Biographical Sketch for
David Hughes Family
The Hughes family maintains a large and current biographical
sketch volume for all descendants of John H. Hughes parents.
We have tried a number of times to contact the parties which
maintain that work for permission to reproduce entries for
our Hughes family without success.
George L. Stewart---+
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David Hughes----+ +--Jane--------------+ +--Alice Margaret------+
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+--+ +--+ Arthur L. Fox-------+
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Margaret Lloyd--+ | Andrew T. White---+ +--Cora Sarah
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| +--David George
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+--Margaret----------+ +--Mary Emma
| | +--Sarah Margaret
| +--+--David William
| | +--Jessie Myrtle
| Nelson J. Pullen--+
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+--Mary--------------+ +--Lloyd Johnstone------+
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| +--+ Lillie Pearl Watson--+
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| William J. White--+ +--William Ernest-------+
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| Hazel Margaret Thain-+
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+--John Lloyd--------+ +--Roy Linden-----------+
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| | | Emma May Spafford----+
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| Eliza Jane Strang-+--+--Lloyd Monteith
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| +--Robert Guy-----------+
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| | Gussie Zoe Thain-----+
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| +--Maude Nina-----------+
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| | Frank B. Kennedy-----+
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| +--David Carlton--------+
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| | Maud Miller----------+
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| +--Marjorie Pearl
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+--Hugh David--------+ +--Smith Yule
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+--+--Harold Demott
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Jesse Ann Yule----+ +--Kenneth Reece
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+--Alexander Gibbon
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+--Ruby Beatrice
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+--Mabel Lloyd
David Hughes
Born February, 1816, in Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, North Wales.
Left Wales on April 27, 1839, traveling with parents,
settling in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.
Brother of
John H. Hughes.
Married Margaret Lloyd on October 16, 1841, at Ebensburg.
She was the daughter of John and Jane Tibbot Lloyd.
Came to Lake County via the Great Lakes to farm in 1844.
See tree above for children.
Died August 11, 1865, at age 48.
Margaret Lloyd
Born in Cambria County, Pennsylvania in 1811.
Married David Hughes on October 16, 1841.
Came to Lake County in the spring of 1844.
Moved from the family farm to Millburn.
Died October 4, 1878, at age 67 years 6 months and 13 days
(
obituary).
(photo available:
1870).
Children of David and Margaret Lloyd Hughes
View a family group photograph taken in
1891.
Born November 15, 1843 (1842?) at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.
Married Andrew T. White on November 15, 1865.
Children.
School teacher.
Farmed at Loon Lake.
Moved to Grayslake, Illinois.
Died February 18, 1925.
(photo available:
1886)
Born May 25, 1845.
Married Nelson J. Pullen on October 22, 1864, at Antioch.
Children:
Mary Emma,
married Mr. Drom;
Sarah Margaret,
married Charles Harrison;
David William;
Jessie Myrtle,
married Mr. Webb.
Moved to Iowa, then relocated to Minnesota.
Returned to Lake County, being away only twelve years.
Died April 17, 1924, at her home in Antioch
(obituary).
Born October 19, 1847, at Millburn, Ill.
Married William Johnstone White
on December 7, 1876.
Children.
School teacher.
First woman licensed undertaker in Lake County.
Moved to Waukegan about 1916.
Died October 22, 1933, at age 86
(
obituary).
(photo available:
1890).
Born September 21, 1850.
Married Eliza Jane Strang on March 19, 1874.
Children
Farmed until 1906, when they moved to Libertyville.
Died November 4, 1914.
Born April 24, 1853.
Married Jessie Ann Yule on April 3, 1878.
Children.
Farmer, aggressively implementing new technology.
Remarried, to Hattie F. Ames.
Moved to Lynn Haven, Florida.
Died in March of 1940.
Born on August 10, 1875, at Antioch, Illinois.
Married Emma May Spafford
on June 23, 1906, at Maywood, Illinois.
Moved to Peru, Illinois.
Died on October 8, 1955, at Peru, Illinois.
