James
Griffin
Hughes
Born in Darkley Twp., Parish Tynan, Co. Armagh, Ulster, Ireland
Son of John Hughes
and Mary Elizabeth (Griffin) Hughes
Brother of
Edward Hughes and Mary Catherine (Hughes) Connelly
Husband of
Laura Henrietta (Hutchinson) Hughes
— married
25 Jul 1865 (to 5 Oct 1894) in New York City, New York, USA
Descendants 
Father of
John Sylvester Hughes, Laura Medora (Hughes) Daniell, Willie Henrietta Hughes, Augusta (Hughes) Hafley, Katherine Starling (Hughes) York, Jennie (Hughes) Peacock, Maryann Bertha (Hughes) Cooper, Nellie Grant (Hughes) Sanford, Bessie Amanda (Hughes) Greene, James Griffin Hughes Jr. and Wallace Brown Hughes
Died
at age 54
in Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2016
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Biography
British Army, Crimean War 1854-55; Emigrated 1857 on the "Cultivator" Liverpool to New York; Sgt., Battery F, 2nd Div., 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac, US Civil War; Superintendent, Marietta National Cemetery; Postmaster, Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia
Sources
- Letter dated 31 Oct 1940 to Katherine (York) Anderson, from her mother, Katherine (Hughes) York;
Letter from Marie Connelly (Mrs. James A. Johnston), granddaughter of James G. Hughes’s sister, Mary Catherine Hughes; Records of the U. S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archives, Washington, D. C., Film #M237_172; 1880 US Federal Census, Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10547980
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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