My Family Tree - Washington Vinyard Hughes / Ada L. Murphree

Man

Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Place of Death	Date of Death
Washington Vinyard Hughes		08 Feb 1873		09 Aug 1950

Woman

Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Place of Death	Date of Death
Ada L. Murphree		28 Apr 1878		04 Mar 1904

Children

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death
Rosie Hughes	10 Dec 1896	15 Mar 1972
Vaudie Hughes	29 Mar 1899	08 Jan 1911
Infant Hughes	1900	1900
Elmer Hughes	26 Apr 1903

Family Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Marriage	27 Oct 1895

Notes


When Wash and Ada married his only property was a horse his dad had given him. He owned over a section of land and was a very prosperous farmer. He built the first gin in Bruce, Mississippi in 1929. He helped his children pay for a good farm of their own. After his death, his grandson (Billy Wayne Chrestman) and granddaughter (Bobbie Jean Chrestman Turner) bought the home place of 161.5 acres of land for $21,500.00. Jean owns the house place with 16 acres of land and Billy the rest. His wife and each child was left $11,000.00. Inheritance tax and the lawyer got most of this. Wash went to the Bruce hospital the 17th of May, 1950. He was operated on that day for appendicitis. During the six weeks he was in the hospital, he developed a kidney infection. Then came home and lived until August 9, 1950 and died with a heart attack. He was buried in Mt. Moriah cemetary August 11, 1950.

When Wash and Ada married his only property was a horse his dad had given him. He owned over a section of land and was a very prosperous farmer. He built the first gin in Bruce, Mississippi in 1929. He helped his children pay for a good farm of their own. After his death, his grandson (Billy Wayne Chrestman) and granddaughter (Bobbie Jean Chrestman Turner) bought the home place of 161.5 acres of land for $21,500.00. Jean owns the house place with 16 acres of land and Billy the rest. His wife and each child was left $11,000.00. Inheritance tax and the lawyer got most of this. Wash went to the Bruce hospital the 17th of May, 1950. He was operated on that day for appendicitis. During the six weeks he was in the hospital, he developed a kidney infection. Then came home and lived until August 9, 1950 and died with a heart attack. He was buried in Mt. Moriah cemetary August 11, 1950.