U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes, Robert Emmet (1867-1948) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 694-695 HON. ROBERT EMMET HUGHES, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Ripley, Jackson County, and one of the prominent members of the State bar, was born April 12, 1867, in Summerfield, Noble County, Ohio. He is a son of Rev. Robert Hamilton and Elmira (Grizzle) Hughes, the former of whom was a son of Francis Hughes, who was born May 30, 1812, of Welsh descent and located in Belmont County, Ohio. Grandmother Hughes, formerly Nancy Howell, was a niece of Gen. Anthony Wayne. Our subject's mother was a daughter of Thomas Grizzle and his wife, who was a Hamilton. Rev. Robert Hamilton Hughes was a minister of the Methodist Church. The education of Robert E. Hughes was secured in the common schools of West Virginia, supplemented with two terms at the Ohio University at Columbus. After a comprehensive study of the law, followed by his admission to the bar, he began practice in Charleston, West Virginia, on January 1, 1897. In August, l901, he removed to Ripley, Jackson County, where he has continued ever since, and which county since 1902 he has represented in the Legislature. Mr. Hughes had previously been a member of the Legislature, having been elected to the House of Delegates in 1896, from Kanawha County. He has been an active yet conservative member of the House, and is generally conceded to be one of its best speakers. He showed his power as an advocate on the floor of the House, in the speech he made on the reconsideration of the famous "Hinton Charter Bill" which had been decisively defeated, on its second reading. The unanswerable speech he made in behalf of the people of Hinton secured its reconsideration by a vote of 34 to 29, and it was given its place on the calendar, and later was passed by a vote of 40 to 20. On November 14, 1889, Mr. Hughes married Mayme Wintz, who is a daughter of James P. Wintz, of Hardin County, Texas. The five children of this union are: Leah Foster, Laura Chilton, Hugh Latimer, Amelia Rives and Emmet Dalzell. Mr. Hughes has been a strong supporter of the Republican party all his life and has been identified with many of its important movements in his part of the country. He is well known in fraternal circles and belongs to Lodge No. 42, Independent Order of Odd Fellows: Lodge No. 4. Knights of Pythias: Lodge No. 2. Improved Order of Red Men: and Order of United American Mechanics. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Church. ------------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, WV State Dept of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Dist. No. 200; Serial No. 296 FULL-NAME: Robert Emmett Hughes BIRTH-DATE: April 12, 1867 BIRTH-PLACE: Summerfield, Noble, Ohio DEATH-DATE: February 26, 1948 AGE-AT-DEATH: 80y-10m-14d DEATH-PLACE: Brevard, Melbourne USUAL-RESIDENCE: Dunbar, Kanawha County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Nora Morgan) OCCUPATION: Atty at Law FATHER: Robert Hamilton Hughes (born in New York) MOTHER: Elizabeth E. Grizzel (born in Pennsylvania) INFORMANT: Hugh L. Hughes (of 3160 2nd Blvd, Detroit, Mich) BURIAL: Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley, WV ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Jackson County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/jackson/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------