THOMAS HUGHES

THOMAS HUGHES, ONE OF THE OLDEST SETTLERS OF RINGGOLD COUNTY, DIED SUDDENLY OF HEART FAILURE TUESDAY MORNING AT HIS HOME IN LOTTS CREEK TOWNSHIP. HE HAD GONE TO THE BARN TO CARE FOR THE STOCK AND IT WAS THERE THAT DEATH’S SUMMONS FOUND HIM. BECOMING ALARMED AT HIS PROLONGED ABSENCE HIS SONS STARTED IN SEARCH AND FOUND HIM IN THE HAY MOW. DEATH HAD BEEN INSTANTANEOUS.  THE DECEASED WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF THE COUNTY, LOCATING ON HIS PRESENT FARM IN 1853. HE WAS 77 YEARS OF AGE, AND  ONE OF THE THIRTY-FIVE MEN TO VOTE AT THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTION IN THIS COUNTY IN  1854. BY ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY HE ACQUIRED CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS ONE OF RINGGOLD’S RICHEST CITIZENS. HE WAS A MAN OF ABSOLUTE INTEGERITY AND ENJOYED THE ESTEEM OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM.  A WIDOW AND SEVERAL CHILDREN SURVIVE AND MOURN HIS DEATH. THE FUNERAL SERIVCES WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE HOME AT 2 O’CLOCK.  THE BEREAVED RELATIVES HAVE THE SYMPATHY OF THE MANY FRIENDS IN THEIR AFFLICTION.