Henry Francis Hughey (abt. 1849 - 1894)

Born about 1849 in Jackson, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Rebecca Belle (Alexander) Barnett — married 9 Jul 1873 (to 1887) in Greenup, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 1894 at about age 45 in Carter, Kentucky, United States

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This profile is part of the Hughey Name Study.

Biography

Henry was born in 1849. Other spellings for Henry are Hugey and Hugher. Wife also known as Belle

He married his wife Rebecca Belle Alexander on July 9, 1873 in Greenup County, Kentucky.^[1]

Henry Hughey was a brick maker in Carter County, Kentucky; died in industrial accident. In the 1880 US Census, Henry listed his age at 31, his birthplace as Ohio, and his occupation as brick maker.^[2]

Brickwall Ancestor

Henry Hughey might have been the son of Dr.Chritopher Martin Hughey who was living in Jackson County, Ohio,at the time though there were no recorded Henry Hughey births at the time. Christopher was an MD, so he could have delivered the baby at home himself. If so,what happened to Henry between the time of his birth and 1880? There were several Hughey families living in nearby Ross County. Dr. Christopher and his wife were recorded in the 1850 Iowa Fed Census. In a later census, his son William Edward listed his dad's birthplace a Indiana and not Ohio. It's a perplexing problem.

1880 US Census

NOTE: All names are spelled Hughey, not Hughy^[2] Also note: Henry' s name is mistranscribed as "Keary" though the original document is Henry,

Marriage

Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 ^[1]

Name: Henry Hughey

Gender: Male

Spouse: Rebecca Belle Alexander

Spouse Gender: Female

Marriage Date: 9 Jul 1873

County: Greenup

State: Kentucky

Research Note

Henry's parents are not known. Some of my cousins believed him to be Henry Coleman Hughey, but the latter died in the Civil War in 1861. Henry Francis Hughey, son of Dr. Chrisotpher Martin Hughey and Martha Jane Stinson must have died as an infant as Dr. and Mrs. C.M. Hughey had already moved from Jackson County, Ohio, to Daviess County,, Iowa, by 1850. Henry's my brickwall now.

It's unlikely that the Henry Hughey born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1857 is my great grandfather as Henry would only have been 12 when John Wesley Hughey was born in Greenup County, Kentucky. Henry married R. Belle Alexander, who was born in Jackson County, Ohio, in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1873. She was still living with her parents. I suspect that Henry had a different wife or mistress prior to marrying Belle. She would have been John Wesley's mother, not Rebecca Belle.

I've no census records for (John?) Henry Hughey in 1870. Rebecca Belle is living with her father in Ohio in 1860 and in Kentucky in 1870. NOTE: There's no proof that his first name was John; several of my cousins believe that his full name was John Henry Hughey and that at one time he was a blacksmith. He was not a blacksmith at the time of the 1880 Census in Carter County, Kentucky. He was probably living in Greenup County, Kentucky at the time of the1870 Census, given that his son John Hughey was born there in 1869. He was married there after John's birth and his first daughter was born in Greenup as well. My grandfather Robert Franklin was born in Carter County.

Other Sources

Listed as father on death certificate Stella Hughey Webb ^[3]

Burial

Emerson Family Cemetery, Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, USA^[4]

External Link

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69802454/henry-hughey Note: The reference of Henry Hughey being born in Noble County, Ohio in 1857 is wrong, but my cousin only knows that there was a Henry Hughey born there in 1857. The two Henry Hughey's aret not the same person. The Henry born in 1857 got married and appears with his wife in the 1900 and 1910 US Census Reports. The burial site in Emerson Family Cemetery is still unknown.

DNA Considerations

My half third cousin and I share autosomal DNA matches. We were both tested on MyHeeritage DNA.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Marriage: Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1880 US Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCH-J87 : 29 August 2017), Keary Hughy, Precinct 9, Carter, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 19, sheet 616C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0408; FHL microfilm 1,254,408.
   • Name mistranscribed by Family Search as "Keary Hughy". It's "Henry Hughey". All surnames should be "Hughey" not "Hughy".
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950 [database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.]
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 May 2020), memorial page for Henry Hughey (1857–1894), Find a Grave Memorial no. 69802454, citing Emerson Family Cemetery, Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by R G Ashley (contributor 47458757) .

See also:

• Source: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCH-J87 : 11 August 2016), Keary Hughy, Precinct 9, Carter, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 19, sheet 616C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0408; FHL microfilm 1,254,408.

• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF4P-DD9 : 13 March 2018), Henry Hughey in entry for Mary Lowery, 25 Dec 1928; citing Star, Antrim, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,172.

Also see:

1. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~warner/genealogy/ghtout/gp4105.htm
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Henry_Hughey_(2)----