Jackson County, Ohio

Jackson County Obituaries

Abijah Hughes

Abijah Hughes Goes To His Long Home.

Abijah Hughes died of old age Dec. 3, 1913, at the home of his daughter, Mrs Mary Slater, near old Monroe. He had been falling gradually for several months, and his light went out like a candle that burns down to the socket. His funeral was held Dec. 6 at the Slater home with Rev. W.A. Lockard of South Webster officiating. His text was: "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are men most miserable", I Corinthians 15, 19. The interment was in Fairmount with Al.Wood as undertaker. Abijah Hughes enjoyed nearly all that this life can give, for he was born March 8th 1821, and lived to the great age of 92 years, 8 months, 25 days. He was married about 1848 to Abagail Roberts, and fourteen children were born to them, of whom eleven survive. He was the son of James and Martha Hughes of Scioto County, but they moved in an early day in this county and settled near Horton's school house. The family was a large one, and has many representives in this county today. Hughes became a collier or charcoal burner at an early day, and followed that occupation until late in life. When the writer first recalls him, he was living in the southern part of the Shumate district and his large family attended our school. The children were William, James, George, Martin, John, Lincoln, Franklin and Thomas, and their sisters, Mary, Ellen, Ann, Josephine, Catherine, and Elizabeth. Franklin died a child and William and James after reaching maturity. George lives in this city. The daughters married Henry Slater, Henry Loudermilk, Stephen Anderson, Dan Ward, William Ford, and Grant Eubanks. After the death of his wife, Hughes lived largely with his sons and daughters, but chiefly for five years passed with his oldest daughter, Mrs Mary Slater, near old Monroe where he died, and where his grandson John Slater ministered largely to him as he had done to his own father, James Hughes, long ago. Abijah Hughes was always a worker, industrious and dilligent. He was a good neighbour and citizen. He tried to do his duty in his family the state and the church. Living to such a great age, he saw many of his descendants. Eleven children survive, of whom eight were at his funeral and besides them, there are seventy-three grandchildren and sixty-one great-grandchildren, making 145 direct descendants in all.

Jackson Standard, Jackson OH; December 10, 1913

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