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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 1 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1885. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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T. L. HUGHES, of Wickliffe, was born November 25, 1825, in Muhlenburg County, and is the tenth of eleven children born to Ishmael and Susan Hughes, natives of Virginia, and of Irish and German descent, respectively; was reared and educated on a farm. At the age of nine years he came with his mother to Ballard County, where he has lived ever since. He has been engaged as a pilot on the Mississippi River nearly all his life, his first trip having been made when nineteen years old; he has also carried on a farm, but in 1881 moved to Wickliffe, where he has been engaged in general merchandising. He was married in May, 1860, to Catherine Stovall, of Blandville, a daughter of J. H and Hannah (Smith) Stovall, natives of Muhlenburg and Christian Counties, Ky., respectively. Her parents came to Ballard County in 1828, and settled near Blandville, which village was located on their farm. Her father was born in Muhlenburg County, December 29, 1806, and died March, 1884. Mr. Hughes had born to him by this union nine children: Harrison, Jesse L., John H., Eugenia, Joseph W. (deceased), Rhuanna, Thomas L. (deceased), Katie (deceased), and one not named. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and I. O. O. F.
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This family biography is one of 186 biographies included in the Ballard County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 1 published in 1885 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 1
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