Sessel Warren Hughes Jr. (1925 - 1997)

Born 10 Jul 1925 in Dunbar Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Aug 1997 at age 72 in Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Sessel Hughes Jr. was awarded the Purple Heart.

Sessel was born in 1925. He was the son of Sessel Hughes and Margaret Harbarger. On 19 November 1943 he enlisted in the U S Army.^[1] He served in England and France - wounded in France in November 1944, and sent home in March.^[2] He was discharged on 8 April 1946.^[3] Sessel enjoyed stock car racing.

Race Advertisement for a Stock Car Race

Children

1. Cynthia Ann Hughes m. Jay Livingston m. Keller
2. Connie Lee Hughes m. Gildroy m.Rohall

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8TD-JP9 : 5 December 2014), Sessel W Jr Hughes, enlisted 19 Nov 1943, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
2. ↑ Sessel W Hughes in the U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954. National Archives and Records Administration; Hospital Admission Card Files, ca. 1970 - ca. 1970; NAI: 570973; Record Group Number: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), 1775-1994; Record Group Title: 112. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019.
3. ↑ Sessel W Hughes in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010. Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
4. ↑ Interview with Stanley Hughes in 2007, by Laura Hughes
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J27K-HZS : 8 January 2021), Sessel W Hughes, 15 Aug 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHS1-48Y : accessed 17 June 2021), Sessel Hughes Jr. in household of Sessel Hughes, Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 10B, line 53, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2039; FHL microfilm 2,341,773.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ81-BC8 : 14 June 2021), Cecil Hughes in household of Cecil W Hughes, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26-29, sheet 18B, line 61, family 342, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3503.
• Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/25707445/sessel-warren-hughes : accessed 17 June 2021), memorial page for Sessel Warren “Junior” Hughes Jr. (10 Jul 1925–15 Aug 1997), Find A Grave: Memorial #25707445, citing Green Ridge Memorial Park, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by laura hughes (contributor 46960853) .