of Boone County, Iowa · from Washington County, Pennsylvania · documented from the public record
The family in the record
J. A. Hughes b. 1823
J. A. Hughes⚭ Eliza A. Adams
childrenRobert Hughes
Source: The history of Boone County, Iowa, with biographical sketches
Their story
What the record says
Captain, Company H, Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry (Civil War), served three years.
Born 1823 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, raised on a farm.
Removed to Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois in 1853 and was elected county sheriff.
After the war settled in Boone County, Iowa, farming and stock business.
Married Eliza A. Adams of Middletown, Pennsylvania in 1850.
One son, Robert.
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