Individual Details
Nonnie Genoa Hughes
(29 Jan 1877 - 14 Feb 1976)
She married Charles Prouty prior to the turn of the century and moved by wagon train from Trenton to an area near Flora called Adelle (Adale?) She and Papa raised ten children. Her uncle was Judge Billy Hughes.
"My mother lived a very long life. She died in 1976. and was born in 1878. She lived from the ox wagon travel to the man landing on the moon. I told the kids I have wished a thousand times I had been around home more after I grew up and had her to tell me something of her life style. With all the changes in the world during that time, it could have been so interesting. She never showed any signs of senility either." Aline Prouty Vaughn
"My mother lived a very long life. She died in 1976. and was born in 1878. She lived from the ox wagon travel to the man landing on the moon. I told the kids I have wished a thousand times I had been around home more after I grew up and had her to tell me something of her life style. With all the changes in the world during that time, it could have been so interesting. She never showed any signs of senility either." Aline Prouty Vaughn
Events
| Birth | 29 Jan 1877 | (Raleigh), Trenton, Smith, Mississippi, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Dec 1896 | Charles Gordon Prouty Sr. | | ||
| Census (family) | 2 May 1910 | Beat 2, Vernon, Madison, Mississippi, United States - Charles Gordon Prouty Sr. |  | | |
| Census (family) | 20 Jan 1920 | Madison, Mississippi, United States - Charles Gordon Prouty Sr. | | | |
| Census (family) | 3 May 1930 | Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States - Charles Gordon Prouty Sr. | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States - Charles Gordon Prouty Sr. | | ||
| Death | 14 Feb 1976 | Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States | | | |
| Burial | 1976 | Bethel Cemetery, Flora, Madison, Mississippi, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Charles Gordon Prouty Sr. (1873 - 1950) |
| Child | William Francis "Frank" Prouty (1896 - 1974) |
| Child | Daniel Walter Prouty (1899 - 1987) |
| Child | Tina Mae Prouty (1901 - 1990) |
| Child | Lyman Edward Prouty (1902 - 1991) |
| Child | Charles Gordon Prouty Jr. (1906 - 1982) |
| Child | Cephus Hughes Prouty (1908 - 1991) |
| Child | Austin Stephen Prouty (1910 - 1993) |
| Child | Eunice Genoa Prouty (1914 - 1999) |
| Child | Evelyn Maude Prouty (1916 - 2009) |
| Child | Florence Aline Prouty (1919 - 2002) |
| Father | Stephen Nicholas Hughes (1849 - 1917) |
| Mother | Dianna Wigginton (1849 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Linnie Florence "Fonnie" Hughes (1869 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Henry Willard Hughes (1870 - 1918) |
| Sibling | George Wallace Hughes (1872 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Walter Hughes (1874 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Sarah Frances Hughes (1880 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Estella "Stella" Hughes (1884 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Olive "Ollie" Hughes (1885 - 1948) |
Notes
Census (family)
SD 8, ED 33, sheet 16 B335, 339
Prouty, C.G. Head 36, M1 14 yrs, MS, Vermont, SC Farmer, General Farm
N.G. Wife 32, M1 14 yrs, 6 children born & living, MS, MS, MS Farm Labor Home Farm
Frank Son 13, MS
Daniel Son 11, MS
Tina Mae Daughter 9, MS
L.E. Son, 7, MS
C. G. Jr. Son, 4, MS
Cephus Son, 1, MS
James Ephraim?, Hired labor, M. Black, 60, Wd. MS, MS, MS. Farm Labor, Home Farm.
