Newton J. Hughes

Birth Date

c1833

Death Date

1863-02-09

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of M. C. Hughes and Elizabeth Hughes. Married to Mary Jane Anderson Hughes. Father of James T. Hughes, William Hughes, Merida Hughes, Francis Hughes, and Nancy G. Hughes. Farmer in Owsley County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Jackson County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from January 15, 1862, to February 9, 1863. Died in military service in Rutherford County, Tennessee, on February 9, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 297A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, p. 894.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994039, Jackson County Births, p. 209.
“Hughes, Newton J.,” Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 223.

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