Person:Rufus Hughes (3)

Rufus Ralph Hughes
b.14 Jan 1885 Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
m. Bef 1885
  1. Rufus Ralph Hughes1885 - 1957
m. 26 Dec 1905
  1. David Green Hughes, II1906 - 1970
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Rufus Ralph Hughes
Gender Male
Birth[3][4][14] 14 Jan 1885 Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Marriage 26 Dec 1905 Cuyahoga Co., Ohioto Emma F Gieseck
Residence[10][18] 26 Jan 1920 Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi
Occupation[8][9] Bet 1920 and 1930 Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippia proprietor of a hardward store
Residence[11][19] 8 Apr 1930 1007 South 11th Street, Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi
Residence[12][13][20] 1947 110 Parkins Ave., Parkin, Cross Co., Arkansas, United States
Death[5][15] 12 May 1957 Parkin, Cross Co., Arkansas, United States
Burial[6][16] May 1957 St. Peter cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi
Other[7][17] Anecdote
Reference Number 23340
References
  1. Carolyn Krumm Naas. Krumm family history book. (self published, Dayton, Ohio, 1995).
  2. United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626).
  3. United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
    age 45.
  4. Rufus Ralph Hughes II, via telephone. Hughes Gieseck family information, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm,Informant Address: Little Rock, Arkansas. (March 2004).
  5. Rufus Ralph Hughes II, via telephone. Hughes Gieseck family information, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm,Informant Address: Little Rock, Arkansas. (March 2004).
  6. Hughes Gieseck family information, Record Type: Map of Hughes cemeteryplot, Subject: David Lee and Carrie (Smith) Gieseck. (scanned in May 2004).
  7. Rufus Ralph Hughes II, via telephone. Hughes Gieseck family information, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm,Informant Address: Little Rock, Arkansas. (March 2004).
  8. United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
    Roll: T626_1152; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 0464.
  9. United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625).
  10. United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
    ED# 27; image 19B; image 38.
  11. United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
    Roll: T626_1152; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 0464;ancestry image 21.
  12. Bonnye Sisk. Hughes Gieseck family information, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm,Informant Address: Parkin, Arkansas (2). (March 2004).
  13. Rufus Ralph Hughes II, via telephone. Hughes Gieseck family information, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm,Informant Address: Little Rock, Arkansas. (March 2004).
  14. father born in Wales; mother born in England
  15. chewed tobacco and would make several trips to the garage each eveningfor a snort. Emma would not allow alcohol in the house except on festiveoccasions
  16. Lot 72
  17. Family story was told that his father, George Hughes, had purchased landsite unseen in Cherry Valley, Arkansas. Rufus told his father if he gavehim this land that he would go there and clear it and farm there. ThisGeorge agreed to, at which time Rufus asked Emma to marry him and gothere to begin their lives together. Grandson, Rufus Hughes, does notbelieve his grandfather would have done the work to clear the land, butmay have hired it done at most
  18. no certain street and listed as a boarder, Rufus has his wife and child,David
  19. own their home worth $6,000. They have one son, David, his wife, Ruth,and Emma's mother, Carrie, living there
  20. left Oxford and went to live with Mabel Gieseck. Here they had a blackservant who lived out back in a room over the carport. As their heathdeclined they added to the staff a live-in nurse