Frank P. Hughes Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH From: Ranee Egee - raneeegee@hotmail.com Surname: HUGHES Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 937 FRANK P. HUGHES, owner and operator of a good farm of ninety acres in the town of Greenland, on the Winnicut road, Rockingham County, N. H., who is also one of the town's assessors, was born in this town, March 9, 1864, a son of Edward and Catherine (Ahern) Hughes. His parents, both natives of Ireland, came to this country when young and married here. Both are now deceased. The father was a farmer and they were members of the Catholic church. Their children were Peter, William, Joseph, John E. and Frank P. Frank P. Hughes acquired his education in the common schools, after which he assisted his father on the latter's farm until he was fifteen years of age, subsequently working on other farms. He bought his present.place in 1899 from the heirs of George Davis, it being then known as the George Davis farm. Here he is engaged in general farm- ing, employing one hand, and raising stock for his own use only. A Democrat in politics, he takes an active interest in local affairs, and served for six or seven years as selectman. On February 7, 1890, Mr. Hughes married Catherine Regan, who was born in Ireland, a daughter of John and Catherine Regan. Her parents never came to this country. They had a large family of ten children, namely: Nellie, Margaret, Anna, Catherine, John, Jeremiah, Michael, James, Patrick and Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes have had three children born to them, Joseph F., William P. and Catherine E. The family are members of the Catholic church at Portsmouth. ************************************************************************ * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.