Bertha Lillian Weed and Edward Ross Hughes

EDWARD ROSS HUGHES, son of LAURA BELLE BLAIR and JOSEPH BARENFIELD TORBET HUGHES, was born August 12, 1894 in Salem, Marion, Oregon,⁷⁰¹⁹ and died June 11, 1982.¹¹⁵⁹² He is buried in Jefferson Cemetery, Marion County, Oregon.⁴⁵⁶

He married BERTHA LILLIAN WEED on December 23, 1918 in Albany, Linn, Oregon.⁸²¹⁹ She was born August 28, 1894 in New Richland, Waseca, Minnesota,⁴⁵⁶ and died May 28, 1980 in Salem, Marion, Oregon.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Jefferson Cemetery, Marion County, Oregon.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Edward R. Hughes)

Children of BERTHA LILLIAN WEED and EDWARD ROSS HUGHES:

1. HELEN MAY HUGHES, b. June 20, 1920, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon;¹¹⁵⁹³ d. October 30, 2004.¹¹⁵⁹³
2. RUBY JOY HUGHES, b. September 24, 1922;⁵⁶ d. September 19, 2007;⁵⁶ bur. Jefferson Cemetery, Marion County, Oregon.⁴⁵⁶
3. MARGARET OPAL HUGHES, b. February 23, 1924, Brownsville, Linn, Oregon;⁴⁵³² d. November 1, 2004;⁴⁵³² bur. Lone Oak Cemetery, Stayton, Marion, Oregon.⁴⁵⁶
4. CALVIN RAY HUGHES, b. June 28, 1925, Brownsville, Linn, Oregon;⁴⁵³² d. January 28, 2002, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon.^{4532, 11594}
5. EDWARD JOSEPH HUGHES, b. September 15, 1927, Brownsville, Linn, Oregon;⁷³⁷⁷ d. December 4, 2020, Salem, Marion, Oregon.¹¹⁵⁹⁵

Personal Information

• Bertha Lillian Weed was a member of the Stayton United Methodist Church, Marion County, Oregon. ¹¹⁵⁹¹

Obituaries

Oregon Statesman, May 30, 1980¹¹⁵⁹¹

Bertha L. Hughes

STAYTON — Bertha L. Hughes, 85, 517 E. Marion St., died Wednesday at a Salem hospital.

Born in New Richland, Minn., she moved to Oregon in 1908 and lived in the Holley area before moving to Stayton in 1933. She attended Albany schools and Oregon Normal School at Monmouth. She taught school at Bridgeport and Sweet Home and was a member of Stayton United Methodist Church.

Survivors include husband, Ross; daughter, Helen Beirr and Ruby Stayton, both of Stayton, Margaret Todd, Sublimity; sons, Edward, Stayton and Calvin, Jefferson; brother, Claude Weed, Lebanon; sisters, Blanche Cairnes, Crawfordsville, Elsie Robnett and Vergie Rice, both of Sweet Home; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church. Interment will be in Jefferson Cemetery. Arrangements are under direction of Weddle Mortuary. The family suggests contributions to the Stayton United Methodist Church Memorial Fund.

Statesman Journal, June 12, 1982¹¹⁵⁹²

Edward Ross Hughes

STAYTON — Edward Ross Hughes, 87, Stayton, died Friday.

Born in Salem, he came here in 1933 and worked at th Paris Woolen Mill here and in Brownsville for 20 years.

Survivors include his daughters, Helen Burr and Ruby Stayton, both of Stayton, Margaret Todd, Sublimity; and sons, Edward, Stayton, and Calvin, Jefferson.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the First United Methodist Church. Private interment will be in Jefferson Cemetery, under the direction of Weddle mortuary.

The family suggests contributions to the church.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 8, 19004640	Mohawk Precinct, Lane, Oregon	Joseph Barenfield Torbet Hughes Laura Belle Blair Robert Rudolph Hughes Clara Matilda Hughes Edward Ross Hughes Charles Newton Hughes
May 3, 19105488	Mohawk Precinct, Lane, Oregon	Joseph Barenfield Torbet Hughes Laura Belle Blair Robert Rudolph Hughes Clara Matilda Hughes Edward Ross Hughes Charles Newton Hughes Buelah B. Hughes