Elias L HUGHES was born in 1805 in Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, his mother, Sarah, was 38. He married Emily Fish Leatherman on August 26, 1838. They had one child during their marriage. He died on September 24, 1853, in Mount Ida, Arkansas, at the age of 48.
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1840 United States Federal Census: Year: 1840; Census Place: Caddo, Clark, Arkansas; Roll: 17; Page: 105; Family History Library Film: 0002474 Ancestry Record 8057 #1387661
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