Thomas Hughes, a well-known historian from Blue Earth County and Southern Minnesota, was born in Minersville, Ohio on 23 September 1854. His family moved to a farm near Cambria, Minnesota in 1855.
Hughes attended Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and after graduation, he studied law. He practiced law primarily in Mankato, Minnesota in partnership with his brother Evan Hughes. While practicing law, Thomas Hughes wrote about the history of the Mankato area. His work resulted in four publications:
History of the Welsh in Minnesota (1895),
History of Blue Earth County (1909),
Indian Chiefs of Southern Minnesota (1927), and
Old Traverse des Sioux (1929).
In addition, he helped compile Mankato: Its First Fifty Years (1903). Also, he wrote a pamphlet on the History of Minneopa State Park and contributed articles to the Minnesota Historical Society Collections along with various publications in periodicals and newspapers.
At least two of his books, important to genealogical research and historians, are available for download online. Google them.
Aside from his historical pursuits, Hughes served as Blue Earth County Attorney, 1896-1900. He helped form the Blue Earth County Historical Society in 1916. Hughes died on 8 November 1934.
A large body of his papers are now with the Minnesota State University, Mankato, Memorial Library, Southern Minnesota Historical Center.
His parents moved to, and died in, California.
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Born at Minersville Ohio, September 23, 1854. Son of Henry and Eliza Hughes, who came to Blue Earth county, Minnesota in October, 1855, and located on a farm in Cambria township the following June. He worked on his father's farm and attended the district school until 1874, when he entered the preparatory department of Carleton College, Northfield, MN and graduated A.B. in the class of 1880.
He studied law in the office of Waite & Porter of Mankato, was admitted to the bar in 1882, and ever since has been in the active practice of his profession. He formed a law partnership with M G Willard in February, 1884 which continued until July, 1887. For the past ten years his brother, Evan Hughes, has been associated with him.
He was elected County Attorney in 1896, and served for 4 years with great acceptance to his constituents. He was attorney for the Mankato Mutual Building and Loan Association for fifteen years, and is the present attorney of its successor, the Mankato Savings and Building Association. He is president of the Wisconsin and Minnesota Land Co. and one of the directors of the Board of Trade. He is much interested in historical themes and has prepared a number of addresses of great historical value for the State Historical Society and the Blue Earth County Territorial Association. In 1895 he was the author of most of the English part of a work entitled: "The History of the Welsh in Minnesota."
Mr Hughes is also active in church work and has been for many years Trustee, Deacon, and Sunday School Superintendent of the Congregational church. He was married November 25, 1885, to Miss Alice O, daughter of Amos B and Sybil (Rawson) Hills, of Faribault, who is a graduate of Carleton College. They have two children: Burton E, and Evan Raymond.
[Mankato-Its First Fifty Years, 1902]
Hughes attended Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and after graduation, he studied law. He practiced law primarily in Mankato, Minnesota in partnership with his brother Evan Hughes. While practicing law, Thomas Hughes wrote about the history of the Mankato area. His work resulted in four publications:
History of the Welsh in Minnesota (1895),
History of Blue Earth County (1909),
Indian Chiefs of Southern Minnesota (1927), and
Old Traverse des Sioux (1929).
In addition, he helped compile Mankato: Its First Fifty Years (1903). Also, he wrote a pamphlet on the History of Minneopa State Park and contributed articles to the Minnesota Historical Society Collections along with various publications in periodicals and newspapers.
At least two of his books, important to genealogical research and historians, are available for download online. Google them.
Aside from his historical pursuits, Hughes served as Blue Earth County Attorney, 1896-1900. He helped form the Blue Earth County Historical Society in 1916. Hughes died on 8 November 1934.
A large body of his papers are now with the Minnesota State University, Mankato, Memorial Library, Southern Minnesota Historical Center.
His parents moved to, and died in, California.
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Born at Minersville Ohio, September 23, 1854. Son of Henry and Eliza Hughes, who came to Blue Earth county, Minnesota in October, 1855, and located on a farm in Cambria township the following June. He worked on his father's farm and attended the district school until 1874, when he entered the preparatory department of Carleton College, Northfield, MN and graduated A.B. in the class of 1880.
He studied law in the office of Waite & Porter of Mankato, was admitted to the bar in 1882, and ever since has been in the active practice of his profession. He formed a law partnership with M G Willard in February, 1884 which continued until July, 1887. For the past ten years his brother, Evan Hughes, has been associated with him.
He was elected County Attorney in 1896, and served for 4 years with great acceptance to his constituents. He was attorney for the Mankato Mutual Building and Loan Association for fifteen years, and is the present attorney of its successor, the Mankato Savings and Building Association. He is president of the Wisconsin and Minnesota Land Co. and one of the directors of the Board of Trade. He is much interested in historical themes and has prepared a number of addresses of great historical value for the State Historical Society and the Blue Earth County Territorial Association. In 1895 he was the author of most of the English part of a work entitled: "The History of the Welsh in Minnesota."
Mr Hughes is also active in church work and has been for many years Trustee, Deacon, and Sunday School Superintendent of the Congregational church. He was married November 25, 1885, to Miss Alice O, daughter of Amos B and Sybil (Rawson) Hills, of Faribault, who is a graduate of Carleton College. They have two children: Burton E, and Evan Raymond.
