Leander Hughes
Leander was born about 1819.
1 Leander's father was
Leander, Sr. Hughes and his mother is
Elizabeth Fretwell. His paternal grandfather was
Powell Hughes and his paternal grandmother is
Elizabeth Coleman. He had eight brothers and eight sisters, named
Powell,
Leonard F.,
John J., Sr.,
Little Berry,
William,
Farley B.,
Thomas Henry,
Jesse Chesterfield,
Julia A.,
Gilley,
Gideliah,
Carolina,
Philadelphia,
Elizabeth 'Betsy',
Susan L. and
Nancy Ann. He is the eighth oldest of the seventeen children. He has a half-brother and a half-sister, named
Ira B. and
Sally Jane.