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Source:
History of Highland County, Ohio
by Rev. J. W. Klise -
Publ. Madison, Wis.,
Northwestern Historical Association
1902

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OSCAR E. HENRY, treasurer and manager of the Greenfield Lumber company, is one of the popular and prosperous young business men of the thriving city where he makes his home.  His father was a Virginian who came to Ohio in boyhood, lived for some time in Clinton county but afterward went to Cincinnati, where he became prominent in the live stock and commission business.  He married Cynthia A. Hopkins, of Clinton county, and those of their seven children who are living are residing at different points.  Louis A. Henry, of Minneapolis, is a teacher by profession and has held the position of superintendent of schools.  William A. is in the drug business at Greenfield, Charles M. is with his brother Oscar, and Alice E. is the wife of W. A> Bennett, of Cincinnati.  Oscar E. Henry was born in Clinton county, Ohio, shortly before his parents removed to Cincinnati and was reared and educated in the last named city.  In early manhood he became identified with the lumber business and later was employed by a wholesale concern in Cincinnati as a traveling representative to look after their interests in Bell county, Ky.  While thus employed he obtained a practical education in the details of this great industry which subsequently proved a valuable equipment and recommendation.  When the Greenfield Lumber company was organized in 1895, Mr. Henry was invited to take charge as treasurer and manager and that no mistake was made has been proved by his subsequent services in connection with the corporation.  His courteous address, knowledge of his business and strict attention to duty have made him a welcome addition to Greenfield's commercial circles and given him rank as one of the leading young men of affairs in the city.  For six years Mr. Henry has been president of the board of water-works trustees, where his advice and watchfulness have proved of value to the city's interests.  He pays considerable attention to Free masonry and has reached the degrees of the Royal Arch in that influential order.  In 1891 he was married to Annie, daughter of the late James Robertson of Cincinnati, and they have two children, William and Lucius.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~ Page 336
JAMES J. HUGHES, a prominent farmer of Marshall township, is a grandson of an early settler, well known in his day, James Hughes, who came from Ireland with his wife Hannah and six children to America in 1816.  They settled first in Campbell county, Va., and started out in June, 1825, for Chillicothe, but were diverted by news of the malaria in the Scioto valley, to Highland county, where they settled a short distance east of the village of Marshall.  Seven of the ten children of James Hughes grew up:  Peter L., Phillip, J. L., who served many years as justice of the peace and was representative in the legislature in 1857 to 1860 and again in 1867 to 1870; Catherine, Ann, James P., and Maria.  James P., father of the subject of this  sketch, was born in Virginia, Jan. 1, 1823, came with his parents to Marshall township in infancy, and in early manhood married Mary Stethem, of Adams county.  Their children were:  Hannah, wife of A. Davidson, of Kansas; Catherine, who lives with her brother, J. J.; Ann, wife of James Rice; Maria, who died Mar. 11, 1899; Sarah Jane, who married Frank Richert, of Cincinnati, and is now deceased; Bridget, wife of John Ragan, of Clinton county, and James J., whose name heads this notice.  By a second marriage, to Jane, daughter of William Davidson, James P. Hughes was the father of nine children, of whom there are living: William and Robert, of Liberty township; Teresa, wife of James White, of Liberty; Joseph, of Hillsboro, and Lucy, wife of Oscar King, of Hillsboro.  James P. Hughes was not only the father of a number of the best people of the county, but he was an active leading man in his day, a staunch Democrat, and several times trustee of his township.  His son, James J. Hughes, was born Feb. 22, 1861, and in early manhood married Maggie, daughter of James Spargur, a member of one of the old and prominent families of the county.  Their children were:  Mary Ann and Florence, who died in infancy; Ruth, born Sept. 16, 1894; James Ambrose, born Dec. 7, 1896, and Helen, born Aug. 11, 1901.  Mr. Hughes is the owner of 185 acres of land, two miles east of the town of Marshall, which he bought in 1895.  It was formerly his father's farm, and is a valuable area for agriculture, and one of the handsome places of the township.  He does his duty in public affairs without seeking official preferment.  He and his wife are members of the Catholic church.
