
                        FORDYCE, HUGHES
                       by Robert Mclaren
                        Tue Feb 26 1991

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 Message from Howard Hickman:
 HH>  Will you check your Fulton Co. IL books for Cyrus FORDYCE and
 HH> Permelia HUGHES?
 HH>  Cyrus Fordyce b. 30 Aug 1807 Green Co PA ?; d 6 Feb 1893 Table
 HH> Grove, Fulton Co
 HH>  Permelia Hughes b 5 Oct 1817 Geddes, Onondaga Co, NY; d 1896
 HH> Table Grove, Fulton Co
 HH>  Cyrus and Permelia were married 16 Apr 1835.
 HH>  I am working on the years before their marriage.  How did an
 HH> 18 year old girl get to IL?  Where did Cyrus come from?  How
 HH> and when did he get to IL?
 HH>  Permelia's brother George HUGHES, his wife Ester MAYO and son
 HH> John left Onondaga Co, NY, for IL in 1834.  They arrived in
 HH> Fulton Co 16 Oct.  They may have traveled by wagon.  Maybe
 HH> Naomi MAYO, Ester's mother?, and Permelia travelled with them.
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 MCLAREN REPLIES:
 Sorry it has taken so long to answer, I'm way behind on answering
questions that people have addressed to me -- working for a living
can sure interfer with genealogy.  I did find some bios that
include information about Cyrus FORDYCE and Permelia HUGHES before
their marriage in 1835.
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 From "Fulton County Heritage", by Fulton County Historical and
Genealogical Society, published by Curtis Media Corporation,
Dallas, Texas, 1988:
 Page 125: Cyrus FORDYCE Family
                by J. R. FORDYCE and Marilyn Fordyce ORR
   Cyrus FORDYCE (1807-1893) was born in Green County,
Pennsylvania, then moved to Ohio where he spent a few years.  He
came to Fulton County, Illinois in 1828, returned to Ohio, until
1831, when he once again returned to Fulton County.  In 1835 he
married Permelia HUGHES, daughter of George HUGHES of Farmers
Township, Fulton County, Ill.; in Section 6.  They had 4 children:
   John Freeman, born March 29, 1836, died July 31, 1909.  On
September 25, 1860 he married Minerva HAGAN, daughter of Judge
Samuel Campbell and Elizabeth Shirley HAGAN of Vermont.  They had
8 children: Clara, born July 6, 1861, died January 15, 1929, never
married; Henry, born January 27, 1863, died February 1, 1867;
Effie, born January 19, 1865, died January 29, 1929, married
Ellsworth PICKERING, and had 3 children: Minerva PICKERING MATHENY,
Elsie PICKERING BUNCH BARKER, and Bruce; Frank, born December 19,
1866, died December 25, 1938, married Cora SHERWOOD, daughter of
George and Lucinda Coakley France SHERWOOD, had 3 children: John
Frances (Doc), born 1893, died 1968; married Golda Huffman
BUTTERFIELD, had no children, but raised Robert BUTTERFIELD,
Golda's son by a previous marriage; Jesse Matheny, born February 1,
1895, died August 15, 1961, married Alice Liberty KENDRICK,
daughter of John William and Emily Belinda Deweese KENDRICK, had 3
children: James Robert, born May 29, 1928, married Bonnie FRIDAY,
daughter of Sterling and Helen Bean FRIDAY, had two sons, James Jr.
and Randall, later married Peggy Warren LOTER, and helped raised
her son Douglas, now divorced, Harold Freeman, born May 16, 1929,
died April 17, 1932; Marilyn Marie, born July 23, 1933, married
Bobby G. ORR, son of John Henry and Hildreth Simpson ORR, prior to
their divorce they had 5 children: Teresa Marie born October 30,
1952, died October 5, 1962, Robert Eugene, born April 2, 1954,
Angela Ann born and d. October 1, 1965, and twins Elizabeth Jayne
and Kevin Wayne, born November 5, 1966, died October 6, 1982;
Glayds E., born May 9, 1901, died October 17, 1978, married Charles
HOWARD, had four children: Charles Jr., Norma Howard MOUNTS, Donald
Lee, born 1926, died 1937, and Ramona Howard MALOOT STROCKER;
Sherman, born 1868, died (??), married Margaret RITCHEY, born 1876,
died 1916, had 4 children: Harold Glenn, Perry, Clarence, and Adah
Fordyce PETERSON; Bruce, born 1870, died 1933, married Lucy Evaline
(Eva) SHERWOOD HOFFMAN HELLER, daughter of George and Lucinda
Coackley France SHERWOOD, had 3 children: Ernest, Pauline, and an
unknown child; Charles, born 1872, died 1953, married Sarah RAWLEY,
had one son Sheldon, who lives in Florida; Freeman, born 1875, died
1964, and his wife Pearl had 2 children: Morris, and Lula Fordyce
Ray HUGHES.
