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Note: N514 The red head in the family.
He came to Arkansas with his mother and perhaps a stepfather around 1869. He is listed on the 1880 AR census as living with his brother and mother in Little Rock. At some point around 1888-1889 he had moved south near Prescott, Arkansas and was farming on Ivan Hawkins farm. It's not for sure he was farming there before or after his brother John Westly came there or if they went together, but they were there together at some point in time. Since the 1890 Census doesn't exist, we don't know if they all lived together or separate. It's not know why they decided to go to Nevada Co., but Ivan Hawkins was originally from Ouachita Co., which was close to where Sam and Thomas Peterson had lived. Since John Pritchard had married Kate Peterson, it possible the Peterson's and Hawkins' had known each other in the past. This is just a guess.
After Lucy died, Hugh remained in Nevada County farming. He is listed as living next to Ivan Hawkins on the 1900 Census, as a farmer. He indicated he rented his land, but owned his home. He was still a widower, and his mother, Jerusha, was living with him. On this Census his last name was spelled Richard.
Thomas Ivan Hawkins owned the land on which Hugh farmed, and his family had came to Nevada Co. in 1873, from Camden, in Ouachita Co. His parents were John and Susan Hunter Hawkins, who were natives of Mississippi, and had came to Ouachita Co., in 1841. Ivan was born near Camden, Arkansas in 1857 and was one of eleven children. His wife's name was Hettie B. Brown, born August 13, 1864, in Iowa. They were married November 16, 1882. In 1900 they had three children living with them, all born in Arkansas. Floyd William, born April 2, 1884; a child named Rolla who died as infant born between 1884-1890; Harry, born 1890; and Gladdess, born 1897. (The information in the two preceding paragraphs came from Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, page 569.) Apparently this family was very close to Hugh Pritchard, and Gladdess was quite found of John Wesley's son, Claud. She is the one who placed the tombstone at Hugh's grave after he died. Hugh and his mother, Jerusha, would attend Church with the Hawkins' at the Baptist Church. Gladdess' married name was Murrah and her second husband was a Schroder. One of Gladdess' daughters, Marie Murrah Eley, living in Prescott, Arkansas, remembers her mother talking about Hugh and Claud Pritchard. She remembers her mother and herself visiting Claud and Alice Pritchard in Little Rock, shortly before they died in 1977. Ivan died in 1921, due to a fever caused by a mosquito bite, and his wife, Hettie died in 1946. They are both buried at DeAnn Cemetery (old section) in Prescott, Arkansas. Their son Floyd, died March 26, 1964, at Ojai, California. He retired from the Santa Fe Railroad. He had three sons, Harry, Ralph and Claude. (Floyd's obituary was found in the personal belongings of Claud Pritchard after his death) and his sister, Gladdess, died in 1980. They are both buried at DeAnn. Harry Arch Hawkins died April 19, 1977 at Paris, (Logan Co.) AR. He was a retired farmer. Survivors were his wife, Helen Hawkins; a daughter, Mrs. Bernice Burns of L.R., and his sister, Gladys Schroeder of Prescott. He was buried at Marlbrook Cemetery near Blevins. (Hempstead Co.) (This obituary was also find in Claud Pritchard's personal belongings after his death.)
On February 22, 1909, Hugh, at age 46, remarried a woman from Texas, who was born in Tennessee. Her name was Annie Canedy, age 36, born 1873, who had three children from a previous marriage. Anne and Hugh were both living in Texarkana at this time. Hugh and Annie did not have any children together. In 1910 Hugh and Annie were living in Miller County. The census indicates he rented his home and worked in an brickyard as a brick engineer. He and his wife were unable to read or write. Hugh's mother, Jerusha, was not living with him at this time.
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