JAMES WHILDEN HUGHES WAS THE SON OF JAMES WHILDEN AND ASENATH (GARDNER) HUGHES. JAMES WHILDEN HUGHES MARRIED SARAH CATHARINE TOMPKINS OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ON FEBRUARY 14, 1862. THEY CAME FROM SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY IN 1863 AND LIVED AT 1016 "H" STREET, N.E. IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR SIX CHILDREN. JAMES SERVED AS A PRIVATE WITH COMPANY "C", FIRST REGIMENT-MILITIA OF THE 1st NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. JAMES SERVED FOR THREE MONTHS...HE MUSTERED IN ON APRIL 30, 1861 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON JULY 31, 1861. THEIR MISSION WAS TO PROTECT WASHINGTON D.C. AND THEY WERE ALSO IN RESERVE FOR THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. HE WAS LATER EMPLOYED IN THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING IN WASHIGTON, D.C. AS A CHIEF MACHINIST UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1920. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR 57 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. HE SERVED UNDER EVERY PUBLIC PRINTER FROM THE FIRST TO CORNELIUS FORD.
JAMES WHILDEN HUGHES WAS THE SON OF JAMES WHILDEN AND ASENATH (GARDNER) HUGHES. JAMES WHILDEN HUGHES MARRIED SARAH CATHARINE TOMPKINS OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ON FEBRUARY 14, 1862. THEY CAME FROM SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY IN 1863 AND LIVED AT 1016 "H" STREET, N.E. IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR SIX CHILDREN. JAMES SERVED AS A PRIVATE WITH COMPANY "C", FIRST REGIMENT-MILITIA OF THE 1st NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. JAMES SERVED FOR THREE MONTHS...HE MUSTERED IN ON APRIL 30, 1861 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON JULY 31, 1861. THEIR MISSION WAS TO PROTECT WASHINGTON D.C. AND THEY WERE ALSO IN RESERVE FOR THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN. HE WAS LATER EMPLOYED IN THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING IN WASHIGTON, D.C. AS A CHIEF MACHINIST UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1920. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR 57 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. HE SERVED UNDER EVERY PUBLIC PRINTER FROM THE FIRST TO CORNELIUS FORD.
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