Edward Simon Hughes
Edward Simon Hughes was born around 1823 in New York to John Hughes. His father was a farmer who owned $2,610 of real estate by 1850. He grew up in Trenton, New York, and by 1850, he was also working as a farmer. In 1856, he received an appointment as a postmaster, and he became a justice of the peace in the 1860s. He never married, and he died sometime after 1880.
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| (2834) | Hughes, Edward Simon | 1823 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3683) [recipient] ~ John P. Garrett to Edward S. Hughes, 4 August 1864
People - Records: 1
- (2834) Hughes, Edward Simon is the [friend of] (2833) Garrett, John P.
Places - Records: 1
- (67) [birth] ~ New York
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com
