The Greene & Pickens Black Families Association
Charles Hendrix Hughes
Charles Hendrix Hughes was born on October 18, 1878. He was the son of ex
slaves, Milton Hughes & Francis Hendrix. He grew up in the Pleasant Ridge
Community and lived there his entire life. His formal educational experience
was limited because of the social and racial climate during this period. He did
attend elementary school and became self educated through travel and reading.
He provided educational opportunities for all of his 21 children, which
included boarding school for the first children and thirteen who studied
beyond high school. His interest was so great that he founded an elementary
school, Shiloh, in Pleasant Ridge. He also served as a trustee of Miles College
in Birmingham for 30 years.
He supported his family by working multiple jobs as a barber, casket salesman,
and farmer. His love was farming and he was a very successful farmer. He
was able to secure 1100 acres of land in the Pleasant Ridge Community. He
was recognized on four different occasions by Tuskegee Institute Farmer
Conference as an outstanding farmer. Tuskegee recognized him as one of
Alabama's successful and prominent Negroes during the decade of the 1940's.
Not only was he a registered voter, he worked with the NAACP through the
Masonic Lodge. Charles died on January 1, 1960
Charles's family
1st Wife: Ida Sanders (1877) dau of Richard Sanders & Margaret Sanders
Children:
1.Clarence Milton Hughes,
2. Willie Glenn Hughes
3. Judge Hughes,
4.Charles Hendrix Hughes,
5. Annie Hughes
6. Kenneth Hughes,
7. Mattie Hughes-Coleman,
8. Nellie C. Hughes-Woods,
9. Carrie Hughes-Overstreet
2nd Wife: Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" Rice (1884) dau of John Wesley Rice &
Julia Head
Children:
10. Addie M. Hughes-Howze,
11. Jessie Gordon Hughes-Antiago
12. Mary Julia Hughes-Hafley
13. Ada M. Hughes,
14. Evelyn Pauline Hughes-Johnson,
15. Helen Hughes Williams-Engle,
16. Vergie Lee Hughes-Greene,
17. Wyolene Hughes-Cody,
18. Hazel Hughes-Glenn,
19. Robert Turner Hughes,
20. Fred Hendrix Hughes,
21. Thelma Hughes-Everhart,
22. Augusta Harden
| Charles Hendrix Hughes |
Alverta Hall Hughes & Judge Hughes
Judge Hughes Jr
| Bernice Hughes-Young |
| Dr. Herman Hughes |
Dr Marvelene Hughes