Alvin Stewart Hughes

Brief Life History of Alvin Stewart

When Alvin Stewart Hughes was born in 1891, in Polk, Nebraska, United States, his father, John David Hughes, was 21 and his mother, Hattie Mae Bennett, was 15. He married Dortha Dean O'Howell on 13 June 1916, in Maryville, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Grant Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 18 August 1962, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alvin Stewart Hughes
1891–1962
Dortha Dean O'Howell
1896–1926
Marriage: 13 June 1916
Sgt Hallie Chester Hughes
1917–1994
Ernest B Hughes
1919–1920
Edwin Hughes
1922–1922
Dean S Hughes
1925–2003

Sources (15)

  • Alvin S Hughes in household of John D Hughes, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Alvin Stewart Hughes, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Alvin S Hughes, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

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1910 · The BSA is Made

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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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