James Hughes

James was born in 1806 in Of Sullivan County, Tennessee.¹   James' father was Abner Hughes and his mother was Rebecca Woodward. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Samuel, John, Abner, Sarah, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Mary.  He was the fourth oldest 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 84 in 1890.¹