Morgan R. Hughes
(1841-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary

Morgan R. Hughes 2 3

  • Born: Jan 1841, , , , WLS 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Mary about 1866 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 1

   FamilySearch ID: L6LD-HV1.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He immigrated in 1845. 1

2. Military on 17 Aug 1861 in Saint Clair, Schuylkill, PA: Civil War: Company C & D, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry, private. 4 5 6

3. Census in 1870 in Shenango Township, Mercer, PA. 7 The 1870 census recorded Hugh Hughs, coal miner, 35, living with wife Mary, 40; Thomas Hughs, 25, coal miner; Morgan Hughs, 28, coal miner, and Mary Jane, 10. Also in the home is Thomas Morgan, 27, coal miner. Everyone was born in Wales.

4. Census in 1880 in Streator, La Salle, IL. 2 8 The 1880 census recorded Morgan Hughes, coal miner, 39, and wife Mary, 34, both born in Wales, with their children: Mary, 6, born in Pennsylania; Morgan, 2, born in Iowa; and Anna, 0, born in Illinois.

5. Book: History of Schuylkill County, PA: Morgan Hughes listed with 99th Regiment, 1881. 9
CHAPTER XXV.
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RECORDS OF THE
99TH, 104TH, 107TH, 108TH, 116TH,
117TH AND 127TH REGIMENTS.
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Some seventy-five men from Shuylkill county were in the 99th regiment, the organization of which was completed in February, 1862. At first it was engaged in garrison duty; then it joined the Army of the Potomac. It was engaged at Groveton, and not again till at the battle of Fredericksburg. In the spring of 1864 a large number of the men re-enlisted, and on its return the regiment met the enemy at the Wilderness. Then followed its service before Petersburg, which lasted till the close of the war.
The following went out with the 99th from Shuylkill county: Michael Maloy, Stephen Maloy, James Durrah, Henry Williams, John Keim, John Kerns, John Sullivan, John Hammell, John Lewis, Peter Tomkinson, Charles Whitmire, Robert Thomas, James Mullhall, William R. Williams, Morgan Hughes, John Beadle, Thomas Russell, William Samuel Russell, John Hummel, James Rice, John McKernan, Andrew Murphy, James Toohey, John Schweider, Patrick Foley, Samuel Steelfax, James Feannery.

6. Census in 1900 in Port Carbon, Schuylkill, PA. 1 The 1900 census recorded Morgan Hughs, 59, born Jan 1841 in Wales, living with wife Mary, 54, born Sep 1845 in Wales, and daughter Mary J., 24, born Feb 1876 in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1910 in Tamaqua, Schuylkill, PA. 10 The 1910 census recorded renting at 123 Potts Street: Morgan R. Hughes, laborer, 69, living with wife Mary, 65. They were married 42 years and she had birthed 8 children, 2 alive in 1910. They and their parents were born in Wales. He immigrated in 1845 and she in 1878.


Morgan married Mary about 1866 in , , Pennsylvania, USA.1 (Mary was born in Sep 1845 in , , , WLS 1 2.)


Sources


1 1900 United States Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Port Carbon, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1484; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0180; FHL microfilm: 1241484.

2 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMC5-RJ8 George W Post and Anna Hughes, 09 Jun 1898; citing , Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; FHL microfilm 2131181.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 103334-63. Anna Beacher. Father Morgan Hughes. Mother Mary ?.

4 U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (www.Ancestry.com), Morgan Hughes, age 22 on 1 Jul 1863. Pennsylvania, 10th Congressional District, Vol. 2 of 4, Fourth sub district, St. Clair Borough, online image 50 of 76.

5 National Park Service Soldier's Sailors Database, Morgan Hughes, http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=0d2db7aa-dc7a-df11-bf36-b8ac6f5d926a.

6 Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Morgan Hughes, enlistment 17 Aug 1861, Company D, PA 99th Infantry. Source: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865.

7 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ5Q-5XR Morgan Hughs in household of Hugh Hughs, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 62, family 376, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552873.

8 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXV4-MJH Morgan Hughes, Streator, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 50B, NARA microfilm publication T9.

9 W. W. Munsell, History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 36 Vesey Street, 1881), Chapter XXV.

10 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Tamaqua, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1418; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1375431.



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