Source:  History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 - Page 348
OLIVER H. HUGHES, probate judge of Highland county and one of the ablest of the younger members of the bar, comes of a family long influential in public affairs and prominent in all the relations of life.  The genealogical tree and its taproot in old Ireland, whence have sprung so many of the strong, prosperous and great men of earth, as well as the brawn and muscle to which this country owes so much for its gigantic industrial development.  James and Hannah Hughes, with their six children, were part of the passengers on a vessel which left Ireland in 1816 bound for the United States.  The little party made their way to Campbell county, Va., where the father obtained work on the pike roads then building and continued mostly in this line of employment until 1825.  In June of that year the family started for Ohio with a view of locating at Chillicothe, but owing to the uneasiness then entertained as to the unhealthfulness of the lower Scioto valley, they moved on to Highland county, where land was bought about two miles east of the present village of Marshall.  Among these immigrant children was John L. Hughes, born in the old country March 29, 1809, and consequently at the time of his arrival a bright Irish lad of some sixteen summers.  This youngster had the natural Irish brilliancy of mind, united with the Irish energy of character, and was destined to make a name for himself in the long life which then lay before him.  Before that life of activity terminated he had acquired 1,300 acres of land in Marshall township and had risen to be one of the leading public men of Highland county.  He was elected justice of the peace in 1843 and held that office almost continuously for nearly forty years.  In 1857 he was elected to a seat in the state legislature and served the three following years; was again elected in 1867 and remained the representative of Highland county until 1870.  In 1841 Mr. Hughes was married to Elizabeth Carlisle, born Mar. 3, 1822, and daughter of Rynard Carlisle, an early settler from Virginia.  The children of John L. and Elizabeth (Carlisle) Hughes were Hannah E., wife of J. N. Hogsett, now farming near New Vienna; James R., who died in 1901, aged fifty-seven years; Sinai C., widow of A. J. C. Blount, late superintendent of the Children's Home; Anna E., teacher in the Hillsboro public schools; Laura E., wife of Dr. J. F. Blair, of Cincinnati, who died in 1896; John N., who died in 1897 at the age of thirty-nine years; the subject of this sketch, and Sallie B., wife of A. A. Noble, who resides on the Hughes homestead.  Oliver H. Hughes, next to the youngest of the above enumerated children, was born in Marshall township, Highland county, Dec. 29, 1863.  He attended the district schools, took a course at the Hillsboro high school, studied law with De Bruin & Hogsett of Hillsboro, and entered the Cincinnati Law school, where he was graduated with the class of 1890.  The death of his father having occurred Feb. 2, 1891, shortly after his admission to the bar,  Mr. Hughes took charge of the home farm and devoted some time to arranging and settling the affairs of the estate.  In 1895 he opened a law office in Hillsboro, and he was elected probate judge, November 18, 1896, taking charge of the office in February of the following year.  Judge Hughes gave such satisfaction by his first term that in 1899 he was honored with re-election for another three years.Source:  History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 - Page 349
JOHN HUGHEY, a well known farmer of Madison township, who for some years has enjoyed the title of Squire, is of staunch pioneer ancestry connected with the county's history from a very early date. His grandfather was Charles Hughey, whose parents came from County Donegal, Ireland, to the eastern shore of Maryland and thence to Pennsylvania.  Charles Hughey went to Kentucky and became one of the band of hunters and fighters whose exploits figure so conspicuously in the history of "the dark and bloody ground."  He was a friend and follower of the famous Simon Kenton and often came over into Ohio with that bold borderer in pursuit of marauding and murderous Indians.  While living in Kentucky he married Nancy Records, and in 1803 he became a settler on Sunfish creek in Pike county Ohio.  Five years later he changed his location to Rattlesnake creek and in 1810 removed to Madison township, Highland county, where he died in 1816, leaving a widow and ten children.  Among the latter was Josiah R. Hughey, who subsequently became quite prominent in the politics of the county, being an uncompromising Abolitionist and one of the leaders in the famous underground railroad device to assist runaway slaves.  He held the office of justice of the peace for many years in Madison township and died there in 1862.  In early manhood he married Sarah Parker, of Highland county, and reared a large family of children, all but two of whom have passed away.  Two of the sons, Charles N. and James M., became soldiers of the Union army during the civil war, the former dying in a hospital and the latter serving over three years.  After the war, James M. Hughey served two terms in the lower house of the legislature as representative from Highland county, was later elected to the state senate and died during his term of office.  Nicy L., only surviving daughter of Josiah R. Hughey, is the wife of A. B. Butler of Highland county.  John Hughey, the only son now living, was born in Madison township, Highland county, Ohio, March 16th, 1845, where in early manhood he engaged in farming and stockraising and has followed that business all his life.  He inherited a taste for politics and always lends a hand to his party in the numerous and heated campaigns for which Ohio is noted.  In recognition of his services, as well as his business ability, Mr. Hughey was chosen justice of the peace and by successive re-elections has held that office for the last five years.  Like his father before him, he has proved a popular and efficient magistrate, dispatching business promptly, methodically and satisfactorily to all concerned.  In 1875 he was married to Ellen Winegar, of Madison township, by whom he has had three children, the only survivor being Frank N., who assists his father in the management of the farm.  Mr. and Mrs. Hughey are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a class leader.
Source:  History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 - Page 350

 
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