BIO: Edward Lloyd HUGHES, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 528 - 530.
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  EDWARD LLOYD HUGHES, one of the lifelong residents and highly respected 
citizens of Decatur Township, Clearfield County, Pa., lives on the farm of 
twenty-five acres, a part of the old homestead on which he was born October 24, 
1846.  He is a son of Richard and Nancy (Kephart) Hughes, and a grandson of 
William and Mary Hughes, natives of England.
  William Hughes, the grandfather, brought his family to America, in 1832, 
landing at the port of Philadelphia after a voyage of seven weeks.  In 1833 he 
moved to Huntingdon, Pa., and secured work in the construction of the old 
Pittsburg Canal and after its completion, moved to Decatur Township, Clearfield 
County, settling on this place.  The remainder of his life was passed here, his 
death occurring at the age of eighty-four years, having survived his wife.  The 
children of William and Mary Hughes were five in number, namely:  James, who 
lived at Tylertown; John, who lived in Decatur Township; William, who died on 
the home farm; Richard; and Adam, who died on the ocean during the voyage from 
England.
  Richard Hughes, father of Edward Lloyd Hughes, was born in County 
Herefordshire, England, December 23, 1819, and was a youth of fourteen years 
when he accompanied his parents to the United States.  When the home farm came 
into his possession, only five acres of the same had been cleared.  He followed 
farming and lumbering and during the last ten or twelve years of his life, he 
was also a coal operator.  His death occurred June 23, 1898.  He married Nancy 
Kephart, a daughter of Henry Kephart, Sr., an old pioneer in Decatur Township, 
where Mrs. Hughes was born and spent her life.  She died December 21, 1905, and 
both she and husband rest in the old cemetery at Center.  They had eleven 
children, the family record being as follows:  William, who has never married, 
lives on a part of the old homestead; Edward Lloyd; Alice, who is the wife of 
David Burkett, of Clearfield; John R., who is a farmer in Decatur Township; 
David, who died in 1890; Benjamin F., who lives on a part of the old home place; 
Harry M., who also lives on the homestead; Sarah, who is now deceased, was the 
wife of John W. Ashcroft; Essington, who died in infancy; and two babes that 
died unnamed.  The father of the above family was a member of the Episcopal 
church, while the mother was connected with the United Brethren church.
  Edward Lloyd Hughes now makes farming his main business but for thirty-two 
years he worked in the coal mines.  He built a very attractive and comfortable 
residence on his farm which occupies a site that gives a pleasant view over the 
surrounding country.
  Mr. Hughes was married May 12, 1872, to Miss Anna R. Dunlap, who was born at 
Williamsburg, Huntingdon County, Pa., a daughter of Benjamin and Catherine 
(Isenberg) Dunlap, former residents of Decatur Township and later of Osceola 
Mills.  The father of Mrs. Hughes was a soldier in the Federal Army during the 
Civil War.  To Mr. and Mrs. Hughes twelve children have been born, the survivors 
being:  Charles W., who lives at Osceola Mills, married Maggie Crain, a daughter 
of Bednego Crain; Richard S., who lives in Decatur Township, married Annie 
Starline and they have seven living children - Pearl, Maynard, Willard, Russell, 
Frederick, Mary and Richard; Clara May, who is the wife of W. W. Boone, of 
Osceola Mills, and they have three living children - Mildred, Anna and William; 
Edward Lloyd, Jr., who lives in Decatur Township, married Martha Cadman, and 
they have four children - Ralph, Lois, Rebecca and Ruth; Carrie Belle, who 
married Alexander Davidson, a resident of Keystone, in Decatur Township, and 
they have three children - Lorraine and Lenora, twins, and Paul; Grace Glen, who 
married Daniel Dunn, of Keystone, Pa., and they have five children - Harold, 
Wilda, Anna, Hannah and Carrie; and Anna, Benjamin F. and Olive Pearl, all of 
whom reside at home.  Three of the children are deceased; Nancy Ellen, who died 
at the age of six years and five months; Rosie Violet, who lived only two years; 
and a babe that passed away unnamed.
  In politics Mr. Hughes is an independent voter.  He belongs to several 
fraternal organizations, including the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and 
the I. O. R. M.