Person:Hughes Oliphant (1)

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Hughes Oliphant
b.1 Jan 1850 Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
d.9 Mar 1920 Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1850
  1. Hughes Oliphant1850 - 1920
  2. Richard Coulter Oliphant1852 - 1910
  3. Gen. Alexander Coulter Oliphant1860 - 1902
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Oct 1888
  1. Col. Thomas Gibbes Morgan Oliphant1889 - 1965
  2. Margaret Coulter Oliphant1892 - 1973
  3. Marion Campbell Oliphant1894 - 1941
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Hughes Oliphant
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Jan 1850 Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 23 Oct 1888 Washington, DC(her 2nd husband)
to Henrietta Margaret Drum
Census[2] 1900 Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Census[3] 1920 Washington, District of Columbia
Death[1] 9 Mar 1920 Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Burial[1] 12 Mar 1920 Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey

Mercer County, New Jersey, 1900 census:[2]

Oliphant, Hugh Head 50 yrs (b. Jan 1850) (marr. 19 yrs) b. Pennsylvania (parents, b. Pennsylvania) Manufacturer
      Henrietta M. Wife 37 yrs (b. Aug 1862) (8 children, 5 living) b. California (parents, b. Pennsylvania/Louisiana)
      Thomas G. M. Son 10 yrs (b. Dec 1889) b. Maryland (parents, b. Pennsylvania/California) At School
      Margaret C. Dau 7 yrs (b. Jun 1892) b. District of Columbia (parents, b. Pennsylvania/California) At School
      Maryon C. Dau 6 yrs (b. Apr 1894) b. Maryland (parents, b. Pennsylvania/California)
Welde, Margret Servant 26 yrs (b. Mar 1874) (single) b. New Jersey (parents, b. Germany) Maid
NOTE: "Maryon" is actually their son, Marion.

Washington, D.C., 1920 census:[3]

Oliohant, Hughes Head 70 yrs b. Pennsylvania (parents, b. Pennsylvania) "None"
      Henrietta M. Wife 57 yrs b. California (parents, b. Pennsylvania/Louisiana)

Washington Evening Star, 10 Mar 1920, p. 3 Trenton (NJ) Evening Times, 13 Mar 1920, p. 6

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.

    Hughes Oliphant

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mercer, New Jersey, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 60, p. 11A, dwelling/family 198/203 (219 W. State St).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 District of Columbia, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 283, p. 13A, dwelling/family 73/---.
  4.   Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times
    p. 3, 12 Mar 1920.

    HUGHES OLIPHANT IS BURIED TODAY

    Funeral services over the remains of Hughes Oliphant were held this afernoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his brother, Dr. Nelson B. Oliphant, 160 West State Street. The Rev. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons of Princeton officiated, assisted by the Rev. Peter K. Emmons, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The bearers were his sons, Capt. Orville D. Oliphant of this city and Campbell Oliphant of Washington, and the deceased's brothers, Dr. Oliphant, Samuel D., James B. and Robert Oliphant. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Ivins & Taylor.

    Besides the two sons and four brothers named, Mr. Oliphant is survived by a widow, formerly Miss Blossom Drum of Washington, daughter of the late Adjutant General of the United States R. C. Drum, by a daughter Miss Margaret Coulter, also of Washington, and a third son, Lieut. Col. T. M. S. Oliphant, U.S. Army, now stationed in the Philippines.

    Mr. Oliphant had lived retired in Washington for 15 years. Prior to that he had always made his home in Trenton, his residence being in the present W. J. B. Stokes home on West State Street. Graduating from Princeton as a civil engineer in 1870, he built the South Penn Railroad in Western Pennsylvania, now part of the P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] system, and later engaged in the manufacturing business here, having been the owner some years ago of both the Delaware and Bellmark potteries in this city.

    Mr. Oliphant was one of ten sons of the late Gen. S. D. Oliphant and Mrs. Oliphant, formerly Miss Margaret Coulter. with hsi death, only four of these sons now survive.

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