Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Hughes, Captain Richard 1907
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Morris Daily Herald, Aug 26, 1907
Captain Richard Hughes, former resident of Morris, and a soldier of the Civil 
war, died in Chicago Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, at Wesley hospital. The 
cause of death, was paralysis. The body will be brought to Morris tomorrow 
morning on the 10 o'clock train and will be taken to the Catholic church were 
the services will be held. The G.A.R. Post will have charge of the funeral. 
Richard Hughes was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in June 1835. His parents 
immigrated to the United States in 1845, settling in Portsmouth, Va., where 
Richard received his education. About 1855 he came to Morris and engaged in 
farming until the breaking out of the Civil war. He then enlisted in July, 
1862, in Company C, 76th Illinois infantry. He was promoted to first 
lieutenant in 1864 and was mustered out as captain in 1865, at Blakely, Ala. 
He was in twenty-seven engagements, including the siege of Vicksburg. He also 
had six brothers in the war, one being killed in the Battle of Shiloh, and 
three of them, including himself, were wounded at Blakely. After the war he 
engaged in business in Morris and lived here until a few years ago when he 
went to reside with his son, John, in Chicago. Three brothers, Mike, Anthony 
and Martin, reside in Vienna township, and Pat resides in Morris. Five sons, 
John, William, Richard, Thomas and Dennis, also survive. 

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