JONES COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Moughon Family

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., Pages 447-
448 Published by The Southern Historical Association in
1895



MOUGHON.  This is a name that will be recognized by
citizens of middle Georgia as belonging to one of the
old aristocratic families whose wealth and position in
old slavery days were of the highest.  The present
representative of the family is Col. W.S. Moughon, a
planter of Jones County, residing four miles north of
Haddock.  His father, Thomas Moughon, was a Virginian
by birth, who, coming to Baldwin County, Ga., wooed and
won Miss Mary G. Sanford, a member of another of the
old aristocratic families of the state.  The greater
part of their lives was passed in Jones County, where
the fine old plantation home still stands, and where a
family of four children were raised: Thomas (now
deceased); Maria (deceased), wife of Jere Bell;
Henrietta, who married Joseph Bond, known as the
wealthiest planter in middle Georgia before the war.
After his death she married Mr. Charles L. Nelson, and
is again a widow, residing in Louisville, Ky.  The
fourth and youngest child was W.S., the subject of this
sketch.  The thrift and energy of the father of this
family resulted in the accumulation of a vast estate in
lands and Negroes.  He was a man of varied attainments,
and was honored repeatedly by his fellow-citizens by
his election to represent the county in the general
assembly.  W.S. Moughon was born in Jones County, Nov.
2, 1825, and was raised with all the advantages that
wealth could command.  He was educated at Mercer
University, and assuming control of the estate after
the death of his father has devoted his attention to
planting exclusively.  He has, however, been honored
with political position, having represented Jones
County twice, and Bibb County once in the general
assembly.  Col. Moughon’s first marriage occurred in
Columbia County, in 1847, when he wedded Miss Parthenia
Ramsey, to whom twins were born - Emily J., widow of
Allen Holt, Jones County, and Elizabeth S., wife of
R.M. Bazemore, of Dalton, Ga.  Mrs. Moughon died just
after the war, and Col. Moughon contracted a second
marriage, which was celebrated July 22, 1868, at the
famous watering place, Saratoga, N.Y., the bride being
Miss Alice K. Wyche of Macon, Ga., who has since
presided at his home.  Mrs. Moughon was a daughter of
Ainsley H. and Harriet (Sullivan) Wyche, a family of
English descent, reputed to have been connected with
Lord Sterling.  Her father was born and raised in South
Carolina.  He came to Georgia while a young man, and
married his wife in Macon.  He became an extensive
cotton broker there, and also attained a celebrity as a
writer on political subjects, and other topics of
general interest.  At the time of her marriage, Mrs.
Moughon was regarded as one of the most versatile and
beautiful women in middle Georgia, and she has lost
none of that charming vivaciousness and piquancy which
made her so attractive and popular.  The following
named bright and beautiful children grace the family
circle of this delightful home, the two oldest
daughters being worthy representatives of their
charming mother: W.S., a broker in Birmingham, Ala.;
Hattie G.; L. Jordan; Gordon W.; Villette S.; Thomas;
Clifford, and Ruth.