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Notes for Massa Louisa Devin: Census: 1850 Polk Co MO book p 47 Census: 1860 Marion Twp Polk Co MO book p 14 Census: 1870 Madison Twp Polk Co MO book p 79 Census: 1880 Madison Twp Polk Co MO MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-107 She married Abner Benton Hughes, Oct. 23, 1862 in Bolivar, Missouri. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Bates. The young couple first lived in Lebanon, Missouri, near where Abner Benton was stationed in the Union Army. After the close of the Civil War, the family resided in Fair Play, Bolivar, and Dunnegan, Missouri. Massa Louisa, her husband and all four of their sons had red hair. She received a Civil War pension from the US government of $7.50 per month. The pension numbers were 778,344 and W478260. In 1904, Ida Robertson, Joseph Leander Hughes' wife, died leaving her 3 year old daughter. Massa Louisa then moved to Riverside, California, and raised her granddaughter, Ida Nora Hughes. In June 1918, Ida Nora married Elmer DeeAustin. Her grandmother, Massa Louisa, continued to live with Nora in Riverside, California, until her death. On August 28, 1925, she had a light stroke, seemed to recover then died at 9:10pm that same day. BURIED: Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside, CA; Lot 147, Block 4, #8 |
| i. | Alfred Benton West Hughes, born 2 Jun 1864 in Fair Play, Polk Co., Missouri; died 13 Apr 1955 in Monmouth, Polk Co., Oregon; married Charlotte Elizabeth Williams 27 Aug 1893 in Polk Co., Missouri; born 31 Dec 1868 in Cedar Co., Missouri; died 11 Sep 1913 in Middle Grove Dist., Marion Co., Oregon. |
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Notes for Alfred Benton West Hughes: He had red hair. In 1882, when he was 18 years old, he went to Oregon. He graduated from the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth, Oregon, in 1891, in one of the earliest classes. Following his graduation, he returned to Missouri where he married his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte Elizabeth Williams, the daughter of Reimer Williams and Elizabeth Boswell Williams. They were married August 27, 1893, in Polk County, Missouri. They may have been married in Cedar Co., Missouri. The newlyweds then returned to Oregon. He later took postgraduate work at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, for 2 years and became a Willamette Valley pioneer school teacher. During his teaching career, he taught at Amity, Lents, Central, Howell, Sublimity, Hazel Green, and other schools. When West gave up teaching in 1897, he started farming in the Howell Prairie district near Salem, Oregon. His wife, Lottie, died September 11, 1913. In 1932, he moved with his son, Lloyd, and daughter, Hazel, to a farm northwest of Independence, Oregon, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He was a member of Pacific Lodge A. F. and A. M., the Knights Templar, the Shrine, and other Masonic orders. Failing eye-sight caused his retirement from farming, but he continued his interest in community and national affairs through the radio. He had a remarkable memory and always enjoyed discussing current events with neighbors, friends, and relatives, who would inevitably get him to reminisce on his pioneer experiences in Oregon and Missouri. His last illness of about a year followed a severe pummelling by some young cattle. At the time he was trying to corral the cattle even though he was alone and past his 82nd birthday. He died in a Monmouth, Oregon, nursing home on the evening of April 13, 1955, and is buried in the Silverton Cemetery, Marion County, Oregon. MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO book G-283 |
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Notes for Charlotte Elizabeth Williams: Resided in Humansville, Polk Co., Missouri. MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO book G-283 Buried in Silverton Cemetery, Silverton, Oregon. |
| ii. | Jessie Parthenia Hughes, born 31 May 1866 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 23 Jan 1900 in Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri; married Frank Carlyle Wilson 3 Jun 1883 in Polk Co., Missouri; born 26 Jan 1866 in Polk Co., Missouri; died 26 May 1937 in Olathe, Johnson Co., Kansas. |
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Notes for Jessie Parthenia Hughes: 1870 census -- Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri. She married Frank C. Wilson, 2 June 1883 in Polk Co., Missouri. A. B. Hughes and R. C. Wilson gave consent. She died Jan. 23, 1900, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar, Missouri. MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO book E-154 |
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Notes for Frank Carlyle Wilson: Related to Anna Sanders Devin Wilson. Brother of Riley T. Wilson who married Ella Louise Hughes. MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO book E-154 Baptist. He was a hardware merchant and salesman. Buried in the Olathe Cemetery, Johnson Co., Kansas. |
| iii. | Ella Louisa Hughes, born Apr 1868 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 1944 in Seal Beach, Los Angeles Co., California; married Riley T. Wilson 13 Apr 1884 in Polk Co., Missouri; born 15 Jul 1861 in Caroll Co., Arkansas; died Abt. 1904 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. |
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Notes for Ella Louisa Hughes: 1870 census, she was living in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri. She married Riley T. Wilson, brother of Frank C. Wilson, who married her sister Jesse Parthenia Hughes. They were married 11 Apr 1887 in Polk Co., Missouri. A. B. Hughes gave consent. Riley and Frank were step sons of Anna Sanders Devin Wilson, sister of Massa Louisa Devin Hughes. The R. T. Wilsons lived for several years in Salem, Oregon, beginning before World War I until his death from small pox, leaving Ella Louisa Wilson with four children to rear. This she accomplished with her skill as a seamstress. She died in 1944 at the home of her daughter, Estella Wilson, in Seal Beach, California. MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO book E-246 |
