1910 Census: Age 14, Living with parents Aquilla (37) and Sallie (34); siblings Phenie (16), Corine (12), Eunice (10), Nora (8), Hervey (6), James (4), Leona Mae (1) and Leon (1); maternal grandmother Mary (72); Shelbyville Road, Center, Shelby County, Texas. Father self-employed as Farmer.

1917, June 5: Age 21, Registered for the World War I Draft in Shelby County, Texas. Employed as a Teacher at Excelsior High School, Grigsby, Texas. Single. No exemptions claimed.

1917, July 19: Age 21, Voluntarily enlisted in the Army National Guard at Fort Worth, Texas from residence in Center, Shelby County, Texas. Assigned to Battery C, 132 Field Artillery Regiment, Camp Bowie, Texas. Unit motto “Let the Wheels Keep Rolling”. (This unit, First Regiment, Texas Cavalry, U. S. Volunteers that had did federal service along the Mexican border from July 1, 1916 to March 1917 had just been called again into federal service and redesignated the 132 Field Artillery Regiment equipped with 75 mm guns). After training the unit moved to Camp Mills, New York in preparation for the war in France.

1918, July 31: Age 22, Departed the port of Hoboken, New Jersey with Battery C., 132 Field Artillery, 36th Infantry Division aboard the US Navy Troopship USS Orizaba. Father Aquilla B. Hughes, Center, Texas listed as the next of kin.

1918, August 10: Age 22, Date approximate. The unite landed at Brest, France and moved into a training area near Redon at the famous French artillery training area. They were reported ready for service in six weeks of and eight week training course. The armistice was signed before the regiment could enter combat.

1919, March 12: Age 23, Departed St. Nazaire, France with Battery C. 132 Field Artillery aboard the Troopship Ocean Liner SS Kroonland. Father Aquilla Hughes listed as the next of kin.

1919, March 24: Age 23, Arrived at the port of Newport News, Virginia with 2,967 returning soldiers aboard. Transported to Camp Stuart, Virginia for discharge processing.

1919, April 10: Age 23, Honorably discharged at Camp Stuart. Authorized the World War I Victory Medal and the honorable discharge lapel pin. The 132 Field Artillery Regiment was mustered out at Camp Bowie, Texas and given the Streamer “France 1918”.

1919: Age 23, Principal of the Center Consolidated Schools, center, Texas.

1922: Age 25, Graduated from North Texas State Teachers College. Became the superintendent of schools in Graford, Palo Pinto County, Texas.

1925, June 11: Age 29, Married Florence Lee of Graford, Texas. Florence was a student at SMU and they met when she was home for summer vacation.

Late 1920’s: Moved to Dallas, Texas and invested in a new modern convenience, the electric refrigerator.

1930 Census: Age 34, Living with wife Florence (26) and son Fred (2); Belmont Street, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Self-employed as a Commercial Frigidaire Dealer

1936: Age 40, Moved his family to Abilene, Texas and bought into a Ford dealership with W. J. Fulwiler, Sr. Three years later he sold out to Fulwiler and bought the Dodge dealership in Abilene.

1940 Census: Age 44, Living with wife Florence (36) and sons Fred Lee (12) and Harold (9); Amarillo Street, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Self-employed as an Automobile Proprietor. Four years of College. World War Veteran.

1942, April 27: Age 46, Registered for the World War II Draft in Abilene, Texas. Residence 1202 Amarillo Street, Abilene. Self-employed as a Dodge and Plymouth Dealer. 5’ 11”, 189 pounds.

1942, July 10: Age 46, Mother Sallie passed at her home in Center, Texas at the age of 65. Buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas.

1951, March 12: Age 55, Father Aquilla passed in Shelby County, Texas. Buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas.

1962, April 30: Age 66, Passed of a Cerebral hemorrhage at Clinique Bellevue, 78 Chemin de Brancolar, Nice, A.M. France. Occupation: Automobile Dealer. He and wife Florence traveling abroad, staying at the Hotel de la Paix, Ave, Felix-Faure, Nice, France.

1962, May 7: Funeral held at 3:00 p.m. at the St. Paul Methodist Church, Abilene, Texas. Buried in the Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Survived by his wife Florence and two sons, Fred Lee and James Harold.

Fred Craft Hughes