John Hugh Pinkton is son of Peter W. Pinkston and his wife Susanna. Siblings include Mary Pinkston (b. abt. 1837), and William Turner Pinkston (b. abt. 1839). He married Margaret Roy about 1868 probably in St. Francis County, Arkansas. Together they had the following children: Peter W. Pinkston (b. abt. 1869), Mary Elizabeth Pinkston (b. 11 May 1872 d. 19 Nov 1949), Georgia Ann Pinkston (b.09 Nov 1876 d. 23 Mar 1947), Charles Pinkston (b. Dec. 1881), and Mattie Bell Pinkston (b. Feb. 1885). Sometime prior to 1900 he decided to join a wagon train and go out West with several of his family members. He is found on the 1900 Chehelis County, WA, Elma Twp. Census where he is living with his two youngest children. Also, in the household are his daughter Mary Elizabeth (Pinkston) Mahaffey and her husband Thomas Franklin Mahaffey (son of Jesse Woods Mahaffey) and their children. John Hugh Pinkston either died in Washington and his body was sent back to Arkansas or he came back to St. Francis County and died in 1901. His wife Margaret Roy is first cousin to Mary J. Widener and the Pinkston, Widener's, and Roy families were not only related but were friends.
John Hugh Pinkton is son of Peter W. Pinkston and his wife Susanna. Siblings include Mary Pinkston (b. abt. 1837), and William Turner Pinkston (b. abt. 1839). He married Margaret Roy about 1868 probably in St. Francis County, Arkansas. Together they had the following children: Peter W. Pinkston (b. abt. 1869), Mary Elizabeth Pinkston (b. 11 May 1872 d. 19 Nov 1949), Georgia Ann Pinkston (b.09 Nov 1876 d. 23 Mar 1947), Charles Pinkston (b. Dec. 1881), and Mattie Bell Pinkston (b. Feb. 1885). Sometime prior to 1900 he decided to join a wagon train and go out West with several of his family members. He is found on the 1900 Chehelis County, WA, Elma Twp. Census where he is living with his two youngest children. Also, in the household are his daughter Mary Elizabeth (Pinkston) Mahaffey and her husband Thomas Franklin Mahaffey (son of Jesse Woods Mahaffey) and their children. John Hugh Pinkston either died in Washington and his body was sent back to Arkansas or he came back to St. Francis County and died in 1901. His wife Margaret Roy is first cousin to Mary J. Widener and the Pinkston, Widener's, and Roy families were not only related but were friends.
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