Israel Putnam Hughes
Israel Putnam Hughes was born on September 27, 1819, in Shelby, North Carolina. He married Julia Ray on April 9, 1853, and they had at least five children: Ellen, born around 1856; Maria, born around 1859; Caroline, born around 1861; Sarah, born around 1864; and Mary, born around 1866. They lived in Saint Helena, South Carolina, and he worked as a Methodist minister. By 1860, he owned $2,000 of personal property. He established a temperance society in Beaufort, South Carolina, around 1860.
They returned to North Carolina in the mid-1860s before moving to St. Augustine, Florida. By 1870, he was working as a farmer, and he owned $300 of personal property. He died on August 26, 1886.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (5580) | Hughes, Israel Putnam | 1819-09-27 | 1886-08-26 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (11930) [writer] ~ Israel P. Hughes and Julia A. Hughes to Elizabeth Smith, 24 June 1861
People - Records: 2
- (5580) Hughes, Israel Putnam is the [friend of] (5579) Smith, Elizabeth
- (4330) Hughes, Julia Ann is the [wife of] (5580) Hughes, Israel Putnam
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-2004, available from Ancestry.com; The Charleston (SC) Courier, 6 April 1860
