Nancy (Brashear) Hughes (1797 - 1875)

Born 7 Jan 1797 in Maysville, Bracken, Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Hughes — married 6 Oct 1818 in Bullitt, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1875 at age 78 in Claiborne, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

"His^[1]parents, Benjamin and Nancy (Brashear) Hughes, were born on blue grass soil, in Bullitt county^[2], from which place they came in 1824 to Mississippi territory, the first night of their stay in Claiborne county being under the roof of Waterman Crane^[3]. The following day they went to Port Gibson, and after renting a plantation and raising one crop near that place they moved to the town, where Mr. Hughes opened a mercantile establishment.

His^[4]wife was born on the 7th of January, 1777^[5], was finely educated and was married in Kentucky.^[6] She was a member of the Presbyterian church, was a faithful Christian, and a devoted and loving wife and mother, her care for her family throughout her entire life being most earnest and watchful. She bore her husband a family of twelve children, four of whom attained maturity, the subject of this sketch being the only one who is living at the present time: Mary Ann was first married to Dr. B. W. Morehead and afterward to Dr. R. W. Harper; William comes next in order of birth; a sketch of Henry, another son, appears in this work, and Maria J. became the wife of Hon. W. T. Magruder (see sketch). The other children died in infancy."^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ William Hughes
2. ↑ Benjamin was born in Jefferson County, KY, Nancy in Bracken County
3. ↑ Waterman’s wife’s father and Nancy’s grandfather were brothers
4. ↑ Benjamin Hughes
5. ↑ 1797, incorrect date or typo in Goodspeed.
6. ↑ Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BD-997R?cc=1804888 : 17 May 2018), > image 1 of 1; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky
7. ↑ From pages 972 and 973 of Volume 1 part 2, Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1891 https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist12good/page/n711/mode/2up

Cottrell Family Genealogy

• Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BD-997R?cc=1804888 : 17 May 2018), > image 1 of 1; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky.
• Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SQ-1CGQ?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-4C7%3A1300233356 : 17 May 2018), 004260162 > image 87 of 564; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56624207/nancy-hughes: accessed 26 July 2023), memorial page for Nancy Brashear Hughes (7 Jan 1797–29 Dec 1875), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56624207, citing Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by William Sanders (contributor 47277092).
• Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1891 https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist12good/page/n711/mode/2up