Ross Burton Hughes was born on 21 January 1847, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States. He married Mary Muir on 23 January 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States for about 4 years. He died on 17 June 1875, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Heber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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