Hughes - Martha Rector
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Tuesday, 26 December 1893
Mrs. Aaron Hughes, aged about seventy years, died about noon today at her home on South Green Street. She had been bedfast for months and death came rather as a relief to her long and terrible sufferings. The funeral announcement will be made tomorrow.
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal December 27, 1893
The funeral services of Mrs. Aaron S. Hughes will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late residence on south Green Street. The body will be placed in the vault at the Masonic Cemetery for the present. Mrs. Martha A. Hughes, who died at home on December 26, 1893, was born near Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio, on Feb 9, 1828(?), being at the time of her death over 70 years old. She married Aaron S. Hughes on June 20, 1844, and they had been married over 49 years. Mrs. Hughes was a member of the Methodist Church, having joined the church at Chillicothe, Ohio, over 50 years ago. Since their marriage, they have resided in this state at Evansville, Princeton, and Bloomington, and came to this city in 1852. They never had any children but partially raised six, one being an adopted son, John A. Hughes, of New York City, who was a nephew of the deceased. Mrs. Hughes' father's name was Rector, and she has one brother living, William Rector, of Winchester. Mrs. Hughes had been sick since the first of last September, and on the 25th of that month she fell and broke her hip, which accident kept her in bed from that time to her death. She had many friends in this city, and though a great sufferer for many years, she always tried to look upon her lot in life as being for the best. Her death was peaceful-the spark of life going out as the flickering out of a candle. Her husband survives and, with many others, can testify that she always delighted to make others happy. kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Star, Dec 29, 1893
Mrs. Aaron Hughes died on Tuesday at noon at her home on South Green Street aged 70 years. She had long been an invalid. She was a sweet Christian woman. Her husband Aaron Hughes and son John A, city ticket agent of the NY Central NY survive her - typed by kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Friday, 29 December 1893
The funeral of Mrs. Martha A. Hughes, wife of A. S. Hughes, was held this afternoon at the residence on South Green Street. The services were conducted by Rev. H. A. Tucker, of the Methodist Church, of which denomination the deceased was a member. The body was placed in the vault at the Masonic Cemetery. The pall bearers were Wm Vanarsdall, Paul Hughes, W. D. McClellan, Harry Palmer, A. H. Hernley and Sam D. Symmes. =kz