Bushrod Hughes

   Bushrod Washington Hughes was born April 10, 1860 in DuPage Co.  He was
the twelfth child of Bushrod W. and Sarah Hughes.  He graduated from the
country school, and attended two years at Naperville College.  He married
Caroline Corel on February 5, 1891, who, with their two children, Mabel
Irene and Clarence Jacob, survive.

   Four years ago in February, Mr. Hughes was taken with pneumonia and lay
in the balance for nearly three months, resulting in a physical break from
which he never fully recovered.  Six months ago he was taken down with the Flu and steadily declined until on September first he bade farewell to earth and
friends and passed into the great beyond.

   Bush Hughes, as he was familiarly known, was a devoted husband and
father, a thorough-going neighbor and friend, a workman who had no need to be ashamed.  He was loved by youth and adults alike.

   He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for twenty-two years,
twelve years of which he was treasurer of the Sunday School.

   The last epitaph one could write would be the similarity in the remarks
of his friends which when analyzed is; "Bush was a good fellow."

   The funeral was held at the home on Loomis street at 1:30 p.m. and at
the Methodist church at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 11th, his pastor, the Rev. C.F. Kleihauser, officiating.  The many relatives and friends filled
the church to do honor to his blessed memory.  Interment was in the family plot
in the beautiful Naperville Cemetery.
 

 Submitted by Mike Johnston
 MJohns1752@aol.com

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