonso Duff, National No. 98980, State No. 1203. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 19. (5) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com. (6) Russell Lowell Stutler, Stutler Family Tree, http://www.stutler.cc/russ/family_tree.html, Birthplace either Wilkes Co, NC, or Harrison Co, (W)VA. (7) Russell Lowell Stutler, Stutler Family Tree, http://www.stutler.cc/russ/family_tree.html. (8) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Elias Stutler, parents not given, and Nancy Hughes, dau of John & Abigail. Married Jan 18 1816. (9) 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. (10) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (13) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 53. (14) Death record of daughter. (15) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (16) Record of husband's remarriage. (17) Death record of son. (18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (19) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (20) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as William S. Davis, widowed, 65, of Harrison Co, son of William & Hannah; and Hannah Ash, widowed, 53, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Jonathan Hughes. Married Jul 10 1859. (22) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 45. Event Notes Note (1) Death date on headstone (placed by the DAR in 1925) is 1845. But multiple SAR applications state his death date as Sep 7 1849. Note (2) Birthplace has been reported variously as Georgia, Washington Co, PA, Wilkes Co, NC, and near Dover in Morris Co, NJ. Note (3) Listed as Rebecca Roach, 79, b. Georgia, cannot read/write, in household of grandson Leonidas Shinn. Note (4) In household of daughter Sarah and son-in-law Ellis Underwood.Name Index