Brief Life History of Theodore M C
When Theodore M C Hughes was born in September 1850, in Fayette, West Virginia, United States, his father, Lewis Hughes, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Y Clark, was 23. He married Mary Elizabeth Roberts on 3 October 1878, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Buffalo District, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 28 December 1924, in Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Old Silver Creek Cemetery, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, United States.
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- Theodore Hughes in household of Hezekiah Cheitburn, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Theodore M C Hughes - Government record: Census record: birth: September 1850; Mount Nebo, Nicholas, Virginia, United States
- Theadore Hughs, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
West Virginia was given statehood status with the "agreement" the citizens would phase out slavery. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Statehood Bill for West Virginia. West Virginia was proclaimed a state on April 20, 1863, with the bill becoming effective 60 days later, June 20, 1863. When West Virginia first entered statehood in 1863, there were only 46 counties. That same year, four other counties voted themselves into West Virginia. Today, there are 55 counties in the Mountain State. The oldest county in the state is Hamsphire County formed in 1754 as part of Virginia. The youngest county is Mingo formed in 1895. The smallest county is Hancock located in the northern panhandle of the state with Randolph being the largest. When the Legislature convened for its first session, there were only 47 members of the House of Delegates and 18 members of the State Senate. Through the years, the number has increased to 100 members of the House of Delegates and 34 members of the State Senate.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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