Lillie Belle Hughes

Brief Life History of Lillie Belle

When Lillie Belle Hughes was born on 1 September 1880, in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, United States, her father, Marion Sippio Hughes Sr., was 51 and her mother, Louisa S Rowlett, was 39. She married Silvester Nathan Whiteley on 16 October 1895, in Williamson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 20 June 1964, in Killeen, Bell, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Florence, Williamson, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Silvester Nathan Whiteley
1875–1953
Lillie Belle Hughes
1880–1964
Marriage: 16 October 1895
Hubert Lee Walker Whiteley
1896–1982
Whiteley
1898–1898
Infant daughter Whiteley
1898–1898
Nettie Vern Whiteley
1899–1975
Hardy William Whiteley
1902–1971
Lilburn Rufus Whiteley
1904–1990
Angie B. Whiteley
1907–1908
Ella Beatrice Whiteley
1909–1999
Willie Roberta Whiteley
1911–1975
Ruby Lee Whiteley
1913–1916
Eugene Larcus Whiteley
1916–1986
Infant son Whiteley
1918–1918
Lillie Belle Whiteley
1921–1922
Sylvester Nathan Whiteley
1921–1966

Sources (36)

  • Lillie Belle Whiteley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lillie B. Hughes, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Lillie Bell Whiteley, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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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