HUGHES, Joseph

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Death of Joseph Hughes.

Joseph Hughes, trustee of Nineveh township, died Monday morning at his residence, east of Nineveh, of Bright’s disease. Mr. Hughes had been in poor health for more than six months and had spent several weeks at Martinsville the past summer seeking medical relief. His friends, while advised of the ser­iousness of his illness, yet did not look for so sudden a termination.

Mr. Hughes was elected trustee in 1894 and has made during his term of office an admirable trustee. The town­ship affairs were managed with the utmost care and always with economy. His reports were always accurate and showed an excellent condition of the township’s finances. In fact he was a model officer.

Deceased lacked but two days of be­ing forty-nine years of age [sic]. He leaves a wife and no children. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock conducted by Rev. John C. Miller. Burial at Nineveh. The fu­neral was attended by a large number of relatives and friends.

In the untimely death of Mr. Hughes, the township and county lose a good citi­zen.

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Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, October 20, 1899,
Volume XL Number 15, page 1 column 1

Local and Personal

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Mrs. Jane Hughes, widow of Joseph Hughes, will sell at public aution on the premises two miles east of Nineveh, on Thursday, October 26, a lot of personal property consisting of horses, cattle hay, wagons, and a complete line of farming implements. For details see bills posted.

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Submitted by Mark McCrady and Lois Johnson

Link to Joseph Hughes’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 99, referencing Book H-18, page 18, records that Joseph Hughes, a forty-nine-year-old white male, died 17 Sep 1899 in Nineveh.