Hugh was born in Nashville, son of a lawyer who was serving as Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee. His father had also been a Tennessee state senator and state representative.
The Civil War was hard on the family, and when the war ended, Hugh's father James was prohibited from practicing law. Luckily, with a large family and a large house, they took in boarders, as I suspect they did during the war as well. When Hugh was old enough, he worked with this uncle, Joseph Spence as a guard for female prisoners in custody of Davidson County.
Hugh moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he worked for the Arkansas State Penitentiary. The prison was involved in a work program around 1892, in which prisoners were put to work on the railroad. High unemployment in the Helena area caused hard feelings toward the prison laborers. Their food was poisoned with arsenic and several men died, and many more were made sick. After recovering and improving security, the prisoners returned to complete the contract.
Hugh also worked as a brickyard foreman until he joined the Army in 1898 at the start of the Spanish American War. He was "a well-liked Corporal" in the 2ND Arkansas Infantry until his regiment mustered out after the war.
Afterward, he returned to work in the brickyard in Little Rock.
In 1906 a heavy thunderstorm rolled through, and while Hugh was on the porch of the brick works watching it, he was struck by lightning. His friends carried him home and fortunately he quickly recovered. Perhaps having glimpsed his mortality, Hugh married Alberta Harmon in 1907 and started his family of eventually 7 children:
Jonnie May (Lytle), Willie Rice (Holiman), Devereux Gilliam, Sudye, Mary Lee (Reveley), Robert and Barbara.
(bio by: CensusTaker)
The Civil War was hard on the family, and when the war ended, Hugh's father James was prohibited from practicing law. Luckily, with a large family and a large house, they took in boarders, as I suspect they did during the war as well. When Hugh was old enough, he worked with this uncle, Joseph Spence as a guard for female prisoners in custody of Davidson County.
Hugh moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he worked for the Arkansas State Penitentiary. The prison was involved in a work program around 1892, in which prisoners were put to work on the railroad. High unemployment in the Helena area caused hard feelings toward the prison laborers. Their food was poisoned with arsenic and several men died, and many more were made sick. After recovering and improving security, the prisoners returned to complete the contract.
Hugh also worked as a brickyard foreman until he joined the Army in 1898 at the start of the Spanish American War. He was "a well-liked Corporal" in the 2ND Arkansas Infantry until his regiment mustered out after the war.
Afterward, he returned to work in the brickyard in Little Rock.
In 1906 a heavy thunderstorm rolled through, and while Hugh was on the porch of the brick works watching it, he was struck by lightning. His friends carried him home and fortunately he quickly recovered. Perhaps having glimpsed his mortality, Hugh married Alberta Harmon in 1907 and started his family of eventually 7 children:
Jonnie May (Lytle), Willie Rice (Holiman), Devereux Gilliam, Sudye, Mary Lee (Reveley), Robert and Barbara.
(bio by: CensusTaker)
Hugh was born in Nashville, son of a lawyer who was serving as Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee. His father had also been a Tennessee state senator and state representative.
The Civil War was hard on the family, and when the war ended, Hugh's father James was prohibited from practicing law. Luckily, with a large family and a large house, they took in boarders, as I suspect they did during the war as well. When Hugh was old enough, he worked with this uncle, Joseph Spence as a guard for female prisoners in custody of Davidson County.
Hugh moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he worked for the Arkansas State Penitentiary. The prison was involved in a work program around 1892, in which prisoners were put to work on the railroad. High unemployment in the Helena area caused hard feelings toward the prison laborers. Their food was poisoned with arsenic and several men died, and many more were made sick. After recovering and improving security, the prisoners returned to complete the contract.
Hugh also worked as a brickyard foreman until he joined the Army in 1898 at the start of the Spanish American War. He was "a well-liked Corporal" in the 2ND Arkansas Infantry until his regiment mustered out after the war.
Afterward, he returned to work in the brickyard in Little Rock.
In 1906 a heavy thunderstorm rolled through, and while Hugh was on the porch of the brick works watching it, he was struck by lightning. His friends carried him home and fortunately he quickly recovered. Perhaps having glimpsed his mortality, Hugh married Alberta Harmon in 1907 and started his family of eventually 7 children:
Jonnie May (Lytle), Willie Rice (Holiman), Devereux Gilliam, Sudye, Mary Lee (Reveley), Robert and Barbara.
(bio by: CensusTaker)
The Civil War was hard on the family, and when the war ended, Hugh's father James was prohibited from practicing law. Luckily, with a large family and a large house, they took in boarders, as I suspect they did during the war as well. When Hugh was old enough, he worked with this uncle, Joseph Spence as a guard for female prisoners in custody of Davidson County.
Hugh moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where he worked for the Arkansas State Penitentiary. The prison was involved in a work program around 1892, in which prisoners were put to work on the railroad. High unemployment in the Helena area caused hard feelings toward the prison laborers. Their food was poisoned with arsenic and several men died, and many more were made sick. After recovering and improving security, the prisoners returned to complete the contract.
Hugh also worked as a brickyard foreman until he joined the Army in 1898 at the start of the Spanish American War. He was "a well-liked Corporal" in the 2ND Arkansas Infantry until his regiment mustered out after the war.
Afterward, he returned to work in the brickyard in Little Rock.
In 1906 a heavy thunderstorm rolled through, and while Hugh was on the porch of the brick works watching it, he was struck by lightning. His friends carried him home and fortunately he quickly recovered. Perhaps having glimpsed his mortality, Hugh married Alberta Harmon in 1907 and started his family of eventually 7 children:
Jonnie May (Lytle), Willie Rice (Holiman), Devereux Gilliam, Sudye, Mary Lee (Reveley), Robert and Barbara.
(bio by: CensusTaker)
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