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Notes for Riley T. Wilson: Related to Anna Sanders Devin Wilson. Brother of Frank C. Wilson. Riley and Ella moved to Salem, Oregon, before World War I. Died of Smallpox. MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO book E-246 |
| iv. | Delila Jane Hughes, born 7 Feb 1870 in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri; died 31 Aug 1951 in Silver Spring, Montgomery Co., Maryland; married James C. Richardson in Missouri. |
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Notes for Delila Jane Hughes: 1870 census, she was living in Madison Township, Polk Co., Missouri. Her younger brother, Oma Clayton Hughes, said he was practically reared by his sister Dee. She resided in Washington, D. C. before 1894. She married James Richardson in Missouri during World War I. They resided in Jamestown, New York. During World War I and the Administration of President Woodrow Wilson, she was employed by the Secret Service. She worked for the Federal Intelligence Department in Washington, D. C. for many years. She suffered from a lengthy illness before her death, Aug. 31, 1951, in Silver Spring, Maryland. |
| 1 | v. | Albert Franklin Hughes, born 14 Jul 1872 in Dunnegan, Polk Co., Missouri; died 6 Feb 1926 in Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri; married Alice Edna Wollard 23 Aug 1896 in Aldrich, Polk Co., Missouri. | ||
| vi. | Joseph Leander Hughes, born 19 Jan 1876 in Polk Co., Missouri; died 2 Oct 1952 in Riverside, Riverside Co., California; married Ida O. Robertson 15 Mar 1899 in Polk Co., Missouri; born Aft. 15 Mar 1878; died 1904 in Riverside, Riverside Co., California. |
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Notes for Joseph Leander Hughes: Joe and his brother, Frank, had red hair. the other boys would tease them about having red hair. Frank usually ignored the teasing but Joe would frequently lose his temper and fight. He graduated Salutatorian in a class of six from Bolivar High School in 1893. His brother Albert Franklin Hughes, was valedictorian of the same class. He married Ida Robertson of Graydon Springs, Missouri, in 1900, in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Rome J. Blair, Camas, Washington. After teaching for a few years, he and Ida moved to Riverside, California, for the benefit of her health. She died in 1904 when her daughter, Ida Nora Hughes, was three years old. Then Massa Louisa Devin Hughes made her home with them and reared Ida Nora Hughes. He died Oct. 2, 1952, in Riverside, Calilfornia. Buried in Riverside, Riverside Co., California. MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO marriage book I-212 |
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Notes for Ida O. Robertson: Lived in Graydon Springs, Polk County, Missouri. Twin of Ada Robertson. MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO book I-212 Buried in Ceres, Stanislaus Co., California. |
| vii. | Oma Clayton Hughes, born 17 Feb 1879 in Fair Play, Polk Co., Missouri; died 1 Jan 1961 in Hermiston, Umatilla Co., Oregon; married Gladys Belle Courtney 5 Aug 1900 in Camas, Clark Co., Washington; born 28 Apr 1881 in Carthage, Jasper Co., Missouri; died 24 Nov 1972 in Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington. |
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Notes for Oma Clayton Hughes: After graduating at the head of his class from the Bolivar schools, he began teaching at the age of 17. Many of his pupils in these one room schools were older than their teacher. In 1899 he went "West" to earn money to marry his fiancee--Gladys Belle Courtney who was visiting her sister Anna (Mrs. Rome J. Blair) who was then living on Sauvies Island in the Columbia River, near Portland, Oregon. The family including Belle moved then to Camas, Washington. The Marriage was set for August 1900, and it is interesting to note that Oma obtained a marriage license in Vancouver, then had to go by stage 16 miles to Camas. After a noisy charivari, the young couple went by boat "The Jessie Harkins" to Portland, then by train to Silverton stopping enroute at Woodburn to visit a brother West Hughes. In August 1904, the family with two children moved again by boat to Camas where O. C. Hughes operated several hot houses until 1914 when the family moved to Washougal. There he operated and owned the only meat market until 1920. During World War I, O. C. Hughes was government horse buyer. Later the family moved to Hood River, Oregon where O. C. continued in the meat marketing and packing business. During the later years of his life O. C. lived in Hermiston, Oregon, where he was a real estate broker, member of the Hermiston Irrigation District Board and of the Chamber of Commerce. O. C. died of a heart attack at nearly 82 years of age. He was a member of the Christian Church. Buried at Hermiston, Umatilla Co., Oregon. |
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Notes for Gladys Belle Courtney: She was originally from Aldrich, Missouri. She was an apartment house operator. Obituary: Ranck, Belle Courtney--Age 91, Nov. 24, 1972, Vancouver, Wash. Born April 28, 1881, Carthage, Mo. Lived at 906 West 12th St., Vancouver, Wash. Vancouver resident past 38 years formerly of Hood River, Oregon and Camas, Washougal, Wash. Retired apartment house operator. Sons Col. Clayton E. Hughes of Rochester, N.Y.; Paul O. Hughes of Los Alamitos, Calif.; Victor W. Hughes of Peoria, Ill. Daughters, Mrs. Victor (Vera Belle) Creech of Tillamook, Ore.; Mrs. Barry (Evelyn T.) Morrow, Vancouver, Wash. Twelve grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Brothers, Harry Courtney of Bolivar, Mo.; Joseph Courtney of Visalia, Calif. Sister, Mrs R. J. (Anna) Blair of Camas, Wash. Charter member of the First Christian Church of Camas, Wash.; First Christian Church and the W.C.T.U. of Vancouver, Wash. Funeral services at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 28, 1972 at the Vancouver Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dennis Cole Officiating. Interment at Fisher Cemetery, Vancouver, Washington. |
| viii. | Anna Marie Hughes, born 1883 in Bolivar, Polk Co., Missouri. |
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Notes for Anna Marie Hughes: Died in infancy. |
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