To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Tennessee Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Tennessee, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 3/9/23 • Approved: 3/9/23 • Last Updated: 3/12/23 • R248894-G248894-S3
John
1779 -Mar. 15, 1871
Jane
1789-1869
In this cemetery lie the remains of John Hughes, Jane Skiles Hughes, and their daughter Nancy Huges Hixson. Pioneer settler John Huges founded the Bakewell Community and the original church and school. He donated the land for the church, the school and the right of way for the Southern Railway through Bakewell.
Children: Hezekiah (1797 - 1877), Francis (1800 - Nov. 7, 1856), John, Jr. (1807 - 1870), Ephraim (1810 - 1864), Rebecca (unknown - 1846), William ( 1814 - 1872) Nancy (1817 - Oct 1891), Margaret ( 1818 - unknown)
(Back of headstone)
Contributed on 3/9/23
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 248894
Location/GPS: View Map