BIO: Charles M. HUGHES, Beaver County, PA
  
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  BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
  of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
  Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 255-256.
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  CHARLES M. HUGHES is the present popular and efficient cashier of the Beaver
  National Bank; he has had a broad and useful experience in this line of
  business, as he has been connected with various banking institutions almost
  continuously since his early manhood. Our subject is a man of fine business
  ability, is a favorite in both business and social circles, and he always
  lends his influence in favor of such enterprises and measures as he deems
  best for the advancement and prosperity of the borough, county, state and
  country at large. He was born in Lina, Ohio, May 24, 1856, and is a son of
  Richard T. Hughes. Richard T. Hughes was a farmer in early life, but later
  conducted a mercantile store at Lima. He was county treasurer of Alien
  county, Ohio, for a period of four years. He died March 7, 1879, at the age
  of fifty-one years.
  
  Charles M. Hughes was intellectually trained in the public and high schools
  of Lima; at the age of eighteen years, he accepted his first bank position,
  that of clerk in the First National Bank, of Lima, Ohio; two years later he
  became assistant cashier of the Allen County Bank, of Lima, - remaining in
  that capacity until 1881. In that year he returned to the First National
  Bank, of Lima, and became cashier of that institution. Having spent a life of
  indoor occupation up to this time, Mr. Hughes decided to seek some open air
  exercise, and accordingly, in 1894, he resigned his position in the bank and
  entered the employ of the Mutual Life Insurance Company as traveling agent
  out of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1896, Mr. Hughes returned to his former occupation, -
  accepting a position as cashier of the Beaver National Bank, succeeding
  cashier Fred Davidson. This bank is practically a new institution, having
  thrown open its doors to the public July 1, 1896; it has a capital stock of
  $100,000.00 and is one of the most solid banks in the county. The officers of
  the Beaver National Bank are J. R. Leonard, president; E. K. Hum, president;
  C. M. Hughes, cashier; and William P. Judd, assistant cashier. In 1895, a
  handsome brick and stone building was erected for the bank; in the center of
  the building is the large safe and vault, and also the deposit drawers; in
  the rear is the directors' room, while in the front is a private office; the
  interior is finished with quartered oak, presenting a very neat appearance,
  and the building throughout is heated with hot water and lighted by both
  electric lights and gas.
  
  Mr. Hughes was married June 18, 1878, to Miss Katherine M. Colbath, a
  daughter of J. A. Colbath, of Lima, Ohio, and they are the proud parents of
  three children, namely: Clarence L., corresponding clerk in the Columbia
  National Bank, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Margaret, who is a student at Beaver
  College; and Dorothy. Fraternally, our subject is a member of the F. & A. M.,
  of Lima, Ohio, No. 205; Chapter No. 49; Shawnee Commandery, No. 14, and is
  past commander of the same; he is also a member of the K. of P. lodge, of
  Lima, Ohio. Religiously, he and his family are Presbyterians. During the
  
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  short period Mr. Hughes has been a member of the community, he has, by his
  courteous manners and superior business ability, won hosts of friends, who
  greatly esteem and respect him for his sterling worth; he is well read and
  intelligent, and fulfills all the obligations of a dutiful citizen.