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, William Wellington (1873-1921) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 565-566 WILLIAM WELLINGTON HUGHES, member of the law firm of Rucker, Anderson & Hughes, and a well known citizen of Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, was born in Lewis County, West Virginia, in 1873. He is a son of Henry F. and Virginia (Hall) Hughes, both of whom were also born in what is now West Virginia. Henry F. Hughes was born in Lewis County in 1840, and is still engaged in farming in his native locality. During the Civil War, he served from 1861 to 1865 as a member of the 39th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. In politics he is a Republican. In religious faith he is a Methodist. The mother of our subject was born in 1845 in Harrison County. They had a family of seven children born to them, namely: Charles S., a minister of the Methodist Church, located at Wakefield, Nebraska; Mary B., wife of Homer Paugh, of Harrison County, West Virginia; Byron, deceased; William Wellington; Viola; Cora, deceased; and Alice. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hughes attended the local schools and then the West Virginia Conference Seminary, at Buckhannon, and later the West Virginia University at Morgantown. He engaged in teaching for four years and during one year was a teacher in the Weston High School. After completing his course at the University, where he received his LL. B. degree, he began the practice of the law at Weston, where he remained 10 months. In June, 1901, he located at Welch, associating himself with Edgar P. Rucker, ex-Attorney General of the State, and Luther C. Anderson, forming the firm of Rucker, Anderson & Hughes, a leading one in the locality. In politics Mr. Hughes is a Republican and takes an active interest in public matters. His ability is recognized and the firm to which he belongs is prominent in all the important litigation of the vicinity. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, McDowell County WV, #1153 FULL-NAME: William Wellington Hughes BIRTH-DATE: April 1873 BIRTH-PLACE: West Va. DEATH-DATE: February 16, 1921 AGE-AT-DEATH: 48 years DEATH-PLACE: Welch Hospital, Welch, McDowell County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Lawyer FATHER: Henry Hughes (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Virginia Hall (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Erysipelas ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for McDowell County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/mcdowell/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------