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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

G. A. HUGHES, M. D.
    Dr. G. A. Hughes is a native son of Arkansas and one of the old established
physicians of Benton county, having for twenty-six years followed his profession
in this locality. Since 1918 he has been a resident of Siloam Springs and his
thorough knowledge of his profession and broad experience have secured for him a
large practice. He was born in Scott county, Arkansas, February 9, 1870, a son
of John H. and Louise (Pullen) Hughes, the former a native of eastern Tennessee,
while the latter was born in Georgia, in which state their marriage occurred.
After the Civil war they came to Arkansas and in 1881 settled in Benton county,
where the father purchased land, which he continued to cultivate throughout his
remaining years. When a youth of eighteen years he enlisted in the Confederate
army and remained in the service for a period of four years. He was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church and his political allegiance was given to the
democratic party. He died in Benton county on the 22d of February, 1910. Mrs.
Hughes survives and is residing with a sister in Siloam Springs. They became the
parents of eight children, of whom five are living, the subject of this review
being the second in order of birth. The paternal grandfather, Rice Hughes, was a
native of Tennessee and subsequently removed to Scott county, Arkansas, where he
became the owner of a large plantation, on which he died in 1881. The maternal
grandfather, the Rev. William Pullen, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church and died in Georgia when nearly one hundred years old.

    In the pursuit of an education Dr. Hughes attended the schools of Scott and
Benton counties, Arkansas, after which he spent three years as a student in the
State University of Arkansas, completing his course in 18S9. He later entered
the medical department of Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee, from
which he was graduated with the class of 1894, Coming to Arkansas, he opened an
office at Canehill, where he remained for four months and then removed to
Gravette, where he successfully continued in practice for twenty-three years. In
1918 he became a resident of Siloam Springs and his labors have been attended
with a gratifying measure of success, the list of his patients being already an
extensive one. He engages in general practice but devotes considerable attention
to surgical work and through constant reading and careful study of the cases
that come under his care he is continually broadening his knowledge and ability.
His professional connections are with the Benton County Medical Society, of
which he has been president, the Arkansas State Medical Society and the American
Medical Association. He is also the owner of a farm in Oklahoma which has proven
a profitable investment.

    In November, 1895, Dr. Hughes was united in marriage to Miss Josephine
Lewis, a native of Canehill, Arkansas, and a daughter of William Lewis, formerly
a prominent merchant of that locality, but now living retired at Siloam Springs.
To this union have been born five children: Otto, the eldest, died at the age of
fourteen years; Lillian, a stenographer in the employ of the Benton County
Hardware Company of Siloam Springs; Lewis, who is a student in the State
University of Arkansas; and Lina and Louise, both of whom are attending school.

    Dr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Christian church and fraternally he
is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of
Pythias, in which he has passed through all of the chairs, and in Masonry he has
attained the Royal Arch degree. He is a stanch democrat in his political views
and has been called upon to fill a number of public positions of honor and
trust, serving as mayor and health officer of Gravette. He is the present health
officer of Siloam Springs and is ably discharging his duties in this connection.
He has led an active and useful life, employing every opportunity to advance,
and his present success is entirely attributable to his own labors, his close
application and his laudable ambition. He is most conscientious in the discharge
of his professional duties and his ability is not only attested by his fellow
practitioners but by the general public as well.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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