Nathan Emery Hughes was born on October 15, 1856, in Lee County, Texas. His parents were Thomas Jefferson Hughes of South Carolina and Mary Ann Meeks Hughes of Tennessee. His parents had moved to Lee County, Texas, about 1852.
Nathan was 24 when he married 13-year-old Eliza Mary "Lidie" Wimberley. Over the next 25 years of married life, Nathan and Lidie had ten children--Myrtle Ophelia, James Lyman, Wayman Everett, Paul Wood, Ivey Evelyn "Eva," Essie Ray "Ray," Allie Thomas, Arlie Pleasant, Milton Montgomery, and Warren Wimberley Hughes.
While Lidie stayed at home to care for the children and household, Nathan became a renowned rock mason and building contractor throughout central Texas. He was called the "Daddy of Hays County rock masons" in an article published in the San Marcos Record in the early 1940s. He was also a fiddler of renown and even made his own violin. It is said that he would sit on his front porch in the evening and play his violin. The music could be heard up and down the Cypress Creek.
Tragedy entered their lives when their oldest daughter Myrtle died of typhoid in 1904 and their oldest son James died of typhoid in 1906. By 1910 the couple and their remaining children had moved to Bastrop County and lived near Bateman, Texas. By 1930 Lidie and Nathan were again living in Wimberley, Texas.
On January 5, 1943, at the age of 86, Nathan died at home of a perforated gastric ulcer. He was buried in Wimberley Cemetery. Lidie died 11 years later at home in Wimberley after an extended illness. She was buried next to Nathan in Wimberley Cemetery.
Nathan was 24 when he married 13-year-old Eliza Mary "Lidie" Wimberley. Over the next 25 years of married life, Nathan and Lidie had ten children--Myrtle Ophelia, James Lyman, Wayman Everett, Paul Wood, Ivey Evelyn "Eva," Essie Ray "Ray," Allie Thomas, Arlie Pleasant, Milton Montgomery, and Warren Wimberley Hughes.
While Lidie stayed at home to care for the children and household, Nathan became a renowned rock mason and building contractor throughout central Texas. He was called the "Daddy of Hays County rock masons" in an article published in the San Marcos Record in the early 1940s. He was also a fiddler of renown and even made his own violin. It is said that he would sit on his front porch in the evening and play his violin. The music could be heard up and down the Cypress Creek.
Tragedy entered their lives when their oldest daughter Myrtle died of typhoid in 1904 and their oldest son James died of typhoid in 1906. By 1910 the couple and their remaining children had moved to Bastrop County and lived near Bateman, Texas. By 1930 Lidie and Nathan were again living in Wimberley, Texas.
On January 5, 1943, at the age of 86, Nathan died at home of a perforated gastric ulcer. He was buried in Wimberley Cemetery. Lidie died 11 years later at home in Wimberley after an extended illness. She was buried next to Nathan in Wimberley Cemetery.
Nathan Emery Hughes was born on October 15, 1856, in Lee County, Texas. His parents were Thomas Jefferson Hughes of South Carolina and Mary Ann Meeks Hughes of Tennessee. His parents had moved to Lee County, Texas, about 1852.
Nathan was 24 when he married 13-year-old Eliza Mary "Lidie" Wimberley. Over the next 25 years of married life, Nathan and Lidie had ten children--Myrtle Ophelia, James Lyman, Wayman Everett, Paul Wood, Ivey Evelyn "Eva," Essie Ray "Ray," Allie Thomas, Arlie Pleasant, Milton Montgomery, and Warren Wimberley Hughes.
While Lidie stayed at home to care for the children and household, Nathan became a renowned rock mason and building contractor throughout central Texas. He was called the "Daddy of Hays County rock masons" in an article published in the San Marcos Record in the early 1940s. He was also a fiddler of renown and even made his own violin. It is said that he would sit on his front porch in the evening and play his violin. The music could be heard up and down the Cypress Creek.
Tragedy entered their lives when their oldest daughter Myrtle died of typhoid in 1904 and their oldest son James died of typhoid in 1906. By 1910 the couple and their remaining children had moved to Bastrop County and lived near Bateman, Texas. By 1930 Lidie and Nathan were again living in Wimberley, Texas.
On January 5, 1943, at the age of 86, Nathan died at home of a perforated gastric ulcer. He was buried in Wimberley Cemetery. Lidie died 11 years later at home in Wimberley after an extended illness. She was buried next to Nathan in Wimberley Cemetery.
Nathan was 24 when he married 13-year-old Eliza Mary "Lidie" Wimberley. Over the next 25 years of married life, Nathan and Lidie had ten children--Myrtle Ophelia, James Lyman, Wayman Everett, Paul Wood, Ivey Evelyn "Eva," Essie Ray "Ray," Allie Thomas, Arlie Pleasant, Milton Montgomery, and Warren Wimberley Hughes.
While Lidie stayed at home to care for the children and household, Nathan became a renowned rock mason and building contractor throughout central Texas. He was called the "Daddy of Hays County rock masons" in an article published in the San Marcos Record in the early 1940s. He was also a fiddler of renown and even made his own violin. It is said that he would sit on his front porch in the evening and play his violin. The music could be heard up and down the Cypress Creek.
Tragedy entered their lives when their oldest daughter Myrtle died of typhoid in 1904 and their oldest son James died of typhoid in 1906. By 1910 the couple and their remaining children had moved to Bastrop County and lived near Bateman, Texas. By 1930 Lidie and Nathan were again living in Wimberley, Texas.
On January 5, 1943, at the age of 86, Nathan died at home of a perforated gastric ulcer. He was buried in Wimberley Cemetery. Lidie died 11 years later at home in Wimberley after an extended illness. She was buried next to Nathan in Wimberley Cemetery.
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