Dates
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Source
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12
Apr.1840
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Birth:
Jasper
Co.,
Mo.
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2; 3;29
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10
Mar.1925
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Death:
St.
Louis,
Mo.
Buried
in
Bellefontaine
Cemetery,
St.Louis.
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4
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30
May
1861
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Marriage:
Jefferson
City,
Mo.
to
Warwick
Hough,
b.26
Jan.1836
Loudoun
Co.,
Va.
d.28 Oct.1915, St. Louis, Mo.
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3; 5; 6; 7; 26
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1840
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Newton
Co.,
Mo.:
Census:
Persons
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Sex/Age
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Occupation
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Benjamin
Franklin
Massey
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M-20/30
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Farmer
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Maria
Hawkins
Withers
Massey
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F-20/30
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[Sarah
L.
Pierce?]
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F-15/20
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>Nina
Massey
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F-under
5
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9
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1840-1850
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1850:
Newton/Jasper
Co.,
Mo.:
Nina
Massey
writes:
"I lived on a farm until I
was ten years old, on what was called Spring River Valley, half way
between Mt. Vernon and Sarcoxie."
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3
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1850
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Jasper
Co.,
Mo.:
Census:
Persons
|
Age-Sex-Birthplace |
Occupation
|
Benjamin
F.
Massie
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40-M-b.Md.
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Farmer
-
$1,000;
R.E.
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Maria
H.
Massie
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29-F-b.Va.
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>Eliz.
Ellenor
Massie
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10-F-b.Mo.
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Ben
U.
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8-M-b.Mo.
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Julian
P.
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6-M-b.Mo.
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Clarence
R.
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4-M-b.Mo.
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Logan
S.
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2-M-b.Mo.
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Frank
R.
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8/12-M-b.Mo.
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Sarah
L.
Pierce
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23-F-b.Va.
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10
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c.1853-1856
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Boonville,
Cooper
Co.,
Mo.:
Nina
Massey
again
writes:
"I attended school at
Boonville, Mo. until my father was elected Secretary of State, ...
staying with Mr. [Peter] Pierce, my mother's mother, when I moved to
Jefferson City."
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3
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Note
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This
grandmother
was
Eliza
Jane
Matilda
Hawkins,
1788-1871,
widow
of
Daniel
Withers,
1775-
; who, as a widow, m.2nd. Peter
Pierce, 1794-1871.
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12
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Aug.1856
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Her
father,
Benjamin
Franklin
Massey,
was
elected
Missouri
Secretary
of
State
for
a
four-year term.
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11; 28
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Oct.1856
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
B.F.
Massey
was
inducted
into
office
as
Secretary
of State.
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11
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1857
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Nina
Massey
writes:
| "My father found it
impossible to rent a house in Jefferson City, and
as Gov. Polk had been elected to the [U.S.] Senate, Lt. Gov. [Claiborne
F.] Jackson offered father the Governor's Mansion, as no one was
occupying it." |
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3
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1857
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Warwick
Hough
was
appointed
Chief
Clerk
to
B.
F.
Massey,
then Secretary of State.
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26
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1858
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Nina
Massey
notes:
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3
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Jul.1860
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Jefferson
City,
Cole,
Co.,
Mo.:
Census:
Persons
|
Age-Sex-Birthplace |
Occupation
|
Benj.
F.
Massey
|
49-M-b.Md.
|
Secy
of
State;
Zero
R.E.,
$3,600
P.P.
|
M.H.
Massey
|
38-F-b.Va.
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>Nina
E.
Massey
|
20-F-b.Mo.
|
Dom.
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B.U.
Massey
|
18-M-b.Mo.
|
Clerk
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J.P.
Massey
|
16-M-b.Mo.
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Student
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C.R.
Massey
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14-M-b.Mo.
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L.S.
Massey
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12-M-b.Mo.
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F.R.
Massey
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10-M-b.Mo.
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S.W.
Massey
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8-M-b.Mo.
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Eliza
Massey
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6-F-b.Mo.
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Maria
Massey
|
4-F-b.Mo.
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Robt.
D.
Massey
|
2-M-b.Mo.
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17
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1860
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Warwick
Hough,
Nina
Massey's
husband-to-be,
was
appointed
Adjutant
General
of
Missouri, with rank of Brigadier General.
