Brief Life History of William Carey
When William Carey Hughen was born on 21 August 1843, in Coweta, Georgia, United States, his father, Henry Carey Hughen, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Plunkett, was 28. He married Mary E. Orr on 25 August 1867, in Coweta, Georgia, United States. He lived in Georgia, United States in 1870 and Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States in 1910. He died on 7 May 1911, at the age of 67, and was buried in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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- William C Hughi in household of Cary Hughi*, "United States Census, 1850"
- William C. Hughens, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- William C. Hughen, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1849
Oldest grave seen in memorials list.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire) and Scottish: from the personal name Hugh with the Gaelic diminutive suffix -an, or else from a Middle English pet form of Hugh , though it is not clear whether the medieval name survived until modern times.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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