Individual Details
Nellie "Millie" Hughes
(26 Jan 1902 - 19 May 1997)
Nellie Hughes was born January 26, 1902, in Jack County, Texas, to O.J. and Belle Leeman Hughes, a twin to her brother Sam.
Claudie Hughes wrote that one time when Nellie was a young girl, she had climbed a tree to see a bird's nest. She was going to swing down from a limb and Buck was standing where she wanted to let down. She told Buck to move but he said, "You make me," and she said "You better move. I can't hold much longer." Buck still didn't move and she could hold on no longer, and she fell on him. Then the bawl was on and he nearly got hurt.
Howard Guy Baker was born February 14, 1901, in Parker County, Texas, the oldest of seven children born to Samuel Lafayette and Martha Shelton Baker.
Howard and Nellie were married on September 6, 1922, in Jack County? Texas. They had no children of their own, but had a great part in raising Nellie's younger brothers and sisters, and also some of their nieces and nephews.
One time after Nellie and Howard married, Nellie's youngest sister Mary was over at her house making biscuits. Nellie had set a mouse trap under the eaves of the house to catch birds that were nesting there. A trap sprung and all went running to see if they had caught a bird. Mary started slinging biscuit dough off her hands so she could go look, and Nellie told her to quit making a mess and get back to her biscuits; all the while Nellie was laughing.
Mary Hughes Spann remembers that when Nellie and Howard lived in the Berwick Community in Jack County, people would have dances at their homes and young and old in the community would come to the dance. Nell and Howard were having a dance at their house and a young man came up who had been drinking and was pretty well lit. Howard asked the man to leave and when the man put up an argument, Howard decked him.
They lived and farmed on the Winstead Place east of the Berwick School for about 13 years. About the last two years they lived there, Howard worked for the railroad on the section crew (which kept the railroad bed in repairs.) Around 1936, they moved to Southbend Community south of Jermyn, Texas, where Howard worked for the Rock Island Railroad. They lived at Graham for a little while, then they moved to Newark, north of Fort Worth around l943.
Howard broke his leg in the summer of 1944, while working on the railroad at Newark, and he was in St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Worth. Aunt Nell stayed with us in the housing project so she could go up to the hospital every day.
They lived at Newark until 1948 when they moved to the Ridglea West area of Fort Worth, and Howard was still working for the Rock Island Railroad. Uncle Howard planted a garden every year in their back yard on Mohawk Street and he would spade it with a spading fork.
About 1951, Howard and Nellie adopted Carl Don (Butch) who was born August 31, 1947. He was the light of their life and gave them many years of pleasure and devotion.
Howard had a heart attack in about 1964? and was in the hospital for a while. He retired from the railroad in about l966. Butch married Patricia Adams on March 22, 1968, and they had a baby girl, Donna Carlene, on January 21, 1969, who was the joy of the whole family.
In about 1972, Howard and Nellie moved back to Jacksboro, Texas. They live on Thompson Street next door to Buck and Claudie Hughes. Howard was tilling his garden with a roto-tiller and had another heart attack, and died on February 1, 1974. He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Jacksboro.
Nellie still lived in their home until about 1992 when she went to the nursing home in Burleson, Texas, where she was near Butch and his family. Nellie died May 19, 1997, in Burleson, Texas, and is buried next to Howard at Oakwood Cemetery, Jacksboro.
compiled by Mary A. Perry
updated September 2001
Claudie Hughes wrote that one time when Nellie was a young girl, she had climbed a tree to see a bird's nest. She was going to swing down from a limb and Buck was standing where she wanted to let down. She told Buck to move but he said, "You make me," and she said "You better move. I can't hold much longer." Buck still didn't move and she could hold on no longer, and she fell on him. Then the bawl was on and he nearly got hurt.
Howard Guy Baker was born February 14, 1901, in Parker County, Texas, the oldest of seven children born to Samuel Lafayette and Martha Shelton Baker.
Howard and Nellie were married on September 6, 1922, in Jack County? Texas. They had no children of their own, but had a great part in raising Nellie's younger brothers and sisters, and also some of their nieces and nephews.
One time after Nellie and Howard married, Nellie's youngest sister Mary was over at her house making biscuits. Nellie had set a mouse trap under the eaves of the house to catch birds that were nesting there. A trap sprung and all went running to see if they had caught a bird. Mary started slinging biscuit dough off her hands so she could go look, and Nellie told her to quit making a mess and get back to her biscuits; all the while Nellie was laughing.
Mary Hughes Spann remembers that when Nellie and Howard lived in the Berwick Community in Jack County, people would have dances at their homes and young and old in the community would come to the dance. Nell and Howard were having a dance at their house and a young man came up who had been drinking and was pretty well lit. Howard asked the man to leave and when the man put up an argument, Howard decked him.
They lived and farmed on the Winstead Place east of the Berwick School for about 13 years. About the last two years they lived there, Howard worked for the railroad on the section crew (which kept the railroad bed in repairs.) Around 1936, they moved to Southbend Community south of Jermyn, Texas, where Howard worked for the Rock Island Railroad. They lived at Graham for a little while, then they moved to Newark, north of Fort Worth around l943.
Howard broke his leg in the summer of 1944, while working on the railroad at Newark, and he was in St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Worth. Aunt Nell stayed with us in the housing project so she could go up to the hospital every day.
They lived at Newark until 1948 when they moved to the Ridglea West area of Fort Worth, and Howard was still working for the Rock Island Railroad. Uncle Howard planted a garden every year in their back yard on Mohawk Street and he would spade it with a spading fork.
About 1951, Howard and Nellie adopted Carl Don (Butch) who was born August 31, 1947. He was the light of their life and gave them many years of pleasure and devotion.
Howard had a heart attack in about 1964? and was in the hospital for a while. He retired from the railroad in about l966. Butch married Patricia Adams on March 22, 1968, and they had a baby girl, Donna Carlene, on January 21, 1969, who was the joy of the whole family.
In about 1972, Howard and Nellie moved back to Jacksboro, Texas. They live on Thompson Street next door to Buck and Claudie Hughes. Howard was tilling his garden with a roto-tiller and had another heart attack, and died on February 1, 1974. He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Jacksboro.
Nellie still lived in their home until about 1992 when she went to the nursing home in Burleson, Texas, where she was near Butch and his family. Nellie died May 19, 1997, in Burleson, Texas, and is buried next to Howard at Oakwood Cemetery, Jacksboro.
compiled by Mary A. Perry
updated September 2001
Events
| Birth | 26 Jan 1902 | Jack, Texas, United States | |||
| Marriage | 6 Sep 1922 | Howard Guy Baker | |||
| Death | 19 May 1997 | Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States | |||
| Burial | Oakwood Cemetery, Jacksboro, Jack, Texas, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Howard Guy Baker (1901 - 1974) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Optimus John Hughes (1875 - 1957) |
| Mother | Belle Smith Leeman (1880 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Johnny Barlow Hughes (1898 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Minnie Faye Hughes (1900 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Samuel Benjamin Hughes (1902 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Edith Loutisha Hughes (1903 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Leslie Lewis (Buck) Hughes (1905 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Fletcher Wellington Hughes (1908 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Little Ora Hughes (1908 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Carl Hughes (1910 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Clarence Hughes (1910 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Cora Edna Hughes (1912 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Hughes (1914 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Mary Hughes (1917 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Wilmer Wade Hughes (1918 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Jack Locker Hughes (1921 - 1997) |