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Elizabeth Wilson Hughes May

Birth
Sumter County, Alabama, USA
Death
1861 (aged 36–37)
Arkansas, USA
Burial
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DAUGHTER OF MARIAH (HAYMAN) WILSON AND MATTHEW WILSON.
ELIZABETH WILSON MARRIED FIRST TO WILLIAM HUGHES IN SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA ON JUNE 14, 1842, (MARRIAGE BOOK I, PAGE 218). WILLIAM HUGHES WAS "MURDERED" IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN 1850.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH (WILSON) AND WILLIAM HUGHES ARE: 1. Elizabeth Ann Hughes, 2. Nancy Hughes, 3. Margaret Hughes, 4. Mariah Hughes.

AFTER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF ELIZABETH (WILSON) HUGHES HER HUSBAND WILLIAM HUGHES, SHE-ELIZABETH RE-MARRIES TO HARRY/HENRY MAY IN PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH (WILSON) HUGHES MAY AND HARRY/HENRY MAY ARE:

1. Mary May, 2. JULIA MAY, 3. CHARITY MAY.

TRAGEDY SEEMS TO HAVE FOLLOWED THE WILLIAM HUGHES FAMILY. ACCORDING TO FOLKLORE "ELIZABETH HUGHES MAY AND THE GIRLS WERE GOING TO TEXAS WITH OTHER ARKANSAS FAMILIES TO ESCAPE THE FIGHTING OF THE CIVIL WAR. (HARRY MAY WAS A COBFEDERATE OFFICER.) ELIZABETH (WILSON) HUGHES MAY DROWNED TRYING TO CROSS A RIVER (POSSIBLY RED RIVER). THE GIRLS WERE ALL FARMED OUT TO VARIOUS FAMILIES. HARRY MAY MUSTERED OUT OF THE MILITARY AND SEEMED TO HAVE DISAPPEARED. ONE OF THE HUGHES GIRLS, MARIAH HUGHES IS FOUND ON THE 1870 DAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS LIVING IN A WRIGHT HOUSEHOLD.
DAUGHTER OF MARIAH (HAYMAN) WILSON AND MATTHEW WILSON.
ELIZABETH WILSON MARRIED FIRST TO WILLIAM HUGHES IN SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA ON JUNE 14, 1842, (MARRIAGE BOOK I, PAGE 218). WILLIAM HUGHES WAS "MURDERED" IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN 1850.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH (WILSON) AND WILLIAM HUGHES ARE: 1. Elizabeth Ann Hughes, 2. Nancy Hughes, 3. Margaret Hughes, 4. Mariah Hughes.

AFTER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF ELIZABETH (WILSON) HUGHES HER HUSBAND WILLIAM HUGHES, SHE-ELIZABETH RE-MARRIES TO HARRY/HENRY MAY IN PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH (WILSON) HUGHES MAY AND HARRY/HENRY MAY ARE:

1. Mary May, 2. JULIA MAY, 3. CHARITY MAY.

TRAGEDY SEEMS TO HAVE FOLLOWED THE WILLIAM HUGHES FAMILY. ACCORDING TO FOLKLORE "ELIZABETH HUGHES MAY AND THE GIRLS WERE GOING TO TEXAS WITH OTHER ARKANSAS FAMILIES TO ESCAPE THE FIGHTING OF THE CIVIL WAR. (HARRY MAY WAS A COBFEDERATE OFFICER.) ELIZABETH (WILSON) HUGHES MAY DROWNED TRYING TO CROSS A RIVER (POSSIBLY RED RIVER). THE GIRLS WERE ALL FARMED OUT TO VARIOUS FAMILIES. HARRY MAY MUSTERED OUT OF THE MILITARY AND SEEMED TO HAVE DISAPPEARED. ONE OF THE HUGHES GIRLS, MARIAH HUGHES IS FOUND ON THE 1870 DAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS LIVING IN A WRIGHT HOUSEHOLD.


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