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| Name |
HUGHES, Douglass |
| Born |
27 Dec 1825 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I2582 |
Hans Georg Spang |
| Last Modified |
2 Aug 2015 |
| Father |
HUGHES, George, b. 18 Oct 1798, d. 10 Apr 1881 (Age 82 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
HARDER, Ann, b. 31 Mar 1803, d. 23 Aug 1871 (Age 68 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
01 Feb 1823 |
| Family ID |
F1021 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- DOUGLASS HUGHES, is descended from Irish ancestry, who came to the
United States from County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1793. The first of the
family to settle in Columbia County was Isaiah HUGHES, who located with
his wife, Henrietta (TEA) HUGHES, in Douglassville, Berks County, at a
very early period. They were members of the society of Friends and died
in this county. Their children were as follows: Mary, died unmarried;
Ann, died unmarried; Lydia, became the wife of Samuel HARTMAN, and
George, who married Ann, a daughter of Err and Sarah (DUNLAP) HARDER.
George and his wife became the parents of the subject of this sketch,
and were both natives of this county, born October 18, 1798, and March
31, 1803, respectively, and were married February 1, 1823. George died
April 10, 1881, but his wife August 23, 1871. They were both members of
the Methodist Church and were buried in what is known as the Friends'
burying-ground in Catawissa, this county. He followed the wheelwright
trade and also the foundry business at Catawissa for a number of years.
They had seven children: Harriet, born November 8, 1823, died at the age
of four years; Douglass, our subject, born December 27, 1825, married
November 27, 1849, Matilda, a daughter of Stephen and Sarah (FORNWALD)
BALDY of Catawissa; Maberry, born July 21, 1823, unmarried; Marshall,
born March 28, 1830, married Matilda KLUTZ, and died May 4, 1862; Ann
Eliza, born February 29, 1832, and married Ransloe BOONE; Marks Biddle,
born July 19, 1834, and died, unmarried, October 14, 1859; Henrietta and
Sarah (twins) born March 23, 1840 (the former married Edward SMITH, and
the latter Dr. Jacob VASTINE of Catawissa, this county). Douglass HUGHES
learned the chair-making and painter's trades with his father, with whom
he remained, except a year or two, until 1848. He then established
himself in a chair-making and painting business, on the southeast corner
of Iron and Second Streets, Bloomsburg, and conducted it for seven
years. He then bought a farm one mile from town, on the Susquehanna
River, where he lived for twenty years. In 1882 he moved to Bloomsburg,
bought a residence, and in 1884, his present place, which is known as
the "Bidleman property." Mrs. HUGHES is a member of the Methodist
Church, of which her husband is also an attendant. They are the parents
of three children: Clara Augusta, born March 15, 1852, married John
WAGGENSELLER of Bloomsburg; Mary A., born June 2, 1854, married Alfred
HARMAN of Catawissa, died in May, 1882, and George Marshall, born
September 28, 1858, married Rose FARNSWORTH of Rupert, this county.
(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887,
Bloomsburg, pg. 344)
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