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28
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30
May
1861
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Nina
Massey
writes:
| "I married Warwick Hough,
during what was known as the Price and Harney Agreement." |
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3; 5;8
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12
Jun.1861
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Nina
Massey
Hough
continues
her
story:
"Two weeks after our
marriage, Blair and Lyons, with five or six thousand troops, came to
Jefferson City and took charge of State government. Warwick Hough
and Gov. Claiborne Jackson, Gen. Sterling Price and Benjamin Franklin
Massey, then Secretary of State, moved the duly elected [C. S. A.]
State Government to Boonville, Mo."
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3; 26; 27; 28
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6
Dec.1861
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Nina
Massey
Hough
notes:
"For seven months I had
not heard from Mr. Hough."
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Then Nina joined Warwick Hough at Osceola, Mo. in the Southern part of
the State [Missouri], and followed him and her father and the State
Government-in-Exile to Columbus, Mississippi, then the headquarters of
the Confederate military operations, where her first two children were
born.
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3; 8
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29
Sep.1862
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Columbia,
Miss.:
Their
first
child,
a
son,
Warwick
Massey
Hough,
was
born.
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15
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6
Dec.1862
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Her
father,
B.F.
Massey,
having
resigned
as
Missouri's
Government-in-Exile
Secretary
of
State;
her husband, Warwick Hough, was appointed Secretary
of State in his stead.
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28
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9
Jan.1863
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Her
husband,
Warwick
Hough,
resigned
his
newly
appointed
post
as
Secretary
of
State,
and was commissioned Captain in the Department of the
Inspector General.
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28
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28
Apr.1864
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Their
second
child,
first
daughter,
Alice
Ramsey
Hough,
was
born
at
Columbus,
Miss.
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15
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1864
|
Nina
Massey
Hough
writes:
"I remained in the South
during the War, except for the two months I spent in prison, when I
came through St. Louis to see my mother, who then resided in Boonville,
Mo. After being released from prison, they would not allow me to
see my mother, and banished me to the South."
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3;
16
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25
Jul.1864
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Fayette,
Howard
Co.
Mo.:
Her
mother,
Maria
Hawkins
Withers
Massey,
died.
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11
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Note
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At
this
point,
Nina
Massey
Hough,
in
effect
became
foster-mother
to
the
youngest
of the B.F. Massey children.
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10
May
1865
|
Mobile,
Ala.:
Warwick
Hough
surrendered
at
the
defeat
of
the
Rebel
troops,
and
was given his parole by Gen. E.R.S. Canby.
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26
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1866
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Memphis,
Tenn.:
Warwick
Hough
was
prevented
from
returning
to
his
practice
of
Law
in Missouri, because of the restrictive "test oath" required by the
Drake Constitution, so they settled in Memphis, where he again took up
the practice of Law.
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26
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25
Oct.1866
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Memphis,
Tenn.:
Their
third
child,
second
daughter,
Maria
Withers
Hough,
was
born.
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15
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1867
|
Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
After
the
Drake
Constitution
restrictions
on
the
practice
of
Law
were removed, Nina and Warwick Hough returned to Jefferson City.
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26
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24
Dec.1867
|
Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Their
fourth
child,
second
son,
Louis
Hough,
was
born.
Nina
Massey Hough, and her four children, remained in Jefferson City at
the home of Warwick Hough's Aunt, Mrs. Pleasant Hough Harrison, widow
of James Harrison, sometime Mayor of Jefferson City. Meanwhile,
Warwick Hough continued West to Kansas City, Mo., where he
intended to re-establish himself in the practice of Law.
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8
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9
Jan.1868
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Warwick
Hough
resumed
his
Law
practice,
setting
himself
up
with
a small office in front and living quarters in the back room.
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26
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1869
|
Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Warwick
Hough
immediately
prospered,
and
brought
his
wife,
Nina
Massey
Hough and their children to Kansas City. Their last
four children were born in Kansas City.
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8
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15
Jul.1869
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Her
father,
B.F.
Massey,
wrote
his
friend,
Dr.
J.F.
Snyder:
"Nina is now the Mother of
4 children, and I believe they have all red heads, 2 boys and 2 not
boys."
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9
Feb.1870
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Their
fifth
child,
third
son,
Heber
Hough
was
born;
but died 13 Jul.1870.
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15
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17
Oct.1871
|
Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Their
sixth
child,
third
daughter,
was
born
but
died
14 Sep.1872.
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15
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29
Aug.1873
|
Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Their
seventh
child,
fourth
daughter,
Eleanor
Holmes
Hough
was
born. She died 25
Jan.1955, in St. Louis, Mo., unmarried.
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15
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1874
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
At
the
urging
of
members
of
the
Missouri
Bar,
Warwick Hough ran for election to the
Missouri Supreme Court, and was elected to a term of ten years.
