I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INFO ON JESSE HUGHES/HUGHS/HEWS WHO CAME TO PIKE CO MO 1814 WITH HIS WIFE MARY (POLLY ) BUCKALEW HUGHES . THEY HAD 10 CHILDREN ONE WAS JESSE JR b1824 WHO CAME TO TEXAS ca1844-45 . THE OLDER JESSE IS REPORTES TO HAVE HAD A SMITHY AND PLOW FACTORY ON BAYVILLE MO.\IL. JESSE HAD A BRO JOHN WHO CAME TO PIKE CO 1817 ,AMONG HIS CHILDREN THERE WAS A SON NAMED BENJAMIN I AM A DECENDENT OF JESSE AND MARY AND HAVE A LOT OF INFO ON THE YOUNG JESSE . I THINK POSSIBLY JESSES FATHER WAS CHARLES --NO DOCUMENTATION. MARY LOU HURLEY MELTON