Obit for HUGHES, Mary (SHEEHAN) (b.1849 d.1913), Nicollet Co., MN

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MARY SHEEHAN HUGHES

December 8, 1849- April  6, 1913



OBITUARY, St. Peter Herald, Friday, April 18, 1913



BURIAL OF MRS. HUGHES

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Patrick Hughes of Lake Prairie 

township, an account of whose sudden death appeared in the Herald of last 

week, were held from St.Peter's Catholic church last Saturday morning. 

All of her children came to St. Peter to attend the funeral, and scores 

of her friends and neighbors assembled to pay her a last tribute of 

respect. Solemn high mass was conducted by Rev. Father Cahill of Le 

Sueur, assisted by Rev. Father Maran and Rev. Father Mamer of this city. 



Mrs. Hughes, whose maiden name was Mary Sheehan, was born in Erin, 

Waukesha county, Wisconsin, Dec. 8, 1849, and was 63 years of age. She 

came to Minnesota with her parents when a young girl. When the Indian 

uprising took place in 1862 they joined the other refugees in St. Peter, 

and Mrs. Hughes was one of the self-sacrificing women who helped nurse 

the wounded and the sick. On Dec. 25, 1871, she was untied in marriage in 

this city to Patrick Hughes, her surviving husband, and together they 

settled in Lake Prairie, where she continued to make her home till her 

death occurred on April 6, 1913. Mrs. Hughes was a devout Christian, and 

had long been a member of St. Anne's parish at Le Sueur. She was a woman 

of charitable impulses, and many a home that had been darkened by death 

or suffering was made brighter by her presence.



The deceased was the mother of eleven children. One daughter, Mary 

Hughes, died on April 16, 1898. Seven sons and four daughters survive. 

The are: John Hughes, Nanton, Canada; Ed. Hughes, Grand Forks, B.C.; Miss 

Laura Hughes, Matthew and Raymond Hughes, Duluth; Mrs. George Plant, 

Glasgow, Mont.; Mrs. J.J. Morgan, Los Angeles, Cal.; Francis Hughes, St. 

Peter; Miss Lulu Hughes and Leo Hughes, at home. She has three brothers: 

Richard Sheehan, Lake Prairie; John Sheehan, St. Peter, and James 

Sheehan, Belle Plaine.



Among those fromoutside the city who attended the funeral last Saturday 

were: Mrs. James Leary and Mrs. J.J. Grimes, Sleepy Eye; Jay Hughes and 

Miss Mabel Hughes, Minneapolis; Mrs. John Keegan, New Ulm; Mrs. Max 

Zeney, Stanley, Wis.; James Sheehan and family and Mr. Corcoran, Belle 

Plain, and Miss Elizabeth Hughes, Mankato.



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