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up in (he typical manner o f his time* receiv­ his life he was a faithful member of the ing his education in the subscription schools Lutheran Cliurch, towards whose work he then common in country districts, which he at­ was a liberal contributor. tended fo r about three months of the year, W hile residing in Cambra. Pa., Colonel the rest of the time helping with the farm Hughes was united in marriage with H arriet work. H e died Feb. 4, 1 ^ 7 . Buckalew. who is a daughter o f Jam es and Catherine (Jo n e s) Buck^cw . Nine children C H E S T E R K . H U G H E S (deceased)* who have been l>om to this union* o f which four was for many years a resident of Columbia still survive, nam ely: James* who is now a county* was bom at Catawissa, that county, resident o f Berw ick; Jennie, w ife o f L S. Ju ly 4. 183^. son o f Charles and M ary (R oth ) Hicks, superintendent of the Berit’ick W ater Hughes. Company, a sketch o f whose life appears else­ Charles I lughes. the father, w as bom in the where; John, an engineer in the employ of the city o f Philadelphia* Pa., and removed with Reading Railroad Company* who is residing his parents to Columbia county* where the at Tamaqua. P a .; and Albert, a skilled electri­ remainder o f his life was spent. cian, residing at Shamokin. Chester K. Hughes, son o f Cliarles Hughes* Jam es Buckalew, the father o f Mrs. w as taken by his parents to Bloomsburg when Hughes, was for long years an agriculturist still a tad. and there secured his educational in the vicinity o f Cambra. Pa.* where he also training in the public schools. Succeeding w,is the proprietor o f a hotel and success­ (his he learned the trade o f saddler, and when fully cng.'i^ed in the mercantile business. He he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the married Catherine Jones, and both died at business went to Cambra* Pa., where he es­ Cambra. Of their nine children* Harriet ts tablished himself as the proprietor o f a store. the only su n iv o r. H e was a resident o f that place at the time of M rs. Harriet (Buckalew ) Hughes, daugh­ the outbreak o f (he Civil war* ,ind in 186a ter o f Jam es Buckalew, and widow o f Col. was successful in raising a company, of which Chester K. Hughes, w as bom A pril 15. 1835, he was made captain, his command becoming at Cambra, Pa., and there grew to woman­ Company I, of the 143d Regiment. Pennsyl­ hood and received her education, remaining vania 'ohinleer Infantry. Later he w as ad­ at home with her parents until her marriage. vanced to the rank o f m ajor, then to lieutenant IJk e her husband she took a keen interest in colonel, und finally w as promoted to colonel CJrand A rm y work, and while residing here of his regiment, in which capacity he was at Berwick w as long connected with the mustcreil out at H art Island, twenty miles Womans R elief Corps. On her removal with from Ncw York* receiving hts honorable dis­ Colonel Hughes to Shamokin she found no charge in 1865. H ts scr*ice was a long and branch o f that order, and immediately set faithful one* and was characterized by about to oraanizc one. her intelligent and braver)’ and faithful adherence to duty. energetic cfmrts resulting in the establish­ Returning to Cambra. Pa.* be resided there ment of the Corps at that place. A t the time until i 860, at which time (he fam ily moved o f her husband's death, in 1889* she returned lo W ilkes-Barre, and there M r. Hughes be­ to Berwick, where she has since made her came proprietor o f what w as known as the home. H er beautiful modem residence is sit"M itchell Ilouse.” continuing to be the host uateil at No. 305 East Fourth street* and there o f this ]K)puIar hostelry fo r three years, when her many friends and acquaintances are al­ he again went to Cambra fo r a short ]>eriod. ways sure o f a warm welcome. Following this he removed to Shamokin, where he was coal inspector fo r the Reading L E W IS C M E N S C H, o f Q taw issa* Co­ (om pany, in which position he had chaige lumbia county, attorney at law and borough o f thirty collieries. Ilc continued to dis­ solicitor, was Ixim in Franklin township, same charge its duties cfiicicntly until his death, county, .Aug, 9, 1877, son of the late TTtomas Sept. la* 1889. H e was buricil in the Pine M. Mensch. Grove cemetery. While residing at Benv’ick I l i e Mensch family is an old one in the Colonel Hughes belonged to Captain Jackson county, foundeil here by Johannes Cliristian Post, of the Grand A n n y of the Republic, o f Mcnsch. a native o f Germany. H e was bom which he was commander for some time, and Ja n. 30. 1745* and his w ife 5>abina, Feb. 8, u[>on his removal to Shamokin liccamc a inem- t 753 « T hey came lo America in company k t o f Lincoln Post, o f which he was com­ with .Adam and Abraham Mcnsch, and fo r a mander at the time o f his death. Throughout time lived in Berks county. Pa. Subsequently