Bernard Hughes and his wife, Anna, and oldest son, James, emigrated from County Armagh, Ireland, in the early 1840s. The Catholic family farmed in Hudson Township (Section 22), Michigan until 1865, when the family moved near Ionia.
He and Anna raised seven children: James (1841), John (1843), Charles (1845), Mary (1846), Bernard Jr. (1849), William (1852), Joseph (1854), and George (1856).
Their three oldest sons fought in the Civil War, and two of them died. The sons mustered in with the 15th Michigan Infantry two weeks before they fought at Shiloh, Tenn. in April 1862. John, 19, and Charles, 17, died of disease within two months of the battle. James, 21, returned home for a year, before re-enlisting as a sargeant in the 11th Michigan Cavalry, where he served until the war ended.
He and Anna raised seven children: James (1841), John (1843), Charles (1845), Mary (1846), Bernard Jr. (1849), William (1852), Joseph (1854), and George (1856).
Their three oldest sons fought in the Civil War, and two of them died. The sons mustered in with the 15th Michigan Infantry two weeks before they fought at Shiloh, Tenn. in April 1862. John, 19, and Charles, 17, died of disease within two months of the battle. James, 21, returned home for a year, before re-enlisting as a sargeant in the 11th Michigan Cavalry, where he served until the war ended.
Bernard Hughes and his wife, Anna, and oldest son, James, emigrated from County Armagh, Ireland, in the early 1840s. The Catholic family farmed in Hudson Township (Section 22), Michigan until 1865, when the family moved near Ionia.
He and Anna raised seven children: James (1841), John (1843), Charles (1845), Mary (1846), Bernard Jr. (1849), William (1852), Joseph (1854), and George (1856).
Their three oldest sons fought in the Civil War, and two of them died. The sons mustered in with the 15th Michigan Infantry two weeks before they fought at Shiloh, Tenn. in April 1862. John, 19, and Charles, 17, died of disease within two months of the battle. James, 21, returned home for a year, before re-enlisting as a sargeant in the 11th Michigan Cavalry, where he served until the war ended.
He and Anna raised seven children: James (1841), John (1843), Charles (1845), Mary (1846), Bernard Jr. (1849), William (1852), Joseph (1854), and George (1856).
Their three oldest sons fought in the Civil War, and two of them died. The sons mustered in with the 15th Michigan Infantry two weeks before they fought at Shiloh, Tenn. in April 1862. John, 19, and Charles, 17, died of disease within two months of the battle. James, 21, returned home for a year, before re-enlisting as a sargeant in the 11th Michigan Cavalry, where he served until the war ended.
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