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 WORTHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

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��Penn.; attended lectures at the Washington Medical College, Baltimore in 1823, and the Ohio Medical Col- lege, in Cincinnati, in 1833 ; and received the honorary degree of M. D. from the AVilloughby University of Lake Erie, in 1842. He located himself first in Shanesville, Tuscarawas Co., in the spring of 1830 ; and removed to Newville, in this county, in November, of the same year. Shortly after, and under the former Dfiilitia system, he received the appointment of Regi- mental Surgeon successively from Cols. Carpenter, Rowland and Martin ; and has in his possession com- missions signed by Govs. Mc Arthur, Lucas and Cor- win ; he was, under a law now repealed, elected one of the two school examiners of teachers for Worthing- ton Township ; he was a member of the old Richland County Medical Society, and he became a member of the Medical Convention of Ohio, in 1838, and one of its Vice Presidents in 1847 ; and is the author of a pa- per on " Professional Taxation" published in its trans- actions for 1850. He was elected a member of the State Medical Society in 1850 ; one of its Vice Pres- idents in 1868 ; and in 1856 became a permanent mem- ber of the American Medical Association. He was ap- pointed one of the Medical Censors of the Western Reserve College, Cleveland, in 1851. In 1841, and in 1842, he was elected a member of the House of Rep- resentatives from this county; and in 1850, in con- junction with Crawford County and part of Morrow, of the Constitutional Convention, which framed the existing State Constitution. He is also a member of the State Archajological Association ; has been one of its Vice Presidents, and possesses one of the best col- lections of Indian relics in Northern Ohio. At the early settlement of this county, the roads were not as good, nor the streams bi'idged as they are now ; of this the Doctor had some experience ; once, when riding at night and in darkness, his breast struck against the overhanging branch of a tree, and again, against the body of a tree broken oif above, and its top resting on the ground, and the first thing he knew, on both occasions, he was behind his horse, and per- haps on his feet ; again, when riding at full speed to escape a falling tree, a limb detached in the crash from a neighboring tree, as large as a man's thigh, fell from a height, grazing his horse's tail ; twice, on swimming the Clear Fork on horseback, his saddle bags were swept from under him, such and so great was the force of the current, and so imminent his peril ; again, on visiting a patient at night, and on the public highway, he was shot at, the ball cutting through the leaves of a tree above his head ; it afterward transpired that the shot was fired by mistake, for parties suspected of stealing corn, and for whom an old Hessian was lying in wait in the fence-corner, in front of his house, and with gun loaded and in hand. Last .June, when engaged in business from home, he was bitten by a large and ferocious dog, on the left arm, inflammation and extensive sloughing supervened, and for some time his life was despaired of; and now, though his health is improved and partially restored, his arm is still numb, stiff and enfeebled. It may be here added, that there is not a man, woman or child living in Newville, that was living there when he came to the village, they hav- ing one and all removed, or descended to the grave.

��In medicine, the Doctor is a general and regular prac- titioner ; in politics, a Democrat, but since the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in 1854, he has co-operated with the Republican party ; and in religion, he is con- servative, adhering to the principles and the faith of his fathers. In 1835, he married Anna G. Moreland, stepdaughter of the late Hon. .John Hoge, of Washing- ton, Penn. She died in 1866. In 1869, he married Rebecca Tarres, daughter of Wm. Tarres, of this county, and he is the father of four children, of whom but one survives, John M. Henderson, Esq., of Cleveland. Ohio.

HUGHES, RACHEL, widow; P. 0. Newville. John Hughes was born in Bucks Co., Penn., Sept. 5, 1805; he was of Irish descent; his father's name was James Hughes, and his mother's maiden name Jane McFad- den ; he had two brothers, named Alexander and .James ; Alexander died in Arkansas while engaged in the serv- ice of the United States as Army Surgeon ; James re- moved to Missouri, where he now resides ; he had two sisters, Maria and Eliza ; Maria married Hulon Gal- braith ; her husband dying in the prime of life, the support of a family of six children devolved upon her ; she taught several terms of school, at an early day, in District No. 5, Monroe Township. Eliza married An- drew Hazelet, who also died in manhood's prime. .John Hughes, with his mother and sisters, came to Richland Co. about the year 1831 ; he was by occupation a tailor ; he settled in Newville, where he carried on a shop for many years. He was married to Miss Rachel Hill, eldest daughter of Makiah and Barbary Hill, of Bell- ville, Nov. 17, 1837; Miss Hill was born in Knox Co. !March 15, 1818 ; her parents removed to Bell- ville, when she was about 10 years old ; her father died about the year 1862, and was buried at Bellville ; her mother still resides at Bellville, and is past 80 years old ; she has three brothers — Jesse, William and Fran- cis ; the two oldest live in Indiana, Francis lives in Bellville; she has six sisters, five of whom are living, and one dead. Naomi married Matthias Dish, to whom she bore six children ; she died at Jeromesville, and was buried there ; Miranda married Conn Seaman : Lydda Ann is unmarried, and lives in Bellville. Eliza- beth married R. W. Hazlet, of Worthiugton Township. Catharine married John Shoemaker ; her husband died in the army during the late war. Mary married Abra- ham Titus : they removed to Michigan where they now reside. John and Rachel Hughes are the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters — Amanda, the eldest, was born Oct. 16, 1840; James Eagleson, June 30, 1843 ; William Hill, July 12, 1846 ; Alexander, April 8, 1850; Mary Elizabeth, March 6, 1854, and Erwin Feb. 8, 1853. Mr. Hughes was Postmaster in Newville many years ; he also held offices of trust in his township, the duties of which he discharged to the satisfaction of all concerned ; he enlisted as a pri- vate in Company B, 120th 0. V. I., Aug. 5, 1862; served about seven months, when he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability, and re- turned home to die; he. died Feb. 24, 1863, and was buried at Newville ; he was regarded as one of the best citizens of his town and township ; at his death, he possessed but few of this world's goods; she was equal to the emergency ; having acquired a pretty thorough

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