Individual Details

Ira HUGHES

(2 Oct 1876 - 4 Jul 1927)

1 Jun 1900, Madison Co., MT, ED 54 Sh 8B.
Andrew J. McDowell, born Oct. 1856, 43, married 9 yr, born IA, both parents born OH. Teamster; owns own farm, free and clear. Can read and write
Elizabeth J. McDowell, wife, born Jan., 1861, 39, married 9 yr, mother of 5, 4 living. Born IA, both parents born PA. Can read and write
Verna M. McDowell, daughter, born July, 1892, 7, born MT, both parents born IA. At school
Morris McDowell, son, born Dec., 1894, 5, born MT, both parents born IA
Lewis McDowell, son, born Jan., 1899, 1, born MT, both parents born IA
Ira Hughes, servant, born Oct., 1876, 23, single, born IA, both parents born PA, farm laborer
Cypress McDowell, brother, born Sept 1863, 36, single, born IA both parents born OH, miner
Fred Purdy, servant, born May 1862, 39, single, born IA both parents born IA, miner.

1920 census. Need to re-check. Soundex card was difficult to read. Checked the film for ED 139 and didn't find him. Soundex gave info of him, wife and four daughters.

Vol IV of Cemetery Records of Whatcom County shows him buried at Sumas Cemetery, and birth and death dates.

Some dates and places are from a gedcom at ancestry.com and unverified. Author Linda (Kincaid) Adams, LAdams48@att.net.http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ladams48&id=I0301 -posted in 2002.

Events

Birth2 Oct 1876Iowa
Census1880census of Grant Township, Norton Co., KS. Age 3 (1877) born IA.
Census1 Jun 1900Madison Co., Montana
Marriage12 Mar 1910Sumas Co., WA - Ada Irene KINCAID
Census15 Apr 1910Sumas City & Pct., Whatcom Co., WA, ED 355 Sh 6B; Ira Hughes, head, 33 (1876-77), born IA both parents born IA, painter - odd jobs.
Military12 Sep 1918WWI Draft Registration card: Ira Hughes, born 2 Oct 1876, res. Coos
Census1 Jan 1920Emery Pct., Lewis Co., WA, ED 139 Sh 7B; Ira Hughes, head, 42 (1877), born Kansas [sic], both parents born U. S., section man - railroad.
Death4 Jul 1927Whatcom Co., WA
BurialAft 4 Jul 1927Mt Vernon Cemetery, Springfield, OR
Reference No1522

Families

SpouseAda Irene KINCAID (1893 - 1964)
ChildLiving
ChildFlora May HUGHES (1912 - 1972)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildGeorge Bud HUGHES (1922 - 1983)
FatherJohn Wesley HUGHES (1852 - 1912)
MotherSarah Ellen VINCENT (1855 - 1922)
SiblingEdwin V. HUGHES (1873 - 1904)
SiblingWilliam M. HUGHES (1875 - 1972)
SiblingPomeroy "Roy" M. HUGHES (1878 - 1956)
SiblingMartha Mattie Almira HUGHES (1881 - 1949)
SiblingThomas Sievers HUGHES (1885 - 1964)
SiblingLaura M. HUGHES (1891 - 1910)
SiblingIna HUGHES (1893 - 1910)