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Nancy Bowly <I>Thompson</I> Hughes

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Nancy Bowly Thompson Hughes

Birth
Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Death
12 Feb 1900 (aged 84)
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
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West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Nancy Bowly (sic) Hughes, the last member of a family of twelve children, died on Monday of last week at the home of her son, Dr. Henry Hughes of Long Branch, aged 84 years. Mrs. Hughes had been in failing health about a year. A week before her death she was taken sick with pneumonia and she gradually grew weaker until she died.

Mrs. Hughes was the daughter of Ann Bowly and Henry A. Thompson, natives of London. Her parents came to this country many years ago and settled at Baltimore, where Mrs. Hughes was born. She married Colonel Nathaniel Bonaparte Hughes when she was 23 years old. He died in 1878, leaving three children. They were Dr. Henry Hughes, with whom Mrs. Hughes made her home, and a son and a daughter who are now dead. After Mr. Hughes's death his wife went to Long Branch, where she had since lived.

Mrs. Hughes was a member of the Long Branch Episcopal church and was very active in church work, being for many years a teacher in the Sunday school. She was a member of the ladies' auxiliary of the Long Branch hospital and one of the charter members of the free reading room at that place.

Red Bank Register, Wed., Feb. 21, 1900
Mrs. Nancy Bowly (sic) Hughes, the last member of a family of twelve children, died on Monday of last week at the home of her son, Dr. Henry Hughes of Long Branch, aged 84 years. Mrs. Hughes had been in failing health about a year. A week before her death she was taken sick with pneumonia and she gradually grew weaker until she died.

Mrs. Hughes was the daughter of Ann Bowly and Henry A. Thompson, natives of London. Her parents came to this country many years ago and settled at Baltimore, where Mrs. Hughes was born. She married Colonel Nathaniel Bonaparte Hughes when she was 23 years old. He died in 1878, leaving three children. They were Dr. Henry Hughes, with whom Mrs. Hughes made her home, and a son and a daughter who are now dead. After Mr. Hughes's death his wife went to Long Branch, where she had since lived.

Mrs. Hughes was a member of the Long Branch Episcopal church and was very active in church work, being for many years a teacher in the Sunday school. She was a member of the ladies' auxiliary of the Long Branch hospital and one of the charter members of the free reading room at that place.

Red Bank Register, Wed., Feb. 21, 1900

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  • Created by: Ruth Ryan
  • Added: Jun 8, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91590472/nancy_bowly-hughes: accessed ), memorial page for Nancy Bowly Thompson Hughes (15 Mar 1815–12 Feb 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91590472, citing Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Ruth Ryan (contributor 46967971).