Israel Clark Hughes

Brief Life History of Israel Clark

When Israel Clark Hughes was born on 22 March 1805, in Mason, Virginia, United States, his father, Israel Hughes, was 30 and his mother, Mary Susannah Clark, was 41. He married Permelia Witt on 22 March 1841, in Mason, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Clay Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 30 March 1883, in Busseyville, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Busseyville, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Israel Clark Hughes
1805–1883
Permelia Witt
1808–1887
Marriage: 22 March 1841
Jarrett Perry Hughes
1842–1909
William Woodston Hughes
1844–1917
Permelia Charity "Chattie" Hughes
1848–1917
James Julius Hughes
1848–1925
Samuel George Hughes
1849–1935

Sources (10)

  • Israel Hughs, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Israel Hughs, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
  • Israel C Hughes, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1815

Historical Boundaries 1815: Floyd, Kentucky, United States 1822: Lawrence, Kentucky, 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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