F. M. Hughes
F. M. Hughes was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1852, a son of one of the early settlers of the county. His father, Esram Hughes, was a native of Maryland, born in 1798, a son of John and Mary (Taylor) Hughes. He married Rosanna, daughter of Thomas Shreve, one of Wayne County's first settlers, in whose honor the town of Shreve was named. They had a family of twelve children: Mary, Margaret, Hiram, J. S., Thomas, Judson, Sarah, Lewis, Eliza, Washington, Burlington and F. M.--nine of whom are living. In 1818 Esram Hughes, then a young man of twenty years, came to Ohio, and for two years worked as a day laborer for Mr. Pocock. In 1820 he entered a quarter-section of land in Wayne County, now Knox Township, Holmes County, which at that time was heavily timbered. This he cleared and made his home until his death, which occurred in 1872. He was a successful farmer, at one time owning 1600 acres of land. His wife died in 1875, aged sixty-eight years.
F. M. Hughes has spent his life in the county of his birth; has followed the occupation of his father, and like him is an industrious, energetic man, one of the prosperous farmers of Knox Township. He now owns 165 acres of land, all of which was an inheritance from his father's estate, and is one of the best improved farms in the township. Mr. Hughes was married in 1876 to Emma C., daughter of Abraham Melott, and they have three children: Merritt L., William B. and Rosanna. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he casts his suffrage with the Prohibition party.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889