Family lore indicates that Howard Robard HUGHES (bizarre and extremely rich man) was kin. Supposedly Emily Durham later Wray was his mother (according to a family member). I have been unable to find any connection. I do not believe that Emily could be his mother because he was born in 1905 and she would have been about 55 and married to George Fontana WRAY at that time. I have hypothesized that she could have possibly been his grandmother. My family source stated that the "marriage to Hughes took place in Arkansas". I can find no information showing that Emily Durham ever went to Arkansas. Family lore also states that Howard Hughes gave the city of Westmoreland the money to purchase the land that the town lake now occupies. He did not want to be identified as supplying the money and required secrecy and anonymity in the deal. He also supposedly lived in Westmoreland with George and Emily for a time before stealing George's "idea book" and running off with it. This was supposedly the foundation of his empire. The family was so upset with the betrayal that no one spoke of him and his relationship. I have heard that one of the girl's in George and Emily's family tore the page out of the family bible that included him and ate it when she was in a nursing home. I am curious to know if others in Westmoreland have heard stories of relationship to this extremely bizarre and wealthy individual. I know in the mid 70's after his death an attorney approached my grandmother and her siblings to join the lawsuit to inherit his money. We never did get any money and the case has been settled but I still want to know about the relationship. Thanks, Kim