VanWert-Mercer County OhArchives Obituaries.....Hughes, Thomas September 20, 1896
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Van Wert Times, Sept. 24, 1896
Death of Thomas Hughes

	Thomas Hughes, one of the oldest and most honored citizens of this 
county, died Sunday evening at his home in York township, aged seventy-six 
years, eleven months, and six days.  Mr. Hughes came to Van Wert county in 
1848.  He was a brick mason by trade and laid the first brick in Van Wert 
county.  Later he purchased a farm in York township, where a family of ten 
children were reared.  His children are leading citizens in their own 
respective localities.  Mr. Hughes enjoyed the friendship of his fellow men 
and was on several occasions honored with positions of trust, acting as 
township trustee, land appraiser and assessor.  He was a member of the 
Calvinistic Church, of which he was treasurer for almost twenty-five years.  
The funeral service will be held at the home this morning at 10 o’clock.  
	With the passing away of Thomas Hughes, of York township, another old 
pioneer has gone to his eternal rest.  Uncle Tommy, as he was familiarly 
called, was one of our oldest settlers and his history, is the history of this 
community.  To the younger generation, to listen to his anecdotes of earlier 
days, it sounded like chapters from some books of adventures, but it was 
history of pioneer days.  May he rest in peace.  He labored long and hard and 
his repose is well earned.


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