- WILDEN HUGHES, deceased; born April 27, 1818, in Pennsylvania
came to Wisconsin in
- 1844, locating at Janesville, where he assisted in building
one of the largest mills in the State. In 1854, moved to La Prairie,
where he purchased a farm on Secs. 6 and 7, on which he resided
till his death, July 22, 1870. June 23, 1847, married Miss Malvina
A. FOSTER, a native of Michigan, who died Aug. 5, 1860; they
had three sons. He married again, in 1864, Miss Anna B. HILL,
a native of New York; they had one child - Wilden H., born Jan.
23, 1866. In 1850, Mr. HUGHES was elected Sheriff of Rock Co.
He was also an active member of the Agricultural State Fair.
Mrs. HUGHES, his widow, is at present living on the farm, making
a specialty of dairy produce.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 835.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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