| Descendants of Isaac and Leah Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Leah (Hughes) McKown's tombstone, (closeup, r) rests on the wall of the Tyler family cemetery, Jeffersontown, KY. "In Memory of Leah McKonn consort of Robt McKonn who departed this life Apr. 12th 1822 aged 68 years." (hard to read; 88 years would fit her life story better...) |
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| Robert McKown is named a Trustee of Jeffersontown in this 1797 court document. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Edward Tyler Sturgeon was principal owner and captain of the "Eclipse," shown in this picture. Briefly mentioned in two of Mark Twain's stories, the Eclipse included a bar that was over 300 feet long. (Captain Sturgeon was a great-grandson of Isaac and Leah Hughes.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nancy "Jennie" Jane Wells Hughes 1838 - 1902 (2nd wife of Isaac R. Hughes, Jr.) |
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| Isaac R. Hughes, Jr. 1833-1880 Son of Isaac R. Hughes Sr. and Kitty Ann Kaster Hughes (great-grandson of Isaac & Leah Hughes) |
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