Francis Thomas Hughes enlisted in the 7th Cavalry on 22 May 1875 at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, and was assigned to Company L. He was a Private who was killed with Custer's Column and was survived by a wife and three children. His widow, Mary Madden, married John J. Rafter, a survivor of the battle, on 17 February 1877.
Francis Thomas Hughes enlisted in the 7th Cavalry on 22 May 1875 at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, and was assigned to Company L. He was a Private who was killed with Custer's Column and was survived by a wife and three children. His widow, Mary Madden, married John J. Rafter, a survivor of the battle, on 17 February 1877.
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