Allen McKinney Hughes

Brief Life History of Allen McKinney

When Allen McKinney Hughes was born on 6 June 1892, in Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, James Preston Hughes, was 38 and his mother, Louise Mckinney, was 36. He had at least 1 son with Anna Louise Haas. He lived in Austin Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States for about 40 years. He died on 9 June 1957, in Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Clear Spring Baptist Church Cemetery, Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.

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Allen McKinney Hughes
1892–1957
Anna Louise Haas
1896–1958
James Asbury Hughes
1925–1997

Sources (9)

  • Allen M Hughes, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Allen Mckinney Hughs, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Allen Mckinney Hughes, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1898 · War with the Spanish

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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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