When Wyatt Columbus Hughes was born on 1 July 1859, in Georgia, United States, his father, William Augusta Hughes, was 44 and his mother, Priscilla Ann Davis, was 41. He married Hettie A. Baxter on 25 August 1878, in Jackson, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Beat 2 Chipola, Henry, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 6, Robertson, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 27 February 1889, in Robertson, Texas, United States, at the age of 29.