Geneva County AlArchives Biographies.....Hughs, John J. 1863 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   JOHN J. HUGHS, farmer and planter, of Geneva county, was born in Dale county,
Ala. (now Geneva county), in 1863. He is a son of John A. and Libbie (White)
Hughs, the former of whom was born in Dallas county, Ala. He removed to Dale
county in 1835, entered a farm, married there, and remained on his farm until
the breaking out of the war. He then enlisted in the Confederate army, in which
he served until 1864, when he was killed. His wife, Miss Libbie White, was born
in Dallas county, Ala., and removed with her parents to Dale county when quite
young, and was married at the age of fifteen. She became the mother of .one
child, J. J. Hughs. Early in life she became a member of the Primitive Baptist
church, and still survives. She is, however, a cripple from the effects of
rheumatism, and is now living with her son. He grew up on the farm, and received
but little education on account of having to take care of his crippled mother.
In 1872 he moved with his mother to the lower part of Dale county, since made a
part of Geneva county, and settled near where he now lives. Here he began work
on a farm, and has since then bought other tracts from time to time, until he is
now one of the largest land owners in the county. He has never married, choosing
to devote himself to his mother, and he now occupies a comfortable home,
surrounded by all the comforts and conveniences of a southern planter's home. He
is a public-spirited citizen and a prosperous planter, and takes interest in all
matters pertaining to the advancement of the community.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1036
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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