Individual Details
Judge William Houston "Billy" Hughes
(21 Jun 1869 - 17 Jun 1933)
A judge in Taylorsville, MS.
Earned law degree from Millsaps College, Jackson, MS.
(Kelly)
The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi / page 565
William Houston Hughes
Thirteenth District
William Houston Hughes of Raleigh, Miss., Judge of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of Mississippi, was born June 21, 1869, at Trenton, Miss., in Smith County. He is the son of George Matthews Hughes and Sarah (Lacy) Hughes, of Lauderdale County, Miss. He is of Welsh descent on the paternal side, his father the son of James Hughes of Alabama moved to Lauderdale County, Miss. when a lad of twelve years. He was a private in the Confederate army and his wife was the daughter of Stephen Lacy, and was of English-Scotch-Irish descent.
Judge Hughes, like nearly all of Mississippi's present state officials is the son of a Confederate veteran, and has inherited the love of liberty and democracy, ideals so characteristic of the native American. He obtained his early education in the common schools of his county and in Burn's High School and Cooper Institute. Later, he took a course in the Law Department of Millsaps College and was graduated in 1897, with a degree of LL. B. He immediately began an extensive practice, which proved remunerative for thirteen years, when in 1910 he was appointed by Governor E. F. Noel to the Circuit Judgeship of his District; was appointed again, by Governor Brewer in 1914, for a short term; and in August, 1914, was elected by the people for a four years term. His decisions as Circuit Judge have very seldom been reversed by the Supreme Court, and he has won distinction with the bar as an accurate and just judge.
Judge Hughes is a Democrat and was a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee from 1908 to 1911. He is a steward in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is a Mason. Since early manhood, Judge Hughes has advocated the best progress along educational and material lines. He has especially recommended better equipped schools and more efficient teachers; the construction of better roads; the proper enforcement of law; and better conditions in farm life. Among the legislation for which he has actively worked is that of State and National Prohibition.
On May 28, 1899, Judge Hughes was married to Katie Kelly, daughter of Lanch Kelly and Rebecca J. Kelly of Trenton, Miss. She is a grand-niece of Laughlin McLaurin, father of Senator McLaurin.
Judge and Mrs. Hughes have five children, Lacy Hargrove, William Lanch, Clyde Annetta, Sarah Katherine and Mary Elizabeth.
Events
Families
Spouse | Emma Katherine "Katie" Kelly (1878 - 1953) |
Child | Lacy Hargrove Hughes (1900 - 1955) |
Child | William Lauchlin Hughes (1903 - 1977) |
Child | Clyda Annetta Hughes (1906 - 1979) |
Child | Sarah Katherine Hughes (1909 - ) |
Child | Mary Elizabeth Hughes (1915 - ) |
Father | George Mathews Hughes (1823 - 1908) |
Mother | Sarah Lacy (1829 - 1906) |
Sibling | Stephen Nicholas Hughes (1849 - 1917) |
Sibling | Henry Foote Hughes (1851 - 1928) |
Sibling | James Hughes (1854 - 1870) |
Sibling | Katherine Eugenia Hughes (1856 - 1905) |
Sibling | Martha J. Hughes (1859 - 1870) |
Sibling | Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Hughes (1861 - 1954) |
Sibling | George Mathis Hughes (1865 - 1939) |
Sibling | Ransom Leonidus Hughes (1866 - 1955) |
Sibling | Alexine / Allene Hughes (1873 - 1963) |
Notes
Census (family)
SD 6 ED 101 sheet 16 B274, 274, Hughes, William H, Head, WM, Mar 1869, 31, Married 1 yr, MS TN MS, Lawyer, Own house.
Katie, Wife, WF, Jan 1878, 22, M-1, 0 child. MS SC MS
Sarah, Mother, WF, Un 1828, 72, Wd, 10 child 9 living, MS SC GA
Barber, Lena, Servant, BF, Un 1872, 28, D, 2 child born & living, MS MS MS, Housekeeper.
Thomas G Harvey Prisoner M 40 Mississippi
Census (family)
SD 5 ED 118 sheet 9AFm, 125, 141, Hughes William H, Head, Own Free, MW, 50, Married, MS AL AL, Farmer & Cir. Judge
Katie, Wife, FW, 42, Married, MS MS MS
Lacey H. Son, MW, 19, single, MS MS MS, student college
William L. Son, MW, 16, single, MS MS MS, student college
Clyda A., Daughter, FW, 13, single, MS MS MS
Sarah , Daughter, FW, 10, single, MS MS MS
Mary E, Daughter, FW, 4, single, MS MS MS
Census (family)
William H Hughes Head M 60 Mississippi, Lawyer, General PracticeEmma K Hughes Wife F 52 Mississippi
Clyda Hughes Daughter F 23 Mississippi, Teacher, Public School
Sarah K Hughes Daughter F 20 Mississippi, Teacher, Public School
Mary E Hughes Daughter F 14 Mississippi
Endnotes
1. Kelly, Richard., "Hughes, Mathews, Saltus, and related South Carolina and Mississippi genealogy." Rootsweb WorldConnect project. (Richard Kelly
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
3. Hughes, Ralph Bernard, "Genealogy of George Matthews Hughes," GEDCOM file from Linda Hughes Caviness to Nancy Prouty, Nov 7, 2005, has 21 Jun 1869.
4. Kelly, Richard., "Hughes, Mathews, Saltus, and related South Carolina and Mississippi genealogy." Rootsweb WorldConnect project. (Richard Kelly
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census, married 1 yr..
6. Hughes, Ralph Bernard, "Genealogy of George Matthews Hughes," GEDCOM file from Linda Hughes Caviness to Nancy Prouty, Nov 7, 2005.
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > Mississippi > SMITH > WEST LEAF RVR Series: T623 Roll: 828 Page: 30.
8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > Mississippi > SMITH > 2-TWP 1-BT Series: T625 Roll: 893 Page: 210 .