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up in (he typical manner o f his time* receiv his life he was a faithful member of the ing his education in the subscription schools Lutheran Cliurch, towards whose work he then common in country districts, which he at was a liberal contributor. tended fo r about three months of the year, W hile residing in Cambra. Pa., Colonel the rest of the time helping with the farm Hughes was united in marriage with H arriet work. H e died Feb. 4, 1 ^ 7 . Buckalew. who is a daughter o f Jam es and Catherine (Jo n e s) Buck^cw . Nine children C H E S T E R K . H U G H E S (deceased)* who have been l>om to this union* o f which four was for many years a resident of Columbia still survive, nam ely: James* who is now a county* was bom at Catawissa, that county, resident o f Berw ick; Jennie, w ife o f L S. Ju ly 4. 183^. son o f Charles and M ary (R oth ) Hicks, superintendent of the Berit’ick W ater Hughes. Company, a sketch o f whose life appears else Charles I lughes. the father, w as bom in the where; John, an engineer in the employ of the city o f Philadelphia* Pa., and removed with Reading Railroad Company* who is residing his parents to Columbia county* where the at Tamaqua. P a .; and Albert, a skilled electri remainder o f his life was spent. cian, residing at Shamokin. Chester K . Hughes, son o f Cliarles Hughes* Jam es Buckalew, the father o f Mrs. w as taken by his parents to Bloomsburg when Hughes, was for long years an agriculturist still a tad. and there secured his educational in the vicinity o f Cambra. Pa.* where he also training in the public schools. Succeeding w,is the proprietor o f a hotel and success (his he learned the trade o f saddler, and when fully cng.'i^ed in the mercantile business. He he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the married Catherine Jones, and both died at business went to Cambra* Pa., where he es Cambra. Of their nine children* Harriet ts tablished himself as the proprietor o f a store. the only su n iv o r. H e was a resident o f that place at the time of M rs. Harriet (Buckalew ) Hughes, daugh the outbreak o f (he Civil war* ,ind in 186a ter o f Jam es Buckalew, and widow o f Col. was successful in raising a company, of which Chester K . Hughes, w as bom A pril 15. 1835, he was made captain, his command becoming at Cambra, Pa., and there grew to woman Company I, of the 143d Regiment. Pennsyl hood and received her education, remaining vania 'ohinleer Infantry. Later he w as ad at home with her parents until her marriage. vanced to the rank o f m ajor, then to lieutenant IJk e her husband she took a keen interest in colonel, und finally w as promoted to colonel CJrand A rm y work, and while residing here of his regiment, in which capacity he was at Berwick w as long connected with the mustcreil out at H art Island, twenty miles Womans R elief Corps. On her removal with from Ncw York* receiving hts honorable dis Colonel Hughes to Shamokin she found no charge in 1865. H ts scr*ice was a long and branch o f that order, and immediately set faithful one* and was characterized by about to oraanizc one. her intelligent and braver)’ and faithful adherence to duty. energetic cfmrts resulting in the establish Returning to Cambra. Pa.* be resided there ment of the Corps at that place. A t the time until i 860, at which time (he fam ily moved o f her husband's death, in 1889* she returned lo W ilkes-Barre, and there M r. Hughes be to Berwick, where she has since made her came proprietor o f what w as known as the home. H er beautiful modem residence is sit"M itchell Ilouse.” continuing to be the host uateil at No. 305 East Fourth street* and there o f this ]K)puIar hostelry fo r three years, when her many friends and acquaintances are al he again went to Cambra fo r a short ]>eriod. ways sure o f a warm welcome. Following this he removed to Shamokin, where he was coal inspector fo r the Reading L E W IS C M E N S C H, o f Q taw issa* Co (om pany, in which position he had chaige lumbia county, attorney at law and borough o f thirty collieries. Ilc continued to dis solicitor, was Ixim in Franklin township, same charge its duties cfiicicntly until his death, county, .Aug, 9, 1877, son of the late TTtomas Sept. la* 1889. H e was buricil in the Pine M. Mensch. Grove cemetery. While residing at Benv’ick I l i e Mensch family is an old one in the Colonel Hughes belonged to Captain Jackson county, foundeil here by Johannes Cliristian Post, of the Grand A n n y of the Republic, o f Mcnsch. a native o f Germany. H e was bom which he was commander for some time, and Ja n . 30. 1745* and his w ife 5>abina, Feb. 8, u[>on his removal to Shamokin liccamc a inem- t 753 « T hey came lo America in company k t o f Lincoln Post, o f which he was com with .Adam and Abraham Mcnsch, and fo r a mander at the time o f his death. Throughout time lived in Berks county. Pa. Subsequently
