Hi, April! Anything on the surname HUGHES in the book? Thanks! Rachel

Hi, here is the only mention of HUGHES: (Two people, Mary and Thomas) pg. 26 & 27 A man by the name of Evan T. Jones lived in Minnesota at the time this article was written on July 27, 1892. He was visiting his home town in Jackson Co., and he'd asked a reporter from the Standard Journal to write down and publish his fond memories of the place and its residents. Here are some of his memories that include the HUGHES: "Evan T. Jones Esq. of Minnesota spent a week in this county recently the guest of his sister Mrs. MARY HUGHES and other relatives. While here he made us a call and interested us very much by relating some of his experiences in this county before the war. His narrative was in substance as follows: "I came to this county from Wales in 1846. I came by way of New York, by the Hudson River and Erie Canal from there to Buffalo, and by canal to from Cleveland to Waverly. This was the usual route taken at that time by Welsh immigrants coming to Jackson County. I was accompanied by my wife. We were newly married. Benjamin Evans and his wife, newly married, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis and children, and Ress Evans and wife were our party. We came from Waverly to Jackson in wagons. We had to camp out one night on the way. We got breakfast at a farm house several miles west of Jackson. A very large kettle full of new potatoes and corn bread was our breakfast. We reached Jackson in time for dinner. We ate dinner at the McQuality House on Main Street. Only one of us, Thomas Davis could speak much English, We asked if there were any Welsh in Jackson, and a man took us around to the house of Eben Edwards. He explained to us where the Welsh settlement at Oak Hill was and we started walking, and the wagons followed. We walked into the woods and after a time came to a cabin and inquired our way. The Englishman kindly promised to go with us to point out the way. He brought his rifle with him. This did not steady our nerves for we knew nothing of him and we were now in the woods. He discovered our feelings and finally left his gun by a tree and walked on with us unharmed. Before long we came in sight of a little clearing and a house and he told us a Welshman lived there. We went on alone then and soon reached the house of John Williams. We were greeted with warmest welcome, for the Welsh settlers were very few in number at that time. The neighbors gathered in, and it was at once determined to try to get us to settle among them. We started off to head the wagons, but they had passed on and we did not overtake them until they had reached Oak Hill.........I bought my first land afterward of Davis Mackley. I think it is now a part of the farm of THOMAS J.HUGHES of Jefferson Township. In July of 1848 I bought the property of Thomas Brock in Jefferson Township where Daniel A. Jones now lives. Brock had been keeping a little store on his place to supply the neighborhood. I sold this farm to William D. Jones (Cofadial) and moved to the property now owned by Robert Johnson in Franklin Township. A short time afterward I sold the land to Johnson and bought the farm of John S. Stephenson in Jefferson township where Mrs. Edward Jenkins lives now. I remained on this property until I went to Minnesota. I developed the ore on it and sold 500 tons to Jackson Furnace. When Jefferson Furnace Company was organized, I put forty acres in the furnace and became one of the original stockholders. In 1856 I sold out my property in this county and moved to Minnesota where I have lived since." --end. April. [email protected] wrote: Hi, April! Anything on the surname HUGHES in the book? Thanks! Rachel --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

Hi, here is the only mention of HUGHES: (Two people, Mary and Thomas) pg. 26 & 27 A man by the name of Evan T. Jones lived in Minnesota at the time this article was written on July 27, 1892. He was visiting his home town in Jackson Co., and he'd asked a reporter from the Standard Journal to write down and publish his fond memories of the place and its residents. Here are some of his memories that include the HUGHES: "Evan T. Jones Esq. of Minnesota spent a week in this county recently the guest of his sister Mrs. MARY HUGHES and other relatives. While here he made us a call and interested us very much by relating some of his experiences in this county before the war. His narrative was in substance as follows: "I came to this county from Wales in 1846. I came by way of New York, by the Hudson River and Erie Canal from there to Buffalo, and by canal to from Cleveland to Waverly. This was the usual route taken at that time by Welsh immigrants coming to Jackson County. I was accompanied by my wife. We were newly married. Benjamin Evans and his wife, newly married, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis and children, and Ress Evans and wife were our party. We came from Waverly to Jackson in wagons. We had to camp out one night on the way. We got breakfast at a farm house several miles west of Jackson. A very large kettle full of new potatoes and corn bread was our breakfast. We reached Jackson in time for dinner. We ate dinner at the McQuality House on Main Street. Only one of us, Thomas Davis could speak much English, We asked if there were any Welsh in Jackson, and a man took us around to the house of Eben Edwards. He explained to us where the Welsh settlement at Oak Hill was and we started walking, and the wagons followed. We walked into the woods and after a time came to a cabin and inquired our way. The Englishman kindly promised to go with us to point out the way. He brought his rifle with him. This did not steady our nerves for we knew nothing of him and we were now in the woods. He discovered our feelings and finally left his gun by a tree and walked on with us unharmed. Before long we came in sight of a little clearing and a house and he told us a Welshman lived there. We went on alone then and soon reached the house of John Williams. We were greeted with warmest welcome, for the Welsh settlers were very few in number at that time. The neighbors gathered in, and it was at once determined to try to get us to settle among them. We started off to head the wagons, but they had passed on and we did not overtake them until they had reached Oak Hill.........I bought my first land afterward of Davis Mackley. I think it is now a part of the farm of THOMAS J.HUGHES of Jefferson Township. In July of 1848 I bought the property of Thomas Brock in Jefferson Township where Daniel A. Jones now lives. Brock had been keeping a little store on his place to supply the neighborhood. I sold this farm to William D. Jones (Cofadial) and moved to the property now owned by Robert Johnson in Franklin Township. A short time afterward I sold the land to Johnson and bought the farm of John S. Stephenson in Jefferson township where Mrs. Edward Jenkins lives now. I remained on this property until I went to Minnesota. I developed the ore on it and sold 500 tons to Jackson Furnace. When Jefferson Furnace Company was organized, I put forty acres in the furnace and became one of the original stockholders. In 1856 I sold out my property in this county and moved to Minnesota where I have lived since." --end. April. [email protected] wrote: Hi, April! Anything on the surname HUGHES in the book? Thanks! Rachel --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.