MONROE CO, AR - WESLEY H. HUGHEN - Bio

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SOURCE:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern
Arkansas. Chicago:Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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Wesley H. Hughen, farmer and stockman, Holly Grove, Ark. Mr. Hughen was
born May 19, 1824, in Abbeville District, S. C., and received a limited
education in Coweta County, Ga., whither his parents had moved in 1831.
Later they moved to Rome, and there Wesley attended the male academy for
about two years. He was early initiated into the duties of farm life,
and on December 21, 1845, he was married in Floyd County, Ga., to Miss
Elizabeth Mann, who was born November 14, 1825, and who was the daughter
of Young and Mary A. (Garrison) Mann, natives of North Carolina and
Georgia, respectively. After marrying Mr. Hughen engaged with his
brother and father in farming, and the following year immigrated to
Alabama. To his marriage were born these children: Martha A. (born
August 6, 1847), Mary L. B. (born July 21, 1849), Sarah A. (born
December 17, 1850), Robert A. (born August 22, 1853) and William R.
(born August 22, 1855). The mother of these children died September 4,
1866, and was buried in Floyd County, Ga. While living in Alabama Mr.
Hughen followed agricultural pursuits, and in 1855, he moved to Gordon
County, Ga., where he engaged in the milling business with Mr. Mann (his
father-in-law), and erected a flouring and saw mill. By a freshet, the
property was badly damaged, but they rebuilt and had gotten fairly
started again, when the Rebellion broke forth, and put another stop to
their operations. In May, 1863, Mr. Hughen enlisted as a soldier, and
was assigned to duty in the First Georgia Regiment Infantry, serving
from that time until December, 1865. He participated in two engagements:
Stone River, and during the siege of Fort Sumter he frequently went into
the fort to witness the manner of defense. On the 5th day of December,
1864, while on duty, he was captured by the Union soldiers and taken to
New York, being confined for thirteen days. He then took the oath of
allegiance to the United States, and afterward went to Edgewood, Ill.,
where he engaged in milling, following this until the close of the war.
He then returned to his home in Georgia, where he was employed for some
time in endeavoring to repair the damages done during the war, and
working at various occupations, until the fall of 1869, when he came to
Arkansas. He rented land for three or four years, and in 1873 bought the
land upon which he now lives, and where he has since made his home. The
tract contains sixty-six acres of wild, woody land, upon [p.535] which
not an improvement had been made. At the present time Mr. Hughen has
forty-seven acres under cultivation, and has good buildings, orchards,
etc. On October 3, 1867, he took for his second wife Mrs. Eliza Moore,
who bore him one child, Ida Lee, whose birth occurred July 9, 1868. At
the present time, five of Mr. Hughen's children are living, and all are
married: Martha A. (wife of Mr. Knowlis, who became the mother of four
children. Her second marriage was to Mr. Bonner, of Texarkana), Mary L.
B. (married Jasper Lampley. She died in 1883, and left children), Sarah
(married twice, first to Zeke Meeks, by whom she had one child, and
second to Mr. Fitzhugh, by whom she had four children, all deceased. She
died in 1884), Robert A. (died at Little Rock, in 1885), William R.
(died on December 9, 1887, and left four children, the result of his
union with Miss Elizabeth Chrisp), Ida Lee (became the wife of Elihu
Williams, and has one child). Mr. and Mrs. Hughen are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Hughen has been a local
preacher since 1883. He has been a member of that church for
thirty-eight years. He is inclined to be Democratic in his political
views. He is the son of James and Elizabeth (Anthony) Hughen, the father
born and reared in South Carolina, and of Irish descent. His ancestors
came to America, previous to the Revolutionary War, located in South
Carolina, and the paternal grandfather, R. A. Hughen, was a commanding
officer in the Revolutionary War. His uniform was seen by the subject of
this sketch, in the clerk's office at Coweta, Ga., thirty years ago, at
which time it was in a good state of preservation. Others of this family
participated in the Florida War. James Hughen and Miss Elizabeth Anthony
were married August 31, 1822, in Anderson District, S. C., and became
the parents of seven children, all of whom grew to mature years. Mrs.
Elizabeth (Anthony) Hughen was the daughter of Joel and Mary (Bratton)
Anthony.