Individual Details
Mary Jane Hughes
(19 Sep 1847 - 23 Jun 1929)
"Mary married John Barfield, a cousin of her mother's, who had been a soldier in the Confederacy during the Civil War. The marriage (an elopement) occurred the fall after the surrender of the southern armies. Mary and John lived in different places in Mississippi until 1887, when they moved with their large family of children to Texas. When the children (all except one, a daughter, Florence, who died in infancy) were grown and married, Mary and John, in their declining years, found a comfortable "refuge" in the "Old Soldier's Home" in Austin, Texas. There Mary continued to live in the "Widow's Home" of the Institution, some years after the death of John. She died in 1933, being then eighty-five years of age. Most of her sons and daughters had preceded her in the "Other World". One of the three remaining sons was living in Houston, Texas at the beginning of the present year, (1943). He is Lee Barfield, Mary's second son and fourth child of a family of six sons and four daughters."
Betty Hughes, 1943.
Living in Palestine, Texas during 1910. (Anderson Co.)
Betty Hughes, 1943.
Living in Palestine, Texas during 1910. (Anderson Co.)
Events
| Birth | 19 Sep 1847 | in James F. Hughes' home, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States | |||
| Marriage | Mar 1865 | Kemper, Mississippi, United States - John H. Barfield |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 10 Jun 1870 | Dido P.O., Choctaw, Mississippi, United States - John H. Barfield | | | |
| Census (family) | 1880 | Gainesville Junction census district, Kemper, Mississippi, United States - John H. Barfield | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 | Alto, Cherokee, Texas, United States - John H. Barfield | | | |
| Death | 23 Jun 1929 | Austin, Travis, Texas, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | John H. Barfield (1844 - 1926) |
| Child | Matilda C. Barfield (1866 - ) |
| Child | Martha J. Barfield (1869 - ) |
| Child | William J. "Will" Barfield (1870 - ) |
| Child | Robert E Lee Barfield (1873 - 1959) |
| Child | John Walter Barfield (1875 - 1959) |
| Child | Florence Barfield ( - ) |
| Child | Jesse Hughes Barfield (1876 - 1957) |
| Child | Charles Henry Barfield (1879 - 1925) |
| Child | Mary Cornelia Barfield (1884 - 1962) |
| Father | Charles Edward Hughes (1821 - 1888) |
| Mother | Pauline Craig (1826 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Martha M. "Mattie" Hughes (1850 - 1937) |
| Sibling | William James "Will" Hughes (1852 - 1905) |
| Sibling | John Craig Hughes (1855 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Sarah Matilda "Sallie" Hughes (1858 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Everette "Evie" Hughes (1861 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Louise "Miss Betty" Hughes (1863 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Emma Florence Hughes (1866 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Charles Edward Hughes Jr. (1870 - 1954) |
Notes
Marriage
Pauline Craig Hughes had a cousin, John Barfield, who married her daughter, Mary Jane Hughes.It is possible that this John is the same as the John Barfield b. 1844, son of Jesse Barfield and Elizabeth Brown. He and Pauline are first cousins through Lewis BARFIELD & Catherine MCCULLOH.
Census (family)
78, 76, Barfield, John H., 25, MW, Shoemaker, $200 personal property, MS, cannot read or write.Mary J., 21, FW, Keeping house, MS
Matilda C., 4, FW, MS
Martha J., 1, FW, MS
Census (family)
Previous Household, first cousin:Thomas BARFIELD Self M Male W 29 MS Farmer NC NC
Nanny BARFIELD Wife M Female W 24 MS Keeping House MS MS
Alfrerd BARFIELD Son S Male W 7 MS At Home MS MS
Walton BARFIELD Son S Male W 5 MS At Home MS MS
Ida BARFIELD Dau S Female W 4 MS At Home MS MS
Kate BARFIELD Dau S Female W 1 MS At Home MS MS
William SCOTT Other S Male W 15 TX Farm Hand MS MS
Matilda BARFIELD Mother W Female W 77 NC Boarding NC NC
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Source Information:
Census Place Gainsville Junction, Kemper, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254652
NA Film Number T9-0652
Page Number 69B
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John BARFIELD Self M Male W 36 MS Farm Hand NC AL
Mary BARFIELD Wife M Female W 32 MS Keeping House SC AL
Matilda BARFIELD Dau S Female W 15 MS MS MS
Martha BARFIELD Dau S Female W 11 MS At Home MS MS
William BARFIELD Son S Male W 9 MS At Home MS MS
Robt BARFIELD Son S Male W 8 MS At Home MS MS
John BARFIELD Son S Male W 6 MS At Home MS MS
Jesse BARFIELD Son S Male W 2 MS At Home MS MS
Charles BARFIELD Son S Male W 1 MS At Home MS MS
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Source Information:
Census Place Gainsville Junction, Kemper, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254652
NA Film Number T9-0652
Page Number 69B
Census (family)
57, 59 Barfield, John H. Head, MW, 66, M1 45 yrs. MS, NC, AL, shoemaker own shopMary J. Wife FW, 64 M1 45 yrs. 12 children born, 9 living, MS. SC, AL
Death
Mary Jane was an immate of the Confederate Woman's Home in Austin Texas.Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 census.
2. Barfield Mary Jane (Hughes), death certifcate no. 32847 (1929), Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin, Travis Co,, Texas.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > MISSISSIPPI > CHOCTAW > DIDO P O Series: M593 Roll: 725 Page: 459.
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > Texas > CHEROKEE > ALTO Series: T624 Roll: 1538 Page: 94.
6. Barfield Mary Jane (Hughes), death certifcate no. 32847 (1929), Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin, Travis Co,, Texas.