1. | Hamilton "Ham" Hughes was born on 6 Jul 1861 in , Yancey County, , North Carolina; died on 6 Mar 1937 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; was buried in Hughes Odom Cemetery, , Mitchell County, North Carolina. Notes:
"Hamelton was born in the Big Rock Creek section and lived his entire life there. He was a farmer, and lived on the land which he inherited from his father. He also bought and sold several tracts of land in this same area. Ham was fun loving, hard working and a gregarious man who loved his family more than anything else. When the Cloudland Hotel was first built on Roan Mountain, he played the fiddle with a band there whenever he got the opportunity. Some of the songs played were: "Boil that cabbage down", "Cripple Creek", and "Turkey in The Straw". His wife was a very staunch woman and considered fiddle playing to be "frolicking", which was to her mind a great sin. A little fiddle playing and banjo plunking around the house was not so bad, but to go play where there might be dancing and no telling what else, was a matter of great concern to her. This difference of belief was not so serious though, and they lived their entire married lives together without serious conflict".
Source - Article written by Hamelton's granddaughter, Lorraine Hughes Tester and published in Heritage of the Toe River Valley - Avery, Mitchell & Yancey Counties, Vol I, Pg 294
Second Source - Article 165. Delano ("Del") McCoury (son of Hazel Hughes, daughter to Ham Hughes, pg 234, Heritage of the Toe River Valley, Vol III
Source - Heritage of the Toe River Valley - Avery, Mitchell & Yancey Counties, Vol I, Pg 294
Hamilton married Elizabeth Melissa Odam about 1900 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina. Elizabeth was born in Jul 1872 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; died on 18 Sep 1937 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; was buried in Hughes Odom Cemetery, , Mitchell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Hattie Hughes was born about 1902 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina.
- 3. Lilly Hughes was born about 1906 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina.
- 4. Daisy Hughes was born about 1907 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina.
- 5. William Harrison Hughes was born about 1909 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina.
- 6. Hazel H. Hughes was born on 13 Feb 1910 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; died on 27 Dec 2002 in York County, , , Pennsylvania; was buried in Susquehanna Memorial Gardens, , York County, Pennsylvania.
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