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oilucation in the country schools;

William

and at the

Jewel

col-

Liberty, Mo. He Ijas attained success in tinanciai aflege

of

fairs,

and

^

Is.

He

died Dec.

3,

Fir.st

bank of

schools of

na-

years Jstati".

l^iber-

various

tilled

city,

county

contracting agent of the Milwaukee a n «l St. Paul railroad; in 1890 iM'came general agent for (he New

in cities; in 1894

hi>4

and a prominent

stale; is member of v a r o u s fraternal onlers; and positions of trust and

of his state, In-ing trustee of the school, tru.stee of the state normal inand trusteo of the university of !!«> was instrumental (M'orgia. in the const riietion of the Maeon, Hulilin and Savanrah railroad. In IOOSM.t he was a reprc tentative from (Jeorgia to the sixly-lirHl, >.

Imme

-III lite

sixty-second and sixtythinl congresses as a

democrat. Hughes, Edwin Holt, clergyman, bisiiop, Iht'oiogian, college president,

was

l»orn

Dec.

Moundsville, V.'a. In 189(1a pastorate at Maiden, Mass.; and is now bishop of the niethodist episcopal church. In 1903 he Iwcame president of l)e Pauw university of Greencastle, Ind. Hughes, Felix T., railroad president, was tM.rn Nov. 10, 18.18, in renterville. III. Since ISSC he has Iwcn president of the Keokuk and western railroad at Keokuk, Iowa. Hughes, Francis Wade, lawyer, statesman, was born Aug. 20, 1817. in Montgomery eounty, I'a. He was appointed deputy allorney general of Pennsylvania in is:i9, and held it for eleven years. In 184;{ he was elected to the state senate as a democrat. In 18.>1 he was appointed secretary of state; and in 18.').3-.'i."» was attorney general of the 7.

ISrtrt,

I'MMi

state.

he

in

filled

He

died Oct.

various

agent

of

Susquehanna and western railroad; and has held the offices q|

ageT^t, tratTic

2r,,

188.1,

in

I'ottsville.

and

Illinois

New York

railway, with headquarters in

City.

Hughes, James, soldier, lawyer, jurist, rongressman, was born Nov. 24, 1823, in Hampstead, Md. He was appointed first lieutenant of the sixteenth regiment of United States infantry, one of the ten regiments in the Mexican war. In 1852 he was elected circuit judge for six years; and in 18.53-56 was professor of law in the university of Indiana. He wag elected a repre.sentative from Indiana in the thirty-fifth congress. In 1861 he was appointed a judge of the court of claims; and in 1866 was appointed ii cotton agent for the treasury department. Hughes, James Anthony, merchant, congressman, wai4 horn Feb. 27, 1861, in C«ninna, Ontario, lie removed with his parents to Ashland, Ky., where he enterM on business ctirecr. In 1887-88 he was a mendier of the legislature of Kentucky; and later in 1894-98 he was a member of the Ve>.( Virginia state senate. In 1901-15 he was a representative from West Virginia I.

to the tifty-seventh. fifty-eighth, fifty ninth, (ixtieth. sixty-first, sixty-second and sixtythird contiresses as a republican.

Hughes, James

was born Ohio.

He

.Ian.

F., soldier,

17,

served

lawyer, jurist,

1839, in Wayne county. three years in the civil

war in the one hundred and second Ohio «dnntecr infantry as a non-commissiontil ntlicer; and in ISS.'i-Ol was judge of the cir«

when lie was transferred to (lie corps of topographical engineers in the regular army. He resigned in 1S.51; and was made president of the Northern central railroad. In land to the thirty-sixth congress. He seri'cd In the war with Mexico, receiving two hrev-
 * 8."»9 01 he was a representative from Mary

general freight

manager and general inanagiT

of ditTerent roads. He is now presidi'ut and general manager of the New Jersey. In<liann

nil

I'a.

Hughes, George Wartz, soldier, civil enyineer. ennpr* -sman. was horn Sept. 30, isnn, in Elmira. N.Y. In 1830 38 he was a civil engineer in the general government,

iMcamc

York.

I

rest

native

alluirH

Hughes, Dudley Mays, farmer, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 184S. in Twiggs eounty, (la. He was educated in the counIry schools and at the university of Cwr.*Ninee IH70 he has conducted large aglieultural intere«<t«. Ih- was a memi»er <»f he iJeorgia -^tate senate for one term; an<l for four years was president of the (•Jeorgia ^lale agricultural soriety. For twenty years he has been connected with the educational «

his

man y was station

For he

public

honor.

Mil

West River,

ty, Mo. He has taken an active part in the

i

lias

1870, in

Md. Hughes, George M., railroad president, wa» horn .lune 19, 1843, in Southfield, N.Y. He was educated in the public and privat**

is the presi-

dent of the tional

•

court of Illinois.

Hughes, James M., congressman, was born Kentucky. In 1843-4.'» he was a representative from Missouri to the twenty-eighth in

He died in St. Louis. Mo. Hughes, John, clergyman, archbishop, au-

<-ongress.

thor,

was

l)orn

June

1797. in Ireland. catholic archbishop In 18.19 he founded St. .John's collece, Fordham. N.Y. His writi.,jrs were published in 186.'>. He died .Tan 1804. in Naw York City. 24.

He wai a nn1"d Roman Vow York in 1S.-.0.64.

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