336, 340, Price, GE
Olie (sister-in-law)
337, 341, Hughes, SN, Head, MW, 60, (father-in-law)
Diann, Wife, FW, 61,
Wallace, Son, MW, 38, Single, MS, MS MS, Farmer general
Wigington, G.C., (NG's grandfather), MW, 88, Wd, AL, Ireland, Scotland, None
Smith, H. A., grandson, MW, 20, Single, MS MS MS, Farmer general
338, 342, Hughes, Walter, (Brother-in-law)
Ella -wife and family
Census (family)
FM 197 197, Prouty, C.G., Head, Rent, MW, 46, Married, MS IL SC, Post Master, FarmNonnie, Wife, FW, 42, Married, MS MS MS None
Tiney, Daughter, FW, 18, Single, MS, student
L.E., Son, MW, 16, Single, MS, student
Austin, Son, MW, 8, Single, MS, student
Eunice, Daughter, FW, 6, Single, MS, student
Evelyn, Daughter, FW, 4, Single, MS
Aline, Daughter, FW, 10/12, Single, MS
FM 198, 198 Price, E
Olllie (Nonnie's sister)
Cephus, Nephew, 11 (doesn't say Prouty, but is a son of Gordon, above.)
Census (family)
2632, 809,819,Prouty, Charles G , Head, Own $2500, radio, MW 56, Married at 22, MS OH SC, Carpenter - House
Nonnie G, Wife, FW 52, Married at 18, MS MS MS, none
Lyman E, Son, MW 26 Married at 20, MS MS MS, lineman - Power & light Co.
Eunice G, Daughter, FW 16, single, MS MS MS, Sales woman, 10 ¢ store
N Evalyn, Daughter, FW 13, single, MS MS MS
F Aline, Daughter, FW 11, single, MS MS MS
Austin S, Son, MW 19, single, MS MS MS, Truck driver - transfer co.
A Irene, Daughter-in-law, FW 23
Lee E, Grandson, MW 4 11/12
Norma G, Granddaughter, FW 1 5/12
Census (family)
Head C G Prouty M 67 MississippiWife Nonnie Prouty F 63 Mississippi
Death
Obituary - early 1976Mrs. C.G. Prouty, Sr.
Mrs. C. G. (Nonnie Hughes) Prouty, Sr., of 3839 Meadow Lane, died Saturday night at Inglewood Manor after a extended illness. Funeral: 11 a.m. Tuesday from Wright & Ferguson Chapel. Interment in the Bethel Cemetery near Flora.
Suvivors include: four daughters, Mrs. Tina Mae Tanner, Flora, Mrs. Eunice Harrell, Baton Rouge, La., Mrs. Ernest F. (Evelyn) Reynolds, Jackson, Mrs. Richard (Aline) Vaughan, Sikeston, Mo; five sons: Daniel W. Prouty, St. Petersburg, Fla., L. E. Prouty, C.G. Prouty, Jr., both of Jackson, Cephus Prouty of Madison, Austin Prouty of Ridgeland; 22 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren.
A native of Raleigh, she had been a resident of Madison County. At one time was postmaster of the Star Route and operated a grocery store. She moved to Jackson in 1924 and was a charter member of Wells Memorial Methodist Church, a member of the Eastern Star.
Burial
Interment Record for Nonnie Hughes ProutyName: Nonnie Hughes Prouty
Sex:
Born:
Died or Buried: February 14 1975
Buried: Bethel (township = Union)
County/State: Madison, MS
Notes: Mother / Asleep in Jesus
Note: Double headstone shared with Charles Gordon Prouty, Sr.
(The year must be a typo, because it should be 1976, per her granddaughter Sheila and the obiturary printed in 1976)
Endnotes
1. Wyborny, Sheila., Family history on Nonnie Hughes descendants. (Houston, TX: Sheila Wyborny,
2. Prouty, Louise., Emails on Prouty genealogy, re desendants of James Prouty. (
3. Prouty, Louise., Emails on Prouty genealogy, re desendants of James Prouty. (
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > Mississippi > MADISON > VERNON 2-BT Series: T624 Roll: 750 Page: 222.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > MISSISSIPPI > MADISON > 8-TWP RANGE 2 2-BT Series: T625 Roll: 886 Page: 128.
6. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Year: 1930; Census Place: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: 1147; Page: 34A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 590.0..
7. Sheila Wyborny, "Nonnie Genoa Hughes Prouty," e-mail message from
8. Cemetery Listings for Madison Co., Mississippi, website. USGenWeb MS Archives