Hi Debbie- I have absolutely no idea! The farthest I can go back is my great great grandfather, Richard L. HUGHES (aka Lew Arfon). The family story has always been that he came to the US alone from North Wales, where he was a concert performer and conductor. Aside from his six children, John L., Joseph Thomas, Jennie, Mabel, Hugh Robert, and Minnie (Mary Elizabeth), I have no other Hughes names. I don't know exactly when Llew Arfon arrived, but I've found evidence of him in Wales in 1865 (when he would have been about 20) and his marriage record in Jackson County in 1878. Just for the heck of it, I recently ordered the death certificate of Edward HUGHES, the son of the Richard HUGHES buried in the Beman Cemetery (Llew Arfon is in the Hill Cemetery in Centreville-Thurman). I had found this other Richard in the census records and ruled him out as not mine some time ago, but then I got the death certificate for Edward. The thing that gave me pause was this: The informant for the death certificate is a John L. HUGHES, of Thurman- the same name as Llew Arfon's first born son. And while Welsh names often repeat, Centreville-Thurman was a very small town. If I recall correctly, my line and this other one were the only Hughes families there for a long time. Is it possible they were all related? Tell me about your Levi HUGHES. I'm sure I've seen that name while looking over census records. Regards, Rachel >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:23:12 -0500 >From: "Debbie Alley" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Rachel, >are you related to Levi HUGHES? >thanks & take care, Debbie > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "rachelslansky" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:16 AM >Subject: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > > >> 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 >>

Rachel, I have looked and looked for Levi and or his wife in the 1870 census I'm hoping that finding them in the 1870 will give me a name for their 3rd child and possibly birth info on their 2nd child ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township > Hi Debbie- > > I have absolutely no idea! > > The farthest I can go back is my great great grandfather, Richard L. > HUGHES (aka Lew Arfon). The family story has always been that he came to > the US alone from North Wales, where he was a concert performer and > conductor. Aside from his six children, John L., Joseph Thomas, Jennie, > Mabel, Hugh Robert, and Minnie (Mary Elizabeth), I have no other Hughes > names. I don't know exactly when Llew Arfon arrived, but I've found > evidence of him in Wales in 1865 (when he would have been about 20) and > his marriage record in Jackson County in 1878. > > Just for the heck of it, I recently ordered the death certificate of > Edward HUGHES, the son of the Richard HUGHES buried in the Beman Cemetery > (Llew Arfon is in the Hill Cemetery in Centreville-Thurman). I had found > this other Richard in the census records and ruled him out as not mine > some time ago, but then I got the death certificate for Edward. The thing > that gave me pause was this: The informant for the death certificate is a > John L. HUGHES, of Thurman- the same name as Llew Arfon's first born son. > And while Welsh names often repeat, Centreville-Thurman was a very small > town. If I recall correctly, my line and this other one were the only > Hughes families there for a long time. Is it possible they were all > related? > > Tell me about your Levi HUGHES. I'm sure I've seen that name while looking > over census records. > > Regards, > Rachel > >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 7 >>Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:23:12 -0500 >>From: "Debbie Alley" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township >>To: <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >>Rachel, >>are you related to Levi HUGHES? >>thanks & take care, Debbie >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "rachelslansky" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:16 AM >>Subject: [OHGALLIA] Beman Cemetery History, Raccoon Township >> >> >>> 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