William Augusta Hughes

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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William Augusta Hughes
1815–1861
Priscilla Ann Davis
1818–1880
Marriage: about 1835
Andrew Jackson Hughes
1833–1910
Sarah Asenath E. “Berry” Hughes
1842–1927
Mary A Hughes
1849–1927
Richard H Hughes
1842–1864
James K P Hughes
1844–1864
George M Dallas Hughes
1846–1890
William Nathan Hughes
1852–1927
Harriett Catherine Hughes
1852–1923
Wyatt Columbus Hughes
1859–1889

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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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World Events (7)

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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