Brief Life History of John Hubert
When John Hubert Hughes was born on 17 April 1895, in Bamberg, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Jacob Hughes, was 28 and his mother, Miriam Blanche Rowell, was 25. He married Jennie Lou Gunter about 1913, in Aiken, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He lived in Black Creek Township, Lexington, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and Aiken, South Carolina, United States in 1920. He died on 16 March 1937, in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States.
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- J H Hughes, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Hubert Hughes, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- John Hubert Hughes, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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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
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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