John Hubert Hughes

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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Family Time Line

John Hubert Hughes
1895–1937
Jennie Lou Gunter
1896–1967
Marriage: about 1913
Miriam Hughes
1914–2000
Jennie Louise Hughes
1915–2001
Ruth Hughes
1918–1969
Madeline Hughes Crider
1919–2014
Violet Mae Hughes
1921–1996

Sources (18)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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