Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04
SerUices Held Tuesday
For James H. Hughes
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bert N. Carvel. Laurel; U. S. Sena-
tor J. Allen Frear, Jr., Dover;
former u. S. Senator John G..
Townsend, Jr., Selbyville; Dr.
Joseph B. NAPLES, Georgetown; DR..
James Beebe, Lewes; former. State
Treasurer Willard ID. Boyce, Dow
er; William X. Patton, Dover, pres
ident of the Farmers Bank of Del
aware; Gordon L. Willis, vice pres
ident of the Farmers Bank, Dover;
0. H. p. Baldwin of Wilmington;
Lindale G. Fisher, Georgetown !;
former u. S. Senator Claude d.
Pepper of Florida; Leslie Biffle,
Washington, ID. c., former secre-
tary of the Senate; DR.. Carl Henry
Davis, Miami. Fla; Alden v.
keene, Middletown; E. Ennalls
Berl, Wilmington; Josiah Marvel,
Wilmington; former u. S. Senator
James M. Tunnell, Georgetown; /;
Edward Hughes, KentOn; former
U. S. Senator and former Governor
c. Douglass Buck, Wilmington; /;
former Secretary of State Harris
B. Mcdowell, JT., MiddletOwn.
Former Chancellor w. w. Har-
rington, Dover; Judge Charles l..
Terry, Jr.. Dover; Howard E..
Lynch, Jr., Dover; former 1t. Gov.
Alexis 1. DUPONT Bayard, Whining
ton; Benjamin Ableman, Wilming-
ton; Walter Wyatt, Washington,
ID. c.; James L. WOlcOtt, Darien,
Conn; Supreme Court Justice
Daniel F. WOlcOtt, New Castle;
James H. Latchum, Milford; form
.er Governor William d. Denney,
Dover; former u. S. Representa-
tive Philip A. Traynor, Whining
ton; Leighton P. Stradley, Phila-
delphia; Federal Judge Richard S.
Rodney, New Castle; Federal Dis
trict Judge John Biggs, Jr., Will
mingtOn: Hugh M. Morris, Will
mington; Wilbert Rawley, Aeipsic;
John B. Hutton, Dover; William
M. Hope, Dover; James NJ. SatteT-
field, Dover; George M. Fisher, Sr,
Dover: Allen G. Tyson. Chester,
Pa; DR.. E. Richmond Steele, Dow
er; former 1t. Gov. /. ]. MacCol-
lum, Wyoming; former 1t. Gov
Edward w. CoOch, Newark; Nor
man Collision, Bridgeville; William
A. B. DOdd, RehObOth Beach; Solo
mon L. Sapp, Harrington; Dr.
Frank S. Hall, Dover; w. Oakman
Hay, Jr., Tallman, N. Y; Lyle A.
Smith of Vienna, Va; and William
H. Foulk, Wilmington.
Active pail bearers were: E..
Richard Steele, Jr,, N. Mason Ter
Fy. Randolph Hughes, James H.
BastiOn, and H. Ridgely Harring-
ton, Jr., all of Dover; Paul Hughes,
FELTON,; Clifford Hughes, Green's
bOro, Nd, and Thomas Hughes of
near FELTON,.
A leading Kent County Demo-
crat. Mr. Hughes was engaged in
the practice of law for Sc years.
He was a member and past presi-
dent of the Kent County Bar AssO-
citation, and of the Delaware State
Bar and American Bar AssOcia-
tiOns.
Senator Hughes was elected to
the U. S. Senate in 1886, defeating
the then U. S. Senator Daniel o.
Hastings. He was the first Demo-
crat to be elected to the Senate in
Ia years. He served one six-year
term.
Senator Hughes was born on a
farm near FELTON,, Del, January
IA, 1867. He was graduated from
Wesley Collegiate Institute, and
then studied law under the late
James L. WOlcOtt at Dover.
In 1891 and 1892 he served as as
sistant secretary of state. In 1897
became secretary of state, hold
ing the post until 1901.
Hughes once ran for governor
and several times sought the Dem
ocratic senatorial nomination, but
until 1886 his efforts were unsuc-
cessful.
He was a director of the Farm
ers' Bank at Dover and formerly
was editor and former publisher
of the Dover Index He was a Mas.
on and belonged to the Delaware
Society, Sons of the American
Revolution.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Caroline Taylor Hughes, of Dover
two daughters, Mrs. Mary Ade-
laide Hughes Hay, of Pallman
N. Y, and Mrs. Caroline Hughes
Martin of RehObOth, and a son
James Hughes, III, who lives il
Dover.