Samuel Devault Hughes

Samuel Devault was born in 1825 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.  Samuel Devault's father was Robert Hughes and his mother was Elizabeth Devault.  His paternal grandfather was David Hughes; his maternal grandparents were Gabriel Devault and Magdalene Kitzmiller. He had three brothers and a sister, named James, Henry, David and Edna.  He was the oldest of the five children.  He died at the age of 72 in 1897.