Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Sarah D. Penny 1/7/1879; children:4, Mable Low (Hardwick) and Harold Arthur; married Lizzie Huk?es McEwen 9/21/1887; children: 5, Don E., Ethel E., Evangeline, Ruth Gertrude (Deardorff) and Grace Alline (Delp)
total children: 7
Number of Children: 7
Background
Education:
public schools; Ann Arbor High School
Biographical Sketch:
Of Irish ancestry. Son of William Carter and Melissa (Sossett or Gossett) Hughes. He taught school before working as a travelling salesman in states west of the Mississippi for 2 years. He then became a miller, connected with mills in Marine City, Grand Ledge and Greenville. In 1885, he moved to Irving, Barry County, where he built a flour mill, which he owned and operated. He served as justice of the peace.
He was living in Pleasant Twp, Wabash County, IN in 1900.
Notable Facts:
He was always a republican, but owing to the adoption of the financial plank in the republican platform, he felt justified In affiliating with the silver party.
Date of death difficult to read on certificate; could be 4/23/1932