Ohio County, West Virginia  Biography of L. G. Hughes.

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L. G. HUGHES 

L. G. Hughes was born at the mouth of Short creek in 1805. His parents were 
Daniel and Nancy (Litten) Hughes. The former settled in the Pan-Handle about the 
close of the last century. He died when our subject was only a small child. All 
that is known of him is that his memory is cherished today as that of a brave 
and energetic pioneer. Our subject was a cabinetmaker by trade, and labored at 
that avocation for several years. He subsequently started a sash factory in a 
cotton mill which was situated on the site of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad 
depot.  Not having sufficient power,  he removed his factory to Joseph Graham's 
machine shops.  After remaining there a short time, he removed the establishment 
to Dana Hubbard's saw-mill.  He formed a partnership with with Mr. Hubbard, and 
subsequently disposed of his interest to Mr. Hubbard. He purchased the Cargill 
lumber yard andwas  extensively engaged in that trade.  In 1837 and 1838, in 
company with Jacob Bier, he erected a saw mill in what is now the Eighth ward. 
The mill is now owned by Captain Andrew Wilson. He was a justice of the peace 
for several years under the old law. He has been a notary public for twenty-six 
years, and for many years also a successful real estate agent. Mr. Hughes was 
married to Susannah Barbery, second daughter of the second wife of Major Philip 
Bier, a resident of Wheeling, by whom he has had a family of five children --two 
sons and three daughters --the second of the latter being now deceased, while 
the remaining two are Mrs. T. H. Smyth and Mrs. Henry C. Caldwell, with the 
latter of whom, the subject of our sketch, at present resides at 2340 Chapline 
street. 

From HISTORY OF THE PAN-HANDLE, West Virginia, 1879, by J. H. Newton, G. G. 
Nichols, and A. G. Sprankle.  

Contributed by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.