HUGHES
                  by Robert Mclaren
                  Tue Feb 26 1991
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   George Hughes, the third child of Cyrus FORDYCE, born 1844, died
1930, married Elizabeth, born 1845, died 1930, had 2 children:
Rebecca, who never married, and John Alexander, who was married to
Ida E. KING, but had no children.
   Esther Luretia, the last child of Cyrus FORDYCE, born November
10, 1848, died October 10, 1864, never married.
   The old FORDYCE homestead no longer stands, as it did in 1901.
It was to the west, south-west of Table Grove, about 4 blocks form
the Harris Cemetery to the south.  In the Harris Cemetery you will
find 6 generations of FORDYCEs: Cyrus, John Freeman, his son,
Frank, his son, Jesse, his son, Horold Freeman, his son, and Teresa
ORR, Jesse's granddaughter.
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 Page 179: George HUGHES and Esther
              by Henry HUGHES
   Freeman HUGHES, father of my greatgrandfather George HUGHES, was
the sixth generation of our HUGHES family in the state of
Massachusetts.  Freeman emigrated to Geddes, New York, now a part
of Syracuse, in New York.  Freeman was a real estate dealer in New
York, also State Salt Inspector and Justice of the Peace, thirteen
years each.
   While in New York, George had been a Salt Inspector and a
boatsman on the Erie Canal for three years.
   George married Esther MAYO September 1, 1831.  They had two
sons, one dying in infancy and John born the first day of June,
1834.
   Esther's sister, Harriet MAYO, had married Harvey HARRIS and
they had emigrated to Section 28 in Farmers Township in 1832,
George having a patent for the west 1/2 of the northeast quarter
of Section 32, making the sisters close neighbors for lifetime.
   George, Esther and baby accompanied James HARRIS and family in a
company of fourteen on their trip to Illinois.
   A log cabin 16' x 18' was built at the top of the big hill where
trees were plentiful for logs for the cabin and firewood.  Plenty
of water was in the creek at the bottom of the hill.  There was no
window in the cabin and it had a quilt to cover the doorway.  The
house was covered with clapboards fastened with polies; this
ancient roof was knpwn as the cob roof.
   George, like most of the pioneers, immediately put out an
orchard and enough so there would be some for the neighbors.  He
became a lifetime farmer and livestock raiser.  He taught a few
terms of school in his log cabin.  He sold off his south forty,
which was not suitable for farming and started buying land north
and west as the land and money became available, until he acquired
350 acres of contiguous land.
   He was in partnership in the mercantile business in Table Grove
for eight years.
   While the log cabin was close to the top of the big hill, the
homestead house was located near the half section line north and
south, which became the road, and was just south of the east-west
section line.  It is not known just when the house was built, but
probably in the forties, as saw mills had become available to saw
and siding.
   These homes or houses were known as the better homes.

Page 181: Rev. John HUGHES and Kate
                by Henry HUGHES
   John HUGHES, son of George and Esther MAYO HUGHES, was born in
Geddes, New York, now a part of Syracuse, New York.  He arrived in
Table Grove, Illinois with his pioneer parents, a team and covered
wagon with a party of eleven other people, the most of them being
the family of James HARRIS, who had pruchased a farm in McDonough
County, approximately five miles northwest of Table Grove.
   Several of the HARRIS family had emigrated to the Table Grove
community in 1832, including Harriett MAYO, Esther's sister who had
married Harvey HARRIS and had settled on Section 28 of Farmers
twonship, making the sisters neighbors for their lifetime......(The
rest of this deals with John HUGHES)
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 As you can see, this gives a little bit more information then you
posted.  However, it does not answer how Permelia HUGHES came to
Fulton County.  You will note that George HUGHES, his wife Ester
MAYO and son traveled with the James HARRIS family to Fulton
County  (at least according to these bios).  This party of
travelers number 14.  Unfortunately, not all members are mentioned,
so I guess it was possible that Permelia was in this party.
 .
 By the way, this book was published in 1988, and the bios were
written by descendants of the FORDYCE and HUGHES family.  You may
want to contact them to see what additional information they might
ahve.  While I don't have their address, I would guess that you
may be able to contact them through the Fulton County Historical and
Genealogical Society.  Their address is:
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       Mrs. Marc Butler, Corresponding Secretary
       Fulton County Historical and Genealogical Society
       Route 4
       Lewistown, IL 61542

(Editor's note: for more on the book, see FORDYCE file.)