From the compilation of family history by Floy Beth Dickie Geiger that included the account of the lives of A. J. and Neva Hughs written in 1986 by their daughter-in-law, Floy Jim Hughes (Mrs. Buck Titus Hughes) published in Families of Fisher County:
“Abner Jackson Hughs was the eldest child of D. M. and Mary Hughs. He was born in Walker County, Alabama, June 9, 1863, and died in Fisher County, January 30, 1918, and is buried by his father in the Roby Cemetery. He married Neva Titus, June 10, 1894 [in Eliasville, Texas]. Neva Titus was born in Greenville, Texas, August 14, 1867. The first two children were born in Graham, Texas: Houston and Abbie Hughs. Three sons were born in Fisher County: Buck Titus, 1899; Bruce, 1902; and David in 1904. All five of the children graduated from Roby High School and all except David attended college.
Abner Jackson and family moved onto land open for homesteading in the Crossroads Community. Neva Hughs served as Sunday School teacher and pianist in the Sardis Church, then in the three different Baptist Church buildings in Roby. The homesteaded land was sold and Abner moved the family to Roby in 1902. Here he entered business with some others in forming the Roby Mercantile Company. He was in this business as part owner until his death. He had a two-story house built on lots just east of the present Roby High School building, but it burned to the ground before the family had moved all their furnishings into it.
A. J. Hughs was a fisherman and hunter. He and Dr. J. G. Hambright were companions on these hunting and fishing trips.
After her husband’s death, Neva Hughs returned to her original occupation of teaching in public schools. She was the youngest graduate of Baylor University, graduating in 1885 with a major in Latin. She was acknowledged as a Latin authority by an article published in the Fort Worth Star Telegram in 1946. She taught in Roby for two years and in other places for eighteen years: Royston, Barronview, and Swendonia, and served one term as County Superintendent. She retired in 1936.
Neva Titus Hughs was a writer of several historical items and all of them were published. She died January 19, 1954, in Breckenridge, Texas, and is buried here in the Roby Cemetery beside her husband.”
“Abner Jackson Hughs was the eldest child of D. M. and Mary Hughs. He was born in Walker County, Alabama, June 9, 1863, and died in Fisher County, January 30, 1918, and is buried by his father in the Roby Cemetery. He married Neva Titus, June 10, 1894 [in Eliasville, Texas]. Neva Titus was born in Greenville, Texas, August 14, 1867. The first two children were born in Graham, Texas: Houston and Abbie Hughs. Three sons were born in Fisher County: Buck Titus, 1899; Bruce, 1902; and David in 1904. All five of the children graduated from Roby High School and all except David attended college.
Abner Jackson and family moved onto land open for homesteading in the Crossroads Community. Neva Hughs served as Sunday School teacher and pianist in the Sardis Church, then in the three different Baptist Church buildings in Roby. The homesteaded land was sold and Abner moved the family to Roby in 1902. Here he entered business with some others in forming the Roby Mercantile Company. He was in this business as part owner until his death. He had a two-story house built on lots just east of the present Roby High School building, but it burned to the ground before the family had moved all their furnishings into it.
A. J. Hughs was a fisherman and hunter. He and Dr. J. G. Hambright were companions on these hunting and fishing trips.
After her husband’s death, Neva Hughs returned to her original occupation of teaching in public schools. She was the youngest graduate of Baylor University, graduating in 1885 with a major in Latin. She was acknowledged as a Latin authority by an article published in the Fort Worth Star Telegram in 1946. She taught in Roby for two years and in other places for eighteen years: Royston, Barronview, and Swendonia, and served one term as County Superintendent. She retired in 1936.
Neva Titus Hughs was a writer of several historical items and all of them were published. She died January 19, 1954, in Breckenridge, Texas, and is buried here in the Roby Cemetery beside her husband.”
From the compilation of family history by Floy Beth Dickie Geiger that included the account of the lives of A. J. and Neva Hughs written in 1986 by their daughter-in-law, Floy Jim Hughes (Mrs. Buck Titus Hughes) published in Families of Fisher County:
“Abner Jackson Hughs was the eldest child of D. M. and Mary Hughs. He was born in Walker County, Alabama, June 9, 1863, and died in Fisher County, January 30, 1918, and is buried by his father in the Roby Cemetery. He married Neva Titus, June 10, 1894 [in Eliasville, Texas]. Neva Titus was born in Greenville, Texas, August 14, 1867. The first two children were born in Graham, Texas: Houston and Abbie Hughs. Three sons were born in Fisher County: Buck Titus, 1899; Bruce, 1902; and David in 1904. All five of the children graduated from Roby High School and all except David attended college.
Abner Jackson and family moved onto land open for homesteading in the Crossroads Community. Neva Hughs served as Sunday School teacher and pianist in the Sardis Church, then in the three different Baptist Church buildings in Roby. The homesteaded land was sold and Abner moved the family to Roby in 1902. Here he entered business with some others in forming the Roby Mercantile Company. He was in this business as part owner until his death. He had a two-story house built on lots just east of the present Roby High School building, but it burned to the ground before the family had moved all their furnishings into it.
A. J. Hughs was a fisherman and hunter. He and Dr. J. G. Hambright were companions on these hunting and fishing trips.
After her husband’s death, Neva Hughs returned to her original occupation of teaching in public schools. She was the youngest graduate of Baylor University, graduating in 1885 with a major in Latin. She was acknowledged as a Latin authority by an article published in the Fort Worth Star Telegram in 1946. She taught in Roby for two years and in other places for eighteen years: Royston, Barronview, and Swendonia, and served one term as County Superintendent. She retired in 1936.
Neva Titus Hughs was a writer of several historical items and all of them were published. She died January 19, 1954, in Breckenridge, Texas, and is buried here in the Roby Cemetery beside her husband.”
“Abner Jackson Hughs was the eldest child of D. M. and Mary Hughs. He was born in Walker County, Alabama, June 9, 1863, and died in Fisher County, January 30, 1918, and is buried by his father in the Roby Cemetery. He married Neva Titus, June 10, 1894 [in Eliasville, Texas]. Neva Titus was born in Greenville, Texas, August 14, 1867. The first two children were born in Graham, Texas: Houston and Abbie Hughs. Three sons were born in Fisher County: Buck Titus, 1899; Bruce, 1902; and David in 1904. All five of the children graduated from Roby High School and all except David attended college.
Abner Jackson and family moved onto land open for homesteading in the Crossroads Community. Neva Hughs served as Sunday School teacher and pianist in the Sardis Church, then in the three different Baptist Church buildings in Roby. The homesteaded land was sold and Abner moved the family to Roby in 1902. Here he entered business with some others in forming the Roby Mercantile Company. He was in this business as part owner until his death. He had a two-story house built on lots just east of the present Roby High School building, but it burned to the ground before the family had moved all their furnishings into it.
A. J. Hughs was a fisherman and hunter. He and Dr. J. G. Hambright were companions on these hunting and fishing trips.
After her husband’s death, Neva Hughs returned to her original occupation of teaching in public schools. She was the youngest graduate of Baylor University, graduating in 1885 with a major in Latin. She was acknowledged as a Latin authority by an article published in the Fort Worth Star Telegram in 1946. She taught in Roby for two years and in other places for eighteen years: Royston, Barronview, and Swendonia, and served one term as County Superintendent. She retired in 1936.
Neva Titus Hughs was a writer of several historical items and all of them were published. She died January 19, 1954, in Breckenridge, Texas, and is buried here in the Roby Cemetery beside her husband.”
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