Individual Details
Martha Waring Hughes
(Abt 1810 - 28 Mar 1856)
Marriage and Death Notices From the Charleston Observer 1827 - 1845 Brent Holcomb, C.A.L.S.
On the 25th ult., Mrs. Martha Lawton, wife of Col. A. J. Lawton, of Black Swamp, St. Peters Parish, Beaufort Dist., aged 47 years and some months.
Events
Families
Spouse | Winborn Wallace Lawton II (1782 - 1861) |
Child | Winborn Wallace Lawton III (1837 - 1906) |
Child | Maria Juliet Lawton (1840 - ) |
Child | Josiah Powell Lawton (1846 - 1910) |
Father | Edward Hughes (1774 - 1835) |
Mother | Louisa Mathews (1778 - 1820) |
Sibling | James Fisher Hughes (1798 - 1853) |
Sibling | Maria Mathews "Mary" Hughes (1799 - ) |
Sibling | George Mathews Hughes (1800 - ) |
Sibling | William O. E. Hughes ( - ) |
Sibling | Josiah Powel Hughes (1807 - 1870) |
Sibling | John R. Hughes (1815 - ) |
Sibling | Jeremiah Miles "Jerry" Hughes (1817 - 1857) |
Sibling | Optimas E. Hughes (1819 - 1883) |
Notes
Marriage
Martha married a wealthy, elderly widower, by the name of Lawton, who was ever a staunch friend of the Hughes family (Hughes, Pauline).Census (family)
St. Andrews, Charleston, South CarolinaWinborn Lawton M 68y (1782) SC, 28,000 real estate value, blind
Martha Lawton F 40y. (1810), SC
Wallace Lawton M 14y, (1836) SC, attended school
Mana Juliete Lawton F 12y (1838), SC, attended school
Powell Lawton M 5y. (1845). SC
Film Number: 22530
Digital GS Number: 4191094
Image Number: 00588
Line Number: 2
Dwelling House Number: 83
Family Number: 83
also:
Charleston, ward 2, Charleston, South Carolina
13, 13 Winborn Lawton 50, M, Planter, 20,000, South Carolina
Martha, 43, F, SC
Wallace W, 13, M, SC
Maria Julia, 11, F, SC
Josiah P. 4, M, SC
Film Number: 22530
Digital GS Number: 4191094
Image Number: 00079
Line Number: 24
Dwelling House Number: 13
Family Number: 13
Death
She is not in the 1860 census with her family.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.), 1850 census.
3. Hughes, Pauline Craig (1826-1910), Family History on Barfield, Craig, Hughes, Mathews, McCulloh, Steveson, Taylor, written in 1908 (copy held by Jeff Prouty, CA, prouty@sonic.net).
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > SOUTH CAROLINA > CHARLESTON > 2-WD CHARLESTON Series: M432 Roll: 850 Page: 119.