ROBERT MORTON HUGHES.
Robert Morton, son of Judge Robert W. Hughes, was born in Abingdon,
Virginia, on September 10, 1855. He was first educated at William
and Mary College, where he took degree as Bachelor of Arts, in
1873, then went to the University of Virginia, where he took degree of
Master of Arts in 1877, and where, also, he studied law. He is now engaged
in practice in Norfolk City.
At Williamsburg, Virginia, February 19, 1879, he married Mattie L.
Smith, and their children are two sons: Robert Morton, jr., born April
24, 1880, and Sydney Smith, born September 12, 1884. Mrs. Hughes
was born in Williamsburg, the daughter of Sydney Smith of York
county, Virginia, long a resident of Williamsburg, where he held several
offices of trust, and died in October, 1884. Her mother's maiden name
was Virginia Bucktrout.
Robert W. Hughes, father of Robert M., United States District Judge,
was born in Powhatan county, Virginia, on June 4, 1821. The mother
of Robert M. is Eliza M., daughter of Charles C. Johnston, member of
Congress 1831-3, and granddaughter of Judge Peter Johnston, of
Abingdon. She was born July 2, 1825. Her mother was a Preston,
and her paternal grandmother, Judge Johnston's wife, was a Miss
Wood, whose mother was a sister of Patrick Henry.
