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The Hughes Family History

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  • ID: I677
  • Name: Hiram Jefferson English
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 17 DEC 1846 in Franklin Co, Ga 1
  • Death: AUG 1905 in White Co, Ar
  • Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cem, White Co, Ar 2
  • Census: 1860 Franklin Co, Ga in house of John W. English
  • Census: 1870 Banks Co, Ga, with wife Melisa
  • Note:
    The 1870 census shows this family as:
    Hiram J. English Berlin, Banks, GA 21 1848 Georgia White Male
    Malissa J English Berlin, Banks, GA 22 1847 Georgia White Female
    John W English Berlin, Banks, GA 10/12 1869 Georgia White Male
  • Census: 1880 Banks Co, Ga with wife Lara
  • Census: 1900 Des Arc, White Co, Ar
  • Event: BET 1891 AND 1894 Moved from Ga to Ar. 3
  • _MILI: Civil War, CSA, Co.A, 11th Ga Cav. 1863 2
  • Reference Number:

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    • Note:
      He and his family moved to White Co, Ar in 1892 and settled the area
      that became known as "Georgia Ridge". According to family stories, Hiram
      died of Infectious Hydrophobia (rabies). He was out bear hunting when one of
      his dogs got in a fight with a bear. Hiram saved the dog but the dog later went
      mad and bit him. It took 6 strong men to hold him down when he went mad himself
      and towards the end he was chained to a tree to keep him away from everyone
      else until he died.
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      Civil War, CSA, Co.A, 11th Ga Cav.

      The 1870 census of Banks Co, Ga, shows the following to reside in the township of Berlin:

      Hiram J English Berlin, Banks, GA 21 1848 Georgia White Male
      Malissa J English Berlin, Banks, GA 22 1847 Georgia White Female
      John W English Berlin, Banks, GA 10/12 1869 Georgia White Male

      Next door is:
      John W English Berlin, Banks, GA 72 1797 North Carolina White Male
      Elizabeth English Berlin, Banks, GA 51 1818 North Carolina White Female
      Sarah V English Berlin, Banks, GA 19 1850 Georgia White Female
      Hester A English Berlin, Banks, GA 17 1852 Georgia White Female
      Margaret English Berlin, Banks, GA 15 1854 Georgia White Female
      Jane English Berlin, Banks, GA 13 1856 Georgia White Female

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      The 1880 census of Banks Co, Ga list the following on the same page:

      Highram ENGLISH District 465, Banks, GA 32 <1848> Georgia Male Self
      Larah M. ENGLISH District 465, Banks, GA 21 <1859> Georgia Female Wife
      John H. ENGLISH District 465, Banks, GA 10 <1870> Georgia Male Son
      Lorinia ENGLISH District 465, Banks, GA 8 <1872> Georgia Female Dau
      William B. ENGLISH District 465, Banks, GA 7 <1873> Georgia Male Son
      George M. ENGLISH District 465, Banks, GA 5 <1875> Georgia Male Son
      Everliver ENGLISH District 465, Banks, GA 3 <1877> Georgia Female Dau
      Farrest E ENGLISH District 465, Banks, GA 1 <1879> Georgia Male Son

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      Father: John Wesley English b: 1804 in NC
      Mother: Elizabeth Shaw b: 1815 in Tn or SC (per 1860 Census)

      Marriage 1 Melissa Hill b: 1848 in Ga. ?
      • Married: 8 APR 1868 in Banks Co, Ga 7
      Children
      1. Has Children John Henry English b: 17 JUL 1869 in Ga.
      2. Has Children Lorena English b: 28 DEC 1871
      3. Has Children William "Will" B. English b: 1 JAN 1874

      Marriage 2 Lara Ann Swafford b: 28 MAR 1861
      • Married: ABT 1875 in Ga. (assumed date and place)
      Children
      1. Has Children George Manon English b: 15 MAR 1876 in Maysville, Ga
      2. Has No Children Eva Lela English b: 1877 in Ga. (poss Banks County)
      3. Has Children Forrest Edward English b: 2 MAR 1879
      4. Has Children Fannie C. English b: 12 FEB 1880
      5. Has No Children Ernest English b: 15 MAR 1882
      6. Has Children Minnie Lee English b: 6 MAR 1885
      7. Has Children Lucy Vonie English b: 1 MAR 1887
      8. Has No Children Alonzo (Lonnie) Sloan English b: 1 APR 1889
      9. Has No Children Blanche Mammie English b: 26 FEB 1891
      10. Has No Children Hatia Alar English b: 1 FEB 1893
      11. Has Children Beuna (Bunie) English b: 20 JAN 1894
      12. Has Children Euna English b: 20 JAN 1894
      13. Has Children Arthur Daniel English b: 6 JUN 1896
      14. Has No Children Rosia Alta English b: 6 MAR 1898
      15. Has No Children Elbert Millard English b: 15 MAR 1900
      16. Has No Children Hata English b: 22 SEP 1902
      17. Has No Children Addie English b: 22 SEP 1902

      Sources:
      1. Note:
        Rudy D. English, Searcy, Ark, 501-268-9181, rbenglis@cswnet.com, bluestar@cswn
      2. Note:
        Headstone
      3. Note:
        Photo is of page 7a of the 1900 census for Des Arc, White Co, Ar. This list Hiram English and family. It gives us a good idea of when he moved to Ar since Mammie was born in 1891 in Ga and the twins were born in 1894 in Ar.
      4. Note:
        Windy Baird
      5. Note:
        Elaine Randall English, P.O. Box 477, Lakemont, Ga. 30552-0008, 706-782-4122 eng4@alltel.net,
        http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hemlockhill/English.htm
      6. Note:
        Interview with Marguerite Hughes Fraser.
      7. Note:
        BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA MARRIAGES 1859-1888, transcribed byMarianne Rutledge Mrutledge50@aol.com and posted on the Banks Co web page.