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THOMAS G. HUGHES

    The well-known citizen of Woodland, Yolo county, Cal., whose name is the
title of this brief notice—Thomas Green Hughes—was born at the old town of
Liberty, San Joaquin county, Cal., a son of William G. and Clementine (Aull)
Hughes. His father was a native of Liberty, Clay county, Mo., and was educated
in the Missouri public schools and at William Jewell College, Liberty, where his
brother, George Hughes, was a teacher. He came to California in 1853, his party
crossing the plains with the primitive ox outfits then in vogue for
trans-continental travel and transportation. For awhile he taught school. Then
he engaged in merchandising in the town of Liberty, Cal., near where the town of
Gait has since grown up on the railroad, trading there until 1862, when he
passed away, aged thirty-two years. Clementine Aull was born in Barry, Clay
county, Mo., and came to California with her father, Dr. Thomas M. Aull,
physician and surgeon, who practiced his profession in Barry, Clay county, Mo.,
and at Linden, Atchison county, in that state, until 1852, when he crossed the
plains to California. He located at Martinez, where he was in 1853 and 1854
surveyor of Contra Costa county. From there he went to Liberty, San Joaquin
county, and continued there the practice of his profession, giving some little
attention to politics with such success that he represented his assembly
district in the California Legislature in 1856 and 1857. His wife, who was Clara
Fugitt, was born in Howard county, Mo., and died at Sacramento in 1888. Charles
Aull, one of the sons of this pioneer couple, was the deputy warden of San
Quentin Prison until 1888, when he was made the warden of the State Prison at
Folsom, which office he held until his death in October, 1899. The second
husband of Mrs. Hughes was Abiel Leonard Boggs, a nephew of Governor Lilburn W.
Boggs of Missouri. He crossed the plains by way of old Mexico and Magdalena Bay,
finishing the trip by boat. That was in 1849, making him literally a
forty-niner. He became a farmer and stockman in Sonoma county, where for eight
years he was deputy sheriff. Later he came to Woodland, where he followed the
business of contractor and builder until 1902, when he died. Mrs. Boggs has been
a member of the Christian Church since. 1859. Of three children of her first
marriage only one, Thomas G. Hughes, is living. By her second marriage she had
nine children, of whom five are living, four daughters and one son, as follows:
Clara, Mrs. W. H. Hooper, of Woodside, Cal.; Sophia, Mrs. A. G. Stearns, of Los
Angeles; Mary, the wife of Dr. C. E. Wilcoxon, of Woodland; Helen, the wife of
the Rev. T. G. Picton, of Los Angeles; and Jefferson, of San Francisco.

    Thomas G. Hughes was brought to Woodland in the spring of 1870, and was
educated in the public schools of that enlightened city. He was an officer of
the State Prison at Folsom under Warden Charles Aull for six years, resigning as
deputy warden in the fall of 1893. Later he was for some years an accountant for
different business houses in Woodland. In 1911 he formed a partnership with
Judge E. T. Lampton under the firm name of Lampton & Hughes, to transact a
general abstracting business, in which he gives special attention to the
perfecting of titles. Mr. Hughes is a charter member and past president of
Woodland Parlor No. 30, N. S. G. W., and is the present master of Woodland Lodge
No. 156, F. & A. M. He served seven years as a member of Company F, Fourth
Artillery Regiment, N. G. C., retiring as first lieutenant. He is a member of
the Christian Church of Woodland, and is president of the board of trustees. In
Iris political convictions he is a Democrat.


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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]

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