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Born 1827, Harrison county
From History of Ray County, Mo. (1881)
CAPTAIN ELI HUGHES.
John Hughes was a native of Virginia, and was born in the year 1782, and died in Perry county, Indiana, in the year 1861. He served as captain under General Harrison, in the war of 1812; and it was he that recruited the volunteers who fought the battle of Tippecanoe. His son* Captain Eli Hughes, the subject of this sketch, was born in Harrison county, Indiana, May 31, 1827, and there, residing on a farm with his father, grew to be a man. In 1848 he went to Louisiana, and worked at the cooper's trade till 1856. He then traveled through different states, until 1857, at which time he located in Ray county, where he has ever since made his home. Until the commencement of the civil war, Captain Hughes was engaged in farming. January 8, 1862, he enlisted as first lieutenant, in company B, 3d cavalry of Missouri state militia. In July, 1862, he was promoted to the captaincy, and served as such until March, 1865, when he was mustered out of service, with his regiment. He took part in the battles of Newtonia and Springfield, and served through the campaign of General Schofield, through Arkansas, in 1862. He was wounded by guerrillas in Arkansas, July 18, 1862, a ball passing through his left hand, and one entering his left side. From these wounds he has never completely recovered. He, notwithstanding his wounds, remained with his company until mustered out. He commanded in several engagements with guerrillas — was victorious over Captain Tuck Smith, capturing thirty-four of his horses, in Arkansas, in August, 1864. Captain Hughes returned home after the war, and engaged in milling, to which he has given his attention ever since. He was married April 16, 1868, to Miss Mary Crowley, of Ray county. Of this union two children are living: Mattie D., and James H. C; and two are deceased. His wife died February 1, 1873, and he was again married, February 28, 1874, to Mary J. Lile, of Ray county. They have one child living, Jessie E. Captain Hughes was appointed, by General Holland, to receive the surrender, under Lincoln's amnesty proclamation, of Confederate troops in northern Arkansas. He accepted the appointment, and discharged its duties in a creditable manner.
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.
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