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26
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15
Feb.1875
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Her
father,
B.F.
Massey,
wrote
again
to
Dr.
J.F. Snyder:
"There is two girls
[daughters Lyda Massey and Molly Massey], both single; sometimes with
Nina at Kansas City, and sometimes with Ben [Benjamin Ulpian Massey] at
Springfield."
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32
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26
Apr.1876
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Kansas
City,
Mo.:
Howard
Hough,
their
eighth
and
last
child,
fourth
son,
was born. He died 20
Jul.1876.
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8
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1876
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Jefferson
City,
Mo.:
Nina
and
Warwick
Hough
established
a
residence
in
Jefferson
City, where they
lived until 1885.
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8
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17
Dec.1879
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
6.Benjamin
Franklin
Massey,
father
of
Nina
Massey
Hough, died.
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30
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1885
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
After
Judge
Warwick
retirement
from
Missouri's
Supreme
Court,
he
moved Nina and the
children to St. Louis, where he joined his son Warwick Massey Hough in
a Law partnership which continued until his death. They bought a
beautiful summer home near Arcadia, Mo. overlooking the Missouri River,
where Nina spent her Summers.
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2; 8
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c.1905
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Nina's
arthritis
had
restricted
the
use
of
her
arms
and legs. She gave up the
summer home, and resigned herself to life in their home at 5884 Cates
Ave., St. Louis. Her condition worsened, until she had to be
carried from bedroom to living room, where she remained in her chair
all day ... keeping up her voluminous correspondence, playing
backgammon, and receiving friends. Her hands were so gnarled that
her pen had to be inserted into her fist, so that she could
write. Her internment in prison was believed to have created this
arthritic condition, which was to immobilize her and cause her so much
pain in later years.
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8
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Note
|
In
light
of
the
fact
that
Nina's
father,
Benjamin
Franklin
Massey,
had
suffered crippling arthritis or
rheumatic attacks all his life; it is possible that Nina's condition
was hereditary.
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16
Nov.1909
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Mrs.
Nina
E.
Hough
is
listed
as
a
sister
and heir of 90.Robert
Douglass Massey.
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20
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31
May
1911
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Nina
and
Warwick
Hough
celebrated
their
golden
wedding
anniversary
at their home, 5884
Cates Ave., St. Louis. Among their guests were four of their
children:- Warwick M. Hough and his wife, Mrs. Marie Borden, of Texas,
Miss Alice Hough, and Miss Eleanor Hough. Their son, Dr. Louis
Hough, sent greetings from his home in Denver, Colo.
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18
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27
Jan.1912
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Mrs.
Nina
E.
Hough,
of
St.
Louis,
is
listed
as a sister and heir of 89.Julian
Pinckney
Massey.
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19
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9
Nov.1912
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Mrs.
Nina
E.
Hough
received
a
$250.
distribution
from
the estate of 89.Julian
Pinckney
Massey.
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21
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1
Apr.1914
|
St.
Louis,
Mo,:
Mrs.
Nina
E.
Hough
received
a
distribution
from
the
estate of 90.Robert Douglass
Massey.
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22
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28
Oct.1915
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Nina's
husband,
Judge
Warwick
Hough,
died,
and
was
buried
in Bellefontaine Cemetery,
St. Louis.
|
26
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28
Oct.1915
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
After
the
death
of
her
husband,
Nina
Massey
Hough
carried on with the help of her
daughters, Alice Hough and Eleanor Hough.
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8
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6
Feb.1917
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Mrs.
Nina
Hough
is
listed
as
a
legatee
of
90.Robert Douglass Massey.
|
23
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26
May 1920
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Nina
E.
Hough,
sister
of
Robert
Douglass
Massey,
received
$2,000.84 in final
distribution of his estate.
|
24
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28
Jun.1920
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Nina
E.
Hough
is
listed
as
a
sister
and
legatee of 90.Robert
Douglass Massey.
|
25
|
c.1921
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
Note. I last saw "Aunt
Nina", as we called her, when my mother and I visited in St.
Louis. She still had red hair, was cheerful and very good
company. Although bed-ridden, and with badly crippled hands, she
wrote her own letters, and was, by far, the best dispenser of family
news in the family.
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10
Mar.1925
|
St.
Louis,
Mo.:
"Mrs. Nina Hough died in
St.Louis, intestate, was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St.
Louis. She was survived by: Son, Dr. Louis Hough, of Denver,
Colo., daughters, Alice and Eleanor Hough, of St. Louis, and daughter,
Mrs. Abel P. Borden, of Pierce, Texas."
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