George M. Huggans and Sarah Winton
George M. Huggans was born on July 4, 1815 in Virginia. He married Sarah Winton (1825-1901) and the family came to reside in Lyon County, Kentucky. George and Sarah had the following children: Mary Isabel (1842-1930), Orpha (1847-), George (1854-), and Lillian (1857).
George M. Huggans was a doctor in Lyon County. He was, at one time, called upon to determine the mental competency of inventor William Kelly. Note in the Hidden History of Western Kentucky:
George M. Huggans was a doctor in Lyon County. He was, at one time, called upon to determine the mental competency of inventor William Kelly. Note in the Hidden History of Western Kentucky:
After he opened the brick, thirty-five-foot-tall Suwanee furnace in 1847, Kelly devised what he called "air boiling" - the blowing of air through molten iron to burn out impurities and create steel. "People thought he was crazy," Whitehead said. Kelly's rich father-in-law thought the iron maker had lost his mind. So did the other iron makers. Kelly was dubbed "Crazy" Kelly. "The family physician, Dr. George M. Huggans, was called upon to examine William Kelly and make a judgement on his mental fitness," Walker wrote. "Here William Kelly gained his first support, not only did Dr. Huggans declare William Kelly's mental faculties normal, but further stated that the process he espoused had merit." Kelly continued his experiments in steelmaking, Walker wrote. In 1851 Kelly produced his first steel. 1
Mary Huggans and James Lanson White
The oldest of the Huggans children, Mary, married She married James Lanson White (1838-1907). They had the following children: Albert Sherman (1866-), Mary Annella (1869-1871), Charles Lansing (1871-1948), William Wallace (1875-1947), Fairy Blanche (1878-1956), Ella Maggie (1881-1958), and James Leonard (1883-1960).
Her sister, Lillian married Thomas Glenn (1849-) and had at least the following children: Ruby and Mabel (1882-). |
Figures
Fig. 1 - "Mary Huggins White" - shared by Heather Wylie.
Sources
1. Craig, Berry. "The Famous and Not So Famous." Hidden History of Western Kentucky. Charleston: The History Press, 2001. 19. Print.
Biographical information shared by Heather Wylie.
Biographical information shared by Heather Wylie.