Brief Life History of William Augusta
When William Augusta Hughes was born about 1815, in Georgia, United States, his father, Riddick Hughes, was 20 and his mother, Gilly Rivers, was 24. He married Priscilla Ann Davis about 1835, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Beat 2 Chipola, Henry, Alabama, United States in 1860. He died on 19 February 1861, in Henry, Alabama, United States, at the age of 47.
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- Wm Hughes, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Augusta Hughes - birth: about 1815; Georgia
- Legacy NFS Source: William Augusta Hughes - Individual or family possessions: death:
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1819
Historical Boundaries: 1819: Henry, Alabama, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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