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Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES 1785–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 OCT 1785

Birth Location: Mountain Creek, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 27 OCT 1863

Death Location: Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States

Father: John HUGHES

Mother: Margaret DICKEY

Spouse(s): George CUNNINGHAM, Curtis Saunders

Children(s): George Jr., William Cunningham, Polly None, Sarah Cunningham, Catherine Cunningham, John Cunningham, Elizabeth Cunningham, Aaron Cunningham, Bob None, John Cunningham, Peggy None, Humphrey Cunningham, Rhoda CUNNINGHAM

The story of Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES began in 1785 in Mountain Creek, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA. Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES married Curtis Saunders, George Cunningham, and had children including Aaron Patton Cunningham, Bob, Catherine Cunningham, Elizabeth Cunningham, George Lewis Cunningham Jr, Humphrey Patton Cunningham, John P Cunningham, John P Cunningham, Peggy, Polly, Rhoda H Cunningham, Sarah Mccartey Gunter Cunningham, William H Cunningham. Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES passed away in 1863 in Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES began in 1785 in Mountain Creek, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA.
  • Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES married Curtis Saunders, George Cunningham, and had children including Aaron Patton Cunningham, Bob, Catherine Cunningham, Elizabeth Cunningham, George Lewis Cunningham Jr, Humphrey Patton Cunningham, John P Cunningham, John P Cunningham, Peggy, Polly, Rhoda H Cunningham, Sarah Mccartey Gunter Cunningham, William H Cunningham.
  • Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES passed away in 1863 in Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret HUGHES's Ancestors

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Margaret HUGHES
1785–1863
Birth Place: Mountain Creek, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA
Parents
John HUGHES
1737–1812
Mountain Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
Margaret (Leach) DICKEY
1743–1832
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
John (David) HUGHES
1717–1771
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
James DICKEY
1711–1792
Muckamore, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Catherine HUET
1717–1757
Worthe, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Anthony HUET
1685–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret HUGHES's Descendants

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Margaret ("Peggy") HUGHES (3 OCT 1785–27 OCT 1863) m. George CUNNINGHAM (7 MAR 1788–2 AUG 1845) m. Curtis Saunders (1801–1885)
  1. 1. George (Lewis Cunningham) Jr. 1809–1884
  2. 2. William (H.) Cunningham 1814–
  3. 3. Polly 1815–1869
  4. 4. Sarah (McCartey Gunter) Cunningham 1817–1858
  5. 5. Catherine Cunningham 1818–1858
  6. 6. John (P.) Cunningham 1820–1892
  7. 7. Elizabeth Cunningham 1824–1897
  8. 8. Aaron (Patton) Cunningham 1822–1892
  9. 9. Bob 1817–1891
  10. 10. John (P) Cunningham 1820–1925
  11. 11. Peggy 1811–1875
  12. 12. Humphrey (Patton) Cunningham 1826–1849
  13. 13. Rhoda (H) CUNNINGHAM 1813–1865 m. William (Coleman) PARRIS 1802–1847
    1. 1. Margaret (E.) UNKNOWN 1833–1919 m. Simpson (H.) BROOKS 1825–1893
      1. 1. Coleman Brooks 1872–1951 m. Mariah (A.) Green 1873–1949
      2. 2. Eva BROOKS 1851–1926 m. Silas BUCHANAN 1849–1905
        1. 1. Laura (Louetta) Buchanan 1875–1951 m. Clingman (Lewis) Green 1867–1959
        2. 2. Sallie 1874–1936 m. Wes 1875–1954
        3. 3. James (Harley) Buchanan 1882–1943 m. Mary Trantham 1884–1921

Margaret HUGHES's Timeline

6 Records

1785
3 OCT 1785
Birth of Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
1785
3 OCT 1785
Birth of Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES in Mountain Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
Mountain Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
1785
3 OCT 1785
Birth of Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES in Mountain Creek, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA
Mountain Creek, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA
1863
27 OCT 1863
Age 78
Death of Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES in Jackson, North Carolina, USA
Jackson, North Carolina, USA
1863
27 OCT 1863
Age 78
Death of Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES in Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
1863
27 OCT 1863
Age 78
Death of Margaret "Peggy" HUGHES in Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States
Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 OCT 1785
    Event Place: Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Find a Grave, Find a Grave, Margaret Hughes Cunningham (1785-1863)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Keener Cemetery, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Find a Grave, Find a Grave, Margaret Hughes Cunningham (1785-1863)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 OCT 1863
    Event Place: Jackson, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Find a Grave, Find a Grave, Margaret Hughes Cunningham (1785-1863)

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 OCT 1785
    Event Place: Mountain Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry.com, Subscribers Family Tree, Cunningham Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 OCT 1863
    Event Place: Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry.com, Subscribers Family Tree, Cunningham Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 OCT 1785
    Event Place: Mountain Creek, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 OCT 1863
    Event Place: Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States

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