For further research: Is the Martha P Hughs enumerated with the family in 1860, age 51 born North Carolina, mother to Mary Ann? See census link below.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM6-HVT : 30 December 2015), Wm D Franklin, 1860.
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