Five years after the birth of Thomas E Hughes, his father brought the family from North Carolina to the wilds of Arkansas and established their home in the frontier town of Batesville. With no opportunities for schooling the son grew up and at the age of fifteen years entered the store of
Aaron Woodruff Lyon , an especial friend of the family, where he remained nearly six years. At the age of twenty he married Miss Mary Rogers, daughter of Rev. J. M. Rogers. Then for three years he was engaged in merchandising."
Early California settler at Murphy's camp. After his first wife Mary Rogers Hughes died, he moved with his 3 sons to Stocton and prospered as a successful cattleman and farmer. In 1866 he married Annie E. Yoakum and began a second family. In 1867 he was elected County Clerk in Stanislaus county.
He then moved to Merced and for a time lived in San Francisco. In 1874 he became an agent for the Central Pacific railroad. In 1878 he moved to Fresno and parnered in a sheep operation in Fresno County eventually dealing in real estate becoming a very rich businessman.
He built the finest hotel in Fresno and named it appropriately the Hughes Hotel. Also involved in early banking enterprises and a man always at the top of the social scene in the then new town of Fresno, his headstone reads "Lovingly known as the Father of Fresno". Hughes Avenue in Fresno is named for Thomas C Hughes.
Aaron Woodruff Lyon , an especial friend of the family, where he remained nearly six years. At the age of twenty he married Miss Mary Rogers, daughter of Rev. J. M. Rogers. Then for three years he was engaged in merchandising."
Early California settler at Murphy's camp. After his first wife Mary Rogers Hughes died, he moved with his 3 sons to Stocton and prospered as a successful cattleman and farmer. In 1866 he married Annie E. Yoakum and began a second family. In 1867 he was elected County Clerk in Stanislaus county.
He then moved to Merced and for a time lived in San Francisco. In 1874 he became an agent for the Central Pacific railroad. In 1878 he moved to Fresno and parnered in a sheep operation in Fresno County eventually dealing in real estate becoming a very rich businessman.
He built the finest hotel in Fresno and named it appropriately the Hughes Hotel. Also involved in early banking enterprises and a man always at the top of the social scene in the then new town of Fresno, his headstone reads "Lovingly known as the Father of Fresno". Hughes Avenue in Fresno is named for Thomas C Hughes.
Five years after the birth of Thomas E Hughes, his father brought the family from North Carolina to the wilds of Arkansas and established their home in the frontier town of Batesville. With no opportunities for schooling the son grew up and at the age of fifteen years entered the store of
Aaron Woodruff Lyon , an especial friend of the family, where he remained nearly six years. At the age of twenty he married Miss Mary Rogers, daughter of Rev. J. M. Rogers. Then for three years he was engaged in merchandising."
Early California settler at Murphy's camp. After his first wife Mary Rogers Hughes died, he moved with his 3 sons to Stocton and prospered as a successful cattleman and farmer. In 1866 he married Annie E. Yoakum and began a second family. In 1867 he was elected County Clerk in Stanislaus county.
He then moved to Merced and for a time lived in San Francisco. In 1874 he became an agent for the Central Pacific railroad. In 1878 he moved to Fresno and parnered in a sheep operation in Fresno County eventually dealing in real estate becoming a very rich businessman.
He built the finest hotel in Fresno and named it appropriately the Hughes Hotel. Also involved in early banking enterprises and a man always at the top of the social scene in the then new town of Fresno, his headstone reads "Lovingly known as the Father of Fresno". Hughes Avenue in Fresno is named for Thomas C Hughes.
Aaron Woodruff Lyon , an especial friend of the family, where he remained nearly six years. At the age of twenty he married Miss Mary Rogers, daughter of Rev. J. M. Rogers. Then for three years he was engaged in merchandising."
Early California settler at Murphy's camp. After his first wife Mary Rogers Hughes died, he moved with his 3 sons to Stocton and prospered as a successful cattleman and farmer. In 1866 he married Annie E. Yoakum and began a second family. In 1867 he was elected County Clerk in Stanislaus county.
He then moved to Merced and for a time lived in San Francisco. In 1874 he became an agent for the Central Pacific railroad. In 1878 he moved to Fresno and parnered in a sheep operation in Fresno County eventually dealing in real estate becoming a very rich businessman.
He built the finest hotel in Fresno and named it appropriately the Hughes Hotel. Also involved in early banking enterprises and a man always at the top of the social scene in the then new town of Fresno, his headstone reads "Lovingly known as the Father of Fresno". Hughes Avenue in Fresno is named for Thomas C Hughes.
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