Hugh D. Maloney, farmer, was born where he now lives, June 6, 1842, the son of William C. and Louisa (Cureton) Maloney, the former born in Greene County, on the homestead, July 13, 1813, the son of Hugh, who was born in Ireland in 1781, and became a pioneer farmer of Greene County, and from 1816 to 1836 a justice. He worked out the first road from Warrensburg to Greeneville, and died in 1849. The father was a farmer, and was county surveyor for several years. He was widely known, and died January 5, 1882. He was a half brother of Ambrose Hundley Sevier, the well-known Arkansas senator, and diplomat, also grandson of Henry Conway, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and who was stung to death by bees, and buried with honors of war upon the homestead, from which he had assisted in removing the cane. The mother was born at Cureton’s Ferry, Greene County, in 1820, a daughter of Richard Cureton, who was born at the above place. She was a Methodist, and died August 21, 1886. Our subject was educated at the Knoxville University, Greeneville College, and Tusculum, College, graduating from the latter in 1860. He then entered the law department of Cumberland University, and in 1862 joined Company H, Fifth Tennessee Cavalry (Confederate). He served in various capacities through the war, until paroled at Charlotte, N. C., in May, 1865. While cut off from his command he fell in with Gen. John H. Morgan and staff, with whom he rode into Greeneville, the evening before Morgan was killed by the Federals. He was in the battle of Chickamauga, through the North Georgia campaign, and in the last skirmish in the streets of Columbia, when the city was evacuated by the Confederates. He has since been successfully engaged on his farm. February 16, 1871, Annie, a daughter of W. C. Scruggs, became his wife. She was born in Grainger County, June 8, 1853. They have four children.