[Mankato-Its First Fifty Years, 1902]
Thomas Hughes, a well-known historian from Blue Earth County and Southern Minnesota, was born in Minersville, Ohio on 23 September 1854. His family moved to a farm near Cambria, Minnesota in 1855.
Hughes attended Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and after graduation, he studied law. He practiced law primarily in Mankato, Minnesota in partnership with his brother Evan Hughes. While practicing law, Thomas Hughes wrote about the history of the Mankato area. His work resulted in four publications:
History of the Welsh in Minnesota (1895),
History of Blue Earth County (1909),
Indian Chiefs of Southern Minnesota (1927), and
Old Traverse des Sioux (1929).
In addition, he helped compile Mankato: Its First Fifty Years (1903). Also, he wrote a pamphlet on the History of Minneopa State Park and contributed articles to the Minnesota Historical Society Collections along with various publications in periodicals and newspapers.
At least two of his books, important to genealogical research and historians, are available for download online. Google them.
Aside from his historical pursuits, Hughes served as Blue Earth County Attorney, 1896-1900. He helped form the Blue Earth County Historical Society in 1916. Hughes died on 8 November 1934.
A large body of his papers are now with the Minnesota State University, Mankato, Memorial Library, Southern Minnesota Historical Center.
His parents moved to, and died in, California.
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Born at Minersville Ohio, September 23, 1854. Son of Henry and Eliza Hughes, who came to Blue Earth county, Minnesota in October, 1855, and located on a farm in Cambria township the following June. He worked on his father's farm and attended the district school until 1874, when he entered the preparatory department of Carleton College, Northfield, MN and graduated A.B. in the class of 1880.
He studied law in the office of Waite & Porter of Mankato, was admitted to the bar in 1882, and ever since has been in the active practice of his profession. He formed a law partnership with M G Willard in February, 1884 which continued until July, 1887. For the past ten years his brother, Evan Hughes, has been associated with him.
He was elected County Attorney in 1896, and served for 4 years with great acceptance to his constituents. He was attorney for the Mankato Mutual Building and Loan Association for fifteen years, and is the present attorney of its successor, the Mankato Savings and Building Association. He is president of the Wisconsin and Minnesota Land Co. and one of the directors of the Board of Trade. He is much interested in historical themes and has prepared a number of addresses of great historical value for the State Historical Society and the Blue Earth County Territorial Association. In 1895 he was the author of most of the English part of a work entitled: "The History of the Welsh in Minnesota."
Mr Hughes is also active in church work and has been for many years Trustee, Deacon, and Sunday School Superintendent of the Congregational church. He was married November 25, 1885, to Miss Alice O, daughter of Amos B and Sybil (Rawson) Hills, of Faribault, who is a graduate of Carleton College. They have two children: Burton E, and Evan Raymond.
[Mankato-Its First Fifty Years, 1902]
Hughes attended Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and after graduation, he studied law. He practiced law primarily in Mankato, Minnesota in partnership with his brother Evan Hughes. While practicing law, Thomas Hughes wrote about the history of the Mankato area. His work resulted in four publications:
History of the Welsh in Minnesota (1895),
History of Blue Earth County (1909),
Indian Chiefs of Southern Minnesota (1927), and
Old Traverse des Sioux (1929).
In addition, he helped compile Mankato: Its First Fifty Years (1903). Also, he wrote a pamphlet on the History of Minneopa State Park and contributed articles to the Minnesota Historical Society Collections along with various publications in periodicals and newspapers.
At least two of his books, important to genealogical research and historians, are available for download online. Google them.
Aside from his historical pursuits, Hughes served as Blue Earth County Attorney, 1896-1900. He helped form the Blue Earth County Historical Society in 1916. Hughes died on 8 November 1934.
A large body of his papers are now with the Minnesota State University, Mankato, Memorial Library, Southern Minnesota Historical Center.
His parents moved to, and died in, California.
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Born at Minersville Ohio, September 23, 1854. Son of Henry and Eliza Hughes, who came to Blue Earth county, Minnesota in October, 1855, and located on a farm in Cambria township the following June. He worked on his father's farm and attended the district school until 1874, when he entered the preparatory department of Carleton College, Northfield, MN and graduated A.B. in the class of 1880.
He studied law in the office of Waite & Porter of Mankato, was admitted to the bar in 1882, and ever since has been in the active practice of his profession. He formed a law partnership with M G Willard in February, 1884 which continued until July, 1887. For the past ten years his brother, Evan Hughes, has been associated with him.
He was elected County Attorney in 1896, and served for 4 years with great acceptance to his constituents. He was attorney for the Mankato Mutual Building and Loan Association for fifteen years, and is the present attorney of its successor, the Mankato Savings and Building Association. He is president of the Wisconsin and Minnesota Land Co. and one of the directors of the Board of Trade. He is much interested in historical themes and has prepared a number of addresses of great historical value for the State Historical Society and the Blue Earth County Territorial Association. In 1895 he was the author of most of the English part of a work entitled: "The History of the Welsh in Minnesota."
Mr Hughes is also active in church work and has been for many years Trustee, Deacon, and Sunday School Superintendent of the Congregational church. He was married November 25, 1885, to Miss Alice O, daughter of Amos B and Sybil (Rawson) Hills, of Faribault, who is a graduate of Carleton College. They have two children: Burton E, and Evan Raymond.
[Mankato-Its First Fifty Years, 1902]
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