Hi Rachel, You probaly already know that there is a lot burial information on your Hughes ancestors on pages 47 & 49 of the "Cemeteries of Raccoon Township, Gallia County, OH" published by the "Gallia Co. Historical/Genealogicall Society in 1999. The following information was published in the History of Mason Co. WV, under "The Hughes Family": "THE HUGHES FAMILY John Hughes born ca. 1777 York Co. Pa. Married Elizabeth Ott born ca. 1778 Lancaster Co. Pa. They first moved to Gallia Co., Ohio circa 1820. By 1850 they were in Mason Co., W.Va. Known children: Christopher born 1909 Lancaster Co. Pa. Married Rebecca Clemons. Christopher died 27 Sept. 1891 Mason Co. W.Va. Jesse born 1814 Pa. Married Sarah last name unknown. He died 15 Nov. 1882 Mason Co. W.Va. Agness born 1816 Pa. , Margaret born 1818 Pa. Married John Brickel [sic: Bickel?], Elizabeth born 1820 Ohio, Jemima born 1822. Married Thomas Christy, John born 1825 Ohio, Jane born 1827 Ohio, and Thomas born 1832 Va. Ashbell Hughes born 3 July 1847 Mason Co. Va. son of Margaret Hughes. Married 1st, 30 june 1870 to Viola Catherine Grice. 2nd to Laura F. Pusey. Dekalb Hughes born 7 January 1845 Ohio, son of Jemima Hughes and a McMullen. Married 27 July 1865 Gallia Co. to Jane Ann Bowen born 28 march 1845 on Mud River Cabell Co.Va..." I do not know if John Hughes (b. 1777) was of Welsh ancestry nor do I know where he is buried, although I believe he is probably buried in either Mason Co. or Cabell Co. WV where there is another Hughes Cemetery where Jemima Hughes Christy is supposed to be buried. Good luck! -Mary Cervantes ---- [email protected] wrote: ============= Hi, Mary! Once again, I have to say I don't know. Up until I received the death record of Edward HUGHES, I was convinced that the first Hughes to come to the US in my line was Llew Arfon (Richard HUGHES), who was born in Wales in approximately 1845. I've never been able to trace him to his parents, so I don't know their names, whether he had siblings, exactly where he originated, when he left Wales, where he went first, and how he ended up in Centreville-Thurman. My guess is that this isn't a connection. But at this point, who knows? Do you know when your Hughs family came to the US and what part of Wales they came from? Regards, Rachel -----Original Message----- >From: Mary Cervantes <[email protected]> >Sent: Jun 26, 2007 2:16 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: rachelslansky <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > >Rachel, > >Are you a descendant of John Hughs/Hughes b. c1777 and Elizabeth Ott Hughes? I know there are legions of Hughes descendants in WV, and John & Elizabeth were quite prolific as were their children. > >John & Elizabeth Hughs/Hughes are my ggg-grandparents. They had at least 9 children who grew to adulthood, including Jemima Hughes (1822-1890) who m. Thomas Christy (c1830 -1893) in 1851 in Gallia Co. OH but who raised their family in Mason Co. WV and later Cabell Co. WV. > >Before she married Thomas Christy, Jemima had a son, Dekalb Hughes (1845-1915) >by a "Mach McMullen" according to the History of Mason Co. WV. > >Jemima and Thomas Christy had 3 sons: Jerome Christy (1853-1935), James Wm. Christy, Sr. (1858-1901) --who is my g-grandfather-- and Jefferson Christy (1862 -Aft.1896). > >Please let me know if there is any connection and I'll be happy to share information. >By coincidence, I'll be in Portland, OR, for about 10 days in mid-July visiting my sister. > >-Mary Cervantes >Milford, OH (near Cincinnati) > > >---- rachelslansky <[email protected]> wrote: > >============= >Is there anyone who can direct me to a source for the history of >Beman Cemetery? I have heard it is also referred to as the Hughes >Cemetery, and I recently have begun to wonder if my Hughes family is >connected to the Richard Hughes buried there. > >Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! > >-Rachel >Portland, OR > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You can check all Hughes buried in Gallia County at galliagenealogy.org by going there and clicking on Genealogical Resources, then cemeteries, then alphabetical index. By 1824 William Hughes has joined Anderson H. Hughes in Gallia County. Hill Cemetery was at one time in Gallia Co., but is now just over the line in Jackson Co. Many of Anderson's family married into the Cherrington family of which I am a part. Henny Evans

several researchers on rootsweb have Jackson HUGHES & Lavinia ASH as Levi's parents thanks & take care, Debbie