Hughes, George bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 659-660, Farmers' Township
George Hughes, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Table Grove. In 1834 he emigrated with his family from Geddes, N. Y., to Farmers’ tp. They lived in a log cabin 16x18 feet, with a quilt for a door, and no window or floor; the house was covered with clapboards, fastened with poles; this ancient roof was known as the cob roof. Mr. Hughes was very lonesome, and bore many privations for the first two years. At one time he went 5 miles to borrow a little meal. He was married, Sept. 1, 1831, to Esther Mayo, by whom he had 2 children, one of whom is living, John, now in Michigan. Mr. Hughes has been a life-long farmer and stock-raiser except about 8 years when he was engaged in the mercantile business in Table Grove. His father, Freeman Hughes, a native of Mass., was a real-estate dealer of N. Y., and also State Salt Inspector for 13 years, and Justice of the Peace 13 years. He has three grandchildren, - Geo. F., Charles E. and Elizzie B.; the eldest is 21, the second 19, and the third is 16 years of age. Our subject has been eminently successful in business, and now possesses about 400 acres of well improved land.