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Born 1850, Ray county
From History of Ray County, Mo. (1881)
BURNETT HUGHES.
Burnett Hughes was born in Ray county, Missouri, January 28, 1850. He was educated at the State University, Columbia, Missouri, and reared on a farm. In 1872 he entered the banking house of Hughes & Wasson, Richmond, Missouri, as book-keeper, where he remained until January 1, 1876, when he was elected cashier of a bank at Salisbury, Chariton county, Missouri. January 1, 1877, he and his father bought the interest of George I. Wasson in the banking house of Hughes & Wasson, since which time he has devoted himself to the business of this bank. He is a member of the Christian Church, and so is his wife. He was married January 26, 1876, to Miss Kate Morehead, of Leavenworth City, Kansas. She is a native of Lexington, Missouri. They have two children living: Ralph B., born September 17, 1878, and James M., born June 20, 1880. Mr. Hughes is an active, energetic young man of fine business capacity, temperate, reliable, and of unexceptional moral character.
As printed in History of Ray County, Mo. (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: George I. Wasson (b. 1819)
Their biographies name Burnett Hughes: Joseph S. Hughes (b. 1820) James Hughes (b. 1814)
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