Reata Francis (Galusha) Hughes (1904 - 2005)

Born 10 Jan 1904 in Fraser, Boone, Iowa, United States

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Died 23 Mar 2005 at age 101 in Rolla, Phelps, Missouri, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Galusha Name Study.

Reata Frances Galusha was born on 10 January 1904 in Fraser, Boone County, Iowa to Owen Elijah Galusha and Mary Eliza (Thomas) Galusha.^[1]

In 1910 she was living with her parents and siblings in North Dakota:
Father, Owen (35)
Mother, Mary E. (29)
Sister, Mary E. (12)
Brother, Edwin O. (8)
Brother, Harry F. (4)
Sister, Eunice M. (1)^[2]

In 1915 she was living in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.^[3]

In 1920 she was living with her parents and siblings in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa:
Father, Owen E. (44)
Mother, Mary E. (39)
Brother, Edwin (18)
Brother, Frank (13)
Sister, Eunice (10)
Sister, Goldie (8)
Sister, Laura (5)
Brother, Clyde (3)
Sister, Vera (0)^[4]

She married Sherman Dewey Hughes.^[5]

In 1930 she was living with her husband, Sherman (30), and their son, Robert (4), in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.^[6]

In 1940 she was living with her husband, Sherman (40), and their children, in Delaware, Berwick, Polk County, Iowa:
Daughter, Wilma J. (8)
Son, Robert (14)
Daughter, Rose Mary (9)^[7]

Her husband, Sherman, died on 7 May 1964.^[8]

She died on 23 March 2005 in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, and was buried in Licking Cemetery in Licking, Texas County, Missouri.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24X-7YMJ : 28 May 2022), Reata Frances Galusha, 1904.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGG-7L3 : accessed 24 March 2023), Reata F Galusha in household of Owcan Galusha, Township 152 Range 84, Ward, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 203, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1149; FHL microfilm 1,375,162.
3. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4T-2ZV5 : 12 August 2022), Reata Galusha, 1915; citing Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, card no. , Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM3-387 : 1 February 2021), Reatie Galusha in entry for Owen E Galusha, 1920.
5. ↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-YBFK : 8 April 2021), Riata Frances Galusha in entry for Robert Owen Hughes, 19 Jan 1926; citing Birth, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMVJ-NJR : accessed 24 March 2023), Reata S Hughes in household of Sherman B Hughes, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 3A, line 10, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 674; FHL microfilm 2,340,409.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMBH-HPB)
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3408084/sherman-dewey-hughes: accessed 24 March 2023), memorial page for Sherman Dewey Hughes (21 Dec 1899–7 May 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3408084, citing Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA; Maintained by Jon Verdick (contributor 48966496).
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-BVDM : 10 September 2021), Reata Francis Galusha Hughes, ; Burial, Licking, Texas, Missouri, United States of America, Licking Cemetery; citing record ID 105912228, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105912228/reata-francis-hughes: accessed 24 March 2023), memorial page for Reata Francis Galusha Hughes (10 Jan 1904–23 Mar 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105912228, citing Licking Cemetery, Licking, Texas County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Laci Brown Moberly (contributor 50704496).

Acknowledgements

Jennings / Gray Genealogy