   Mary A. the second child of Cyrus and Permelia's was born in
1842.  She married Samuel BARTHOLOMEW, born 1838, died in 1862, had
6 children: Laura, Omar, Katie, Ada BRATHOLOMEW COWART, and twins
Henry, born and died 1870, and Helen BARTHOLOMEW POINTS.
 ...............
   George Hughes, the third child of Cyrus FORDYCE, born 1844, died
1930, married Elizabeth, born 1845, died 1930, had 2 children:
Rebecca, who never married, and John Alexander, who was married to
Ida E. KING, but had no children.
   Esther Luretia, the last child of Cyrus FORDYCE, born November
10, 1848, died October 10, 1864, never married.
   The old FORDYCE homestead no longer stands, as it did in 1901.
It was to the west, south-west of Table Grove, about 4 blocks form
the Harris Cemetery to the south.  In the Harris Cemetery you will
find 6 generations of FORDYCEs: Cyrus, John Freeman, his son,
Frank, his son, Jesse, his son, Horold Freeman, his son, and Teresa
ORR, Jesse's granddaughter.
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 Page 179: George HUGHES and Esther
              by Henry HUGHES
   Freeman HUGHES, father of my greatgrandfather George HUGHES, was
the sixth generation of our HUGHES family in the state of
Massachusetts.  Freeman emigrated to Geddes, New York, now a part
of Syracuse, in New York.  Freeman was a real estate dealer in New
York, also State Salt Inspector and Justice of the Peace, thirteen
years each.
   While in New York, George had been a Salt Inspector and a
boatsman on the Erie Canal for three years.
   George married Esther MAYO September 1, 1831.  They had two
sons, one dying in infancy and John born the first day of June,
1834.
   Esther's sister, Harriet MAYO, had married Harvey HARRIS and
they had emigrated to Section 28 in Farmers Township in 1832,
George having a patent for the west 1/2 of the northeast quarter
of Section 32, making the sisters close neighbors for lifetime.
   George, Esther and baby accompanied James HARRIS and family in a
company of fourteen on their trip to Illinois.
   A log cabin 16' x 18' was built at the top of the big hill where
trees were plentiful for logs for the cabin and firewood.  Plenty
of water was in the creek at the bottom of the hill.  There was no
window in the cabin and it had a quilt to cover the doorway.  The
house was covered with clapboards fastened with polies; this
ancient roof was knpwn as the cob roof.
   George, like most of the pioneers, immediately put out an
orchard and enough so there would be some for the neighbors.  He
became a lifetime farmer and livestock raiser.  He taught a few
terms of school in his log cabin.  He sold off his south forty,
which was not suitable for farming and started buying land north
and west as the land and money became available, until he acquired
350 acres of contiguous land.
   He was in partnership in the mercantile business in Table Grove
for eight years.
   While the log cabin was close to the top of the big hill, the
homestead house was located near the half section line north and
south, which became the road, and was just south of the east-west
section line.  It is not known just when the house was built, but
probably in the forties, as saw mills had become available to saw
and siding.
   These homes or houses were known as the better homes.
 Page 181: Rev. John HUGHES and Kate
                by Henry HUGHES
   John HUGHES, son of George and Esther MAYO HUGHES, was born in
Geddes, New York, now a part of Syracuse, New York.  He arrived in
Table Grove, Illinois with his pioneer parents, a team and covered
wagon with a party of eleven other people, the most of them being
the family of James HARRIS, who had pruchased a farm in McDonough
County, approximately five miles northwest of Table Grove.
   Several of the HARRIS family had emigrated to the Table Grove
community in 1832, including Harriett MAYO, Esther's sister who had
married Harvey HARRIS and had settled on Section 28 of Farmers
twonship, making the sisters neighbors for their lifetime......(The
rest of this deals with John HUGHES)
 ...........................
 As you can see, this gives a little bit more information then you
posted.  However, it does not answer how Permelia HUGHES came to
Fulton County.  You will note that George HUGHES, his wife Ester
MAYO and son traveled with the James HARRIS family to Fulton
County  (at least according to these bios).  This party of
travelers number 14.  Unfortunately, not all members are mentioned,
so I guess it was possible that Permelia was in this party.
 .
 By the way, this book was published in 1988, and the bios were
written by descendants of the FORDYCE and HUGHES family.  You may
want to contact them to see what additional information they might
ahve.  While I don't have their address, I would guess that you
may be able to contact them through the Fulton County Historical and
Genealogical Society.  Their address is:
 .
       Mrs. Marc Butler, Corresponding Secretary
       Fulton County Historical and Genealogical Society
       Route 4
       Lewistown, IL 61542
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