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 954, Woodland Township
Wm. S. Hughes, farmer and stock-raiser; sec. 16; P. O., Summum;
is a native of Holmes Co., O, where he was born in 1824; at the age of
16 he accompanied the “old folks” to Woodland tp.; in 1846 he was
united in marriage to Miss Anna Anderson, a daughter of James Anderson,
of Kerton tp. Mr. Hughes’ habits of life are temperate; is quiet and
unostentatious in his manner, more of a listener than a
conversationalist. Like all who bear the name in this part of the
county, Mr. H. is a staunch Republican. There were born of the marriage
of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, 4 children, 3 of whom are living: Sarah E., who
married F. M. Elliott; Robert M., who married Lucinda J. McLaren,
daughter of John McLaren; Amanda resides on the homestead.
