Individual Details
Hughes Johnson
(31 Oct 1916 - 19 Aug 1949)
Tombstone inscription: CPL AAA Training Det CAC World War II. He was a corporal in the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Training Detachment Coast Artillery Corps.
Middlesboro Daily News, Middleboro, Kentucky, Friday, September 9, 1949, Page 1, Col. 7: Seven Indictments For Murder in Hazard Court. Hazard, Ky., Sept. 9, (U.P.)---Seven indictments for murder were returned by the grand jury here Thursday. Calvin Clemons, 22, was indicted for the murder of Hughes Johnson, a convicted slayer, while he lounged on a porch of the county jail here August 19. Johnson was awaiting the outcome of an appeal to the Court of Appeals after being convicted for killing Clemons' brother, *Calvin Clemons, April 17, 1948, while Johnson was an industrial policeman for the Blue Diamond Coal Company.
* Same name as the 22 year old who was indicted. Should be another first name.
Middlesboro Daily News, Middleboro, Kentucky, Friday, September 9, 1949, Page 1, Col. 7: Seven Indictments For Murder in Hazard Court. Hazard, Ky., Sept. 9, (U.P.)---Seven indictments for murder were returned by the grand jury here Thursday. Calvin Clemons, 22, was indicted for the murder of Hughes Johnson, a convicted slayer, while he lounged on a porch of the county jail here August 19. Johnson was awaiting the outcome of an appeal to the Court of Appeals after being convicted for killing Clemons' brother, *Calvin Clemons, April 17, 1948, while Johnson was an industrial policeman for the Blue Diamond Coal Company.
* Same name as the 22 year old who was indicted. Should be another first name.
Events
Birth | 31 Oct 1916 | Kentucky | |||
Death | 19 Aug 1949 | Perry Co., Kentucky | |||
Alt name | Hugh Johnson | ||||
Burial | Johnson Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry Co., Kentucky |
Families
Father | Reed Johnson (1892 - 1968) |
Mother | Martha Turner (1894 - 1969) |
Sibling | John T Johnson (1919 - 1961) |
Sibling | Hiram Johnson (1922 - 1997) |
Sibling | Bessie May Johnson (1924 - 1989) |
Sibling | A. B. Johnson (1929 - ) |
Sibling | Ethyl Johnson (1931 - ) |
Sibling | Reed Johnson Jr. (1936 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Photo of Tombstone.
2. Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Database online..
3. 1920 Census Perry Co., Kentucky (n.p: On-line Annotated, n.d).
4. Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Database online..
5. Photo of Tombstone.
6. Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Database online..
7. Photo of Tombstone.