Abner Hughes

Abner was born in 1813 in Of Sullivan County, Tennessee.¹   Abner's father was Abner Hughes and his mother was Rebecca Woodward. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Samuel, John, James, Sarah, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Mary.  He was the second youngest of the eight children. He had four half-brothers and four half-sisters, named William, Joseph, Benjamin, Jeremiah, Maria, Louisa, Elizabeth and Lucinda.  He died at the age of 58 in 1871.¹