Lloyd Monteath
Born on December 1, 1877.
Died in 1878, at Antioch, Illinois.
Robert Guy
Born on March 1, 1879.
Married
Gussie Zoe Thain
on October 3, 1906.
Children:
Gordon Thain,
born August 12, 1907, at Millburn,
married Florence Jones Randall on November 22, 1932,
worked at Johnson motors for 37 years, retiring in 1972,
died on November 10, 1992, at Waukegan;
Oliver Russell,
born March 12, 1909, at Millburn,
married Doris Brumfield on May 21, 1930, at Woodstock, Illinois;
Elizabeth Louise,
born on October 14, 1911, at Millburn,
married Russell William Stern on October 5, 1944, at Waukegan;
Gertrude Avis,
born on April 20, 1915,
married William Edward Christian Petersen
on December 31, 1931, at Woodstock, Illinois,
died in 1974;
George Monteath,
born on May 21, 1926,
died on May 26, 1926.
Died on December 17, 1959, at Millburn, Illinois.
Maude Mina
Born on October 27, 1881.
Married Frank B. Kennedy on February 12, 1903.
Children:
Roy G.,
moved to Orlando, Florida;
Richard H.,
moved to Baltimore, Maryland;
Harold F.,
moved to Evergreen Park.
Retired from farming and moved to Waukegan in 1937.
Died on May 30, 1959, at Waukegan, Illinois
(
obituary).
David Carleton
Known as Carl.
Born on June 14, 1891, at Antioch, Illinois.
Married Maud Miller on November 11, 1911, at Libertyville.
Lived west of Millburn on property known as the "Tulip Farm".
Died on December 7, 1976.
Marjory (Marjorie?) Pearl
Born on March 15, 1895.
Did not marry.
Missionary in India.
Died on December 28, 1936, at Darjeeling, India.
(photo available:
1915).
Born on February 22, 1880. Educated by Smith relatives at University of Illinois. Moved to Milwaukee.
(photo available:
1898).
Harold Demott
Born on January 16, 1882. Educated by Smith relatives at University of
Illinois. Married Lulu Lego on October 14, 1908.
Moved to Ames, Iowa. Children:
(daughter), married Mr. Harper McKee and lived in New York. Harper
McKee's father was the Dean of Frances Shimer Academy (Mt. Carroll,
IL), where sisters Ruby and Mabel were educated.
Kenneth Reece
Born on March 14, 1884. Educated by Smith relatives at Lake Forest
Academy and University of Illinois. Suffered from Rheumatic Fever while
a student at Lake Forest Academy.
Alexander Gibbon
Born on February 25, 1888. Educated by Smith relatives at University of Illinois.
Ruby Beatrice
Born on December 3, 1889. Middle name was after Beatrice Yule Smith.
Educated by Smith relatives at Frances Shimer Academy (Mt. Carroll, IL)
and Western University (Oxford, OH). Ruby was sent to Frances Shimer
Academy, a boarding school where other relatives were in attendance,
when her mother died. Married Dr. John Tothill and lived in
Fredericton, Canada. Moved to the Fiji Islands (Suva), where husband
John was with the Brirish Colonial Service studying the Levuana Moth, a
pest destroying their coconut trees. Dr. Tothill became Director of
Agriculture for Uganda and they moved to Lake Victoria, Africa. Ruby
and John retired to Scotland. Children: Son Thomas and Daughter ?.
Daughter later lived in Scotland and was temporarily stationed with her
husband in East Africa. Ruby died in 1966.
Mabel Lloyd
Born on May 21, 1897. Attended Oakland School and educated by Smith
relatives at Frances Shimer Academy (Mt. Carroll, IL), and Western
College (Oxford, OH). Her mother, Jessie Ann Yule Hughes, died when she
was 6 years old. The White neighbors helped care for Mabel after her
mother died.
Note: We have a wonderful book in the museum about this family called
People Behind You (1956) by Ruby Hughes Tothill as well as a book about the descendants of Hugh Hughes.
