Clay County MO Archives Obituaries.....Hughes, James M. 1861
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The Liberty Tribune, Mar 8, 1861
The Liberty Tribune, Mar 8, 1861:
The Late Hon. Jas. M. Hughes.
Our earliest recollections of Clay county, are associated with the name of this 
gentleman, who recently departed this life in Jefferson City; and though 
standing wide apart in political matters, we have ever regarded him as a high 
minded and honorable gentleman; of noble impulses and strong attachments for 
his friends.  His death, no where except around his own hearthstone, will be 
more sincerely regretted than in Clay county, where he spent some twenty years 
of his life.  Mr. Hughes removed from Clay county to St. Louis in 1849, but 
almost every year, and frequently oftener, he paid his friends her a visit, and 
was always welcomed by our old citizens with great cordiality.  Whilst he was a 
firm and decided party man, he was kind, conciliatory and courteous to his 
political opponents, among whom he numbered some of his truest and warmest 
personal friends.  He was a man of more than ordinary ability, and whilst a 
citizen of Clay, he was elevated to a seat in the State Legislature, and in the 
Congress of the United States.  As has been truly stated by the Missouri 
Republican, hundreds there are all over Missouri who have received favors at 
the hands of Mr. Hughes, and who will cherish his memory with sincere affection.


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