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Frank Gardner Hughes

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Frank Gardner Hughes

Birth
Coshocton County, Ohio, USA
Death
10 Jul 1936 (aged 67)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Plot
T-006
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Saturday, July 11, 1936 page 8

Former police officer dies, funeral Monday
Funeral services for Frank G. Hughes, 67, resident of Colorado Springs 48 years, who died yesterday after an illness of two years, will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Law drawing room. Rev. Daniel D. Williams and Rev. Adna W. Moore will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. Mr. Hughes, who had at one time been a member of the police force and fire department, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Hughes of Pagosa Springs; three sons, Carl Hughes of Miami, Ariz.; William Hughes of Colorado Springs and Jack Hughes of Bayfield, Colo., and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie June Lynch and Charlotte Hughes of Pagosa Springs. Mrs. J.M. Hughes of Colorado Springs, mother of Mr. Hughes, also survives and there are two brothers, E.B. Hughes of Gooding, Ida., and C.H. Hughes of Denver.
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Colorado Springs Gazette, 20 Feb 1896, p.8 col. 1 -- "Mrs. Lizzie Hughes, the wife of Mr. Frank Hughes, the special police officer in the North End, died yesterday after many weeks of painful but patient suffering. Mr. Hughes has the sympathy of many friends."
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Colorado Springs Death Register, Vol 1, p. 127 -- Died 19 Feb 1896, Lizzie Hughes, age 26, female, white, married, cause of death - chronic morphine poisoning, place of death - Colorado Springs.
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NOTES: Special police officer was an unpaid job that could be converted to a paid position only by vote.
Frank was a driver for the Fire Dept from 4/15/1899 to 12/8/1899 working 28 days a month for 21 hours a day at a salary of about $100 a month.

Colorado Springs Gazette
Saturday, July 11, 1936 page 8

Former police officer dies, funeral Monday
Funeral services for Frank G. Hughes, 67, resident of Colorado Springs 48 years, who died yesterday after an illness of two years, will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Law drawing room. Rev. Daniel D. Williams and Rev. Adna W. Moore will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. Mr. Hughes, who had at one time been a member of the police force and fire department, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Hughes of Pagosa Springs; three sons, Carl Hughes of Miami, Ariz.; William Hughes of Colorado Springs and Jack Hughes of Bayfield, Colo., and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie June Lynch and Charlotte Hughes of Pagosa Springs. Mrs. J.M. Hughes of Colorado Springs, mother of Mr. Hughes, also survives and there are two brothers, E.B. Hughes of Gooding, Ida., and C.H. Hughes of Denver.
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Colorado Springs Gazette, 20 Feb 1896, p.8 col. 1 -- "Mrs. Lizzie Hughes, the wife of Mr. Frank Hughes, the special police officer in the North End, died yesterday after many weeks of painful but patient suffering. Mr. Hughes has the sympathy of many friends."
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Colorado Springs Death Register, Vol 1, p. 127 -- Died 19 Feb 1896, Lizzie Hughes, age 26, female, white, married, cause of death - chronic morphine poisoning, place of death - Colorado Springs.
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NOTES: Special police officer was an unpaid job that could be converted to a paid position only by vote.
Frank was a driver for the Fire Dept from 4/15/1899 to 12/8/1899 working 28 days a month for 21 hours a day at a salary of about $100 a month.



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  • Maintained by: CJ
  • Originally Created by: HEE
  • Added: Aug 4, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15148529/frank_gardner-hughes: accessed ), memorial page for Frank Gardner Hughes (11 Sep 1868–10 Jul 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15148529, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by CJ (contributor 46936035).