In 1850, Hugh is 30 years old and is living alone in District 2, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He was working in the agriculture industry as a farmer. [1]
Hugh married Mahalia C. Richards (1832 - 1915) on 23 February 1851 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.[2]
After Hugh and Mahala married, they left Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and moved to Lampasas County, Texas.[3] Family members listed in the 1860 Census are:
H.W. McCaleb 38
Mahala C. McCaleb 27
Wm. W. McCaleb 6
Texanah McCaleb 3
Georgeanah McCaleb 8/12
A gentleman named William A. Moton traveled from Alabama as well and worked on the McCaleb farm.
On 21 February 1864 Hugh enlisted in the Lampasas (Texas) Confederate Guard. He mustered out on 31 May 1864.[4]
The 1880 Census[5] finds Hugh and Mahala living in Kimble County, Texas. He was 61 years old and raising stock. Family members were:
H.W. McCaleb 61
Mahalia McCaleb 47
William W. McCaleb 26
Samuel H. McCaleb 17
Jack H. McCaleb 12
H.W. McCaleb 7
Hugh passed away on 26 Sep 1899 in Kimble County, Texas, aged 80.[6] He was laid to rest in the Red Creek Cemetery in Kimble County.[7]
↑ National Archives at St. Louis, MO; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones, 1/1/1925 - 6/30/1970; NAID: NAID 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
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