Barbara Ellen Hughes

Brief Life History of Barbara Ellen

Barbara Ellen Hughes was born on 18 September 1812, in Pennsylvania, United States. She married David S. Cable about 1827, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Stephenson, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Rock Run Township, Stephenson, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 3 March 1896, in Rock City, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Stephenson, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

David S. Cable
1803–1883
Barbara Ellen Hughes
1812–1896
Marriage: about 1827
Hester Cable
1829–1891
Rebecca Cable
1831–1914
Jacob Cable
1833–1914
Louisa Cable
1835–
Louisa Cable
1836–1883
David H. Cable
1837–1909
Seth Cable
1839–1897
William Cable
1842–1923
Elmas L Cable
1844–1912
George Washington Cable
1846–1927
Stephan D. Cable
1847–1917
Adeline Cordelia Cable
1849–1909
Susan Seripha Cable
1853–1936

Sources (11)

  • Barbara Cable in household of David Cable, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Barbara Ellen Hughes Cable, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Barbara Black in entry for William Cable, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"

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World Events (8)

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

1819

PIKE TOWNSHIP. This township, established June 7th, 1819, was named after General Pike. The first election was held the 26th of June, at the house of Michael Harter.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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