Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Hough, Claude F. 1873 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Claude F. Hough, cashier of the Mulvane State Bank, Mulvane, Sedgwick county,
Kansas, was born at Woodland, Barry county, Michigan, on March 24, 1873. He is a
son of Christopher A. and Minerva J. (Rowlader) Hough. Christopher A. Hough, the
father, was born in Ohio on January 25, 1846. The mother was born in Woodland,
Mich., on May 18, 1854. They were married at Woodland on July 3, 1871. Joseph
Hough, grandfather of Claude F., was born in Pennsylvania on April 21, 1821, and
married Miss Ann N. Monasmith and moved to Woodland, Mich., where he died on
April 15, 1886. His widow died on April 9, 1901. Christopher A. Hough, father of
Claude F., learned the trade of carriage and wagon maker, at which he worked in
Woodland. He served four years as county treasurer of Barry county, and was a
member of Co. "C," One Hundred and Ninety-eighth O. V. Infantry. In 1889 he was
elected cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank at Nashville, Barry county,
Michigan, which position he still holds. Claude F. Hough attended school at
Hastings, Mich., and in 1890 began work in a bank as bookkeeper, which position
he held until December 1, 1899, when he moved to Mulvane, Kan., and accepted the
position of cashier of the Mulvane State Bank, which position he still holds. On
March 4, 1896, Mr. Hough was married to Miss Mildred C. Rowlader, who was born
in Woodland, Mich., on October 31, 1876, a daughter of Washington and Catherine
(Miller) Rowlader. Mrs. Hough's father was born in Herkimer county, New York, on
December 8, 1830, and her mother was born in Ionia, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Hough
have two children, Helen L., born October 2, 1900, and Claude F., Jr., born
September 22, 1909. Mr. Hough is a director and treasurer of the Mulvane Ice and
Cold Storage Company and secretary and a director of the Mulvane Mutual
Telephone Company. Fraternally he is a member of Mulvane Lodge, No. 201, A. F. &
A. M., of which he is past master. He is a Republican in politics and a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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