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Aaron Porter Hughes

Birth	:	7 May 1815 Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Death	:	23 Feb 1864 Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Appomattox Cemetery, Hopewell, Hopewell City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.3076700, -77.3008400
Description	:	Aaron Porter Hughes is the son of Barnet and Nancy (Wilson) Hughes of Windham,New Hampshire. Aaron Porter Hughes and Charlotte Locke Sawyer were married November 17, 1845. Honorable Aaron P. Hughes first learned the carpenter's trade, and while at work upon the present church in Windham, he met with an accident, by which he lost his arm. He then studied law in Nashua, in the office of the late Hon. Aaron F. Sawyer, remaining about four years; was admitted to the bar in 1843, and was very successful during his eighteen years of practice. He became a marked and growing... Read More	Aaron Porter Hughes is the son of Barnet and Nancy (Wilson) Hughes of Windham,New Hampshire. Aaron Porter Hughes and Charlotte Locke Sawyer were married November 17, 1845. Honorable Aaron P. Hughes first learned the carpenter's trade, and while at work upon the present church in Windham, he met with an accident, by which he lost his arm. He then studied law in Nashua, in the office of the late Hon. Aaron F. Sawyer, remaining about four years; was admitted to the bar in 1843, and was very successful during his eighteen years of practice. He became a marked and growing man. He connected himself with the Whig Party, and in 1848 was a member of the national convention that nominated Zachary Taylor for President. He was one of the three members who voted to the last for Daniel Webster. He was a member of the legislature from Nashville before Nashua was incorporated. Under President Taylor he was appointed postmaster of Nashua. In 1852 the Whigs nominated Mr. Hughes for congress, but he failed of an election. He was elected to the legislature in 1854, and became a leading member. When the Republican Party swallowed up the Whig and the Free-soil Parties, he joined the Democratic, with which he was ever after affiliated. He supported Buchanan in 1856. ''He hated abolitionism, and the abolitionizing of the old Whig party was the real cause of his finally joining the democracy.'' He was an effective and pleasing speaker. In 1860 he was a delegate to the democratic convention, and was a Douglas democrat; was a member of the legislature in 1861 and '62, in the former year receiving the support of his party as a member of the Democratic State Control Committee. He was a grand master of the grand lodge of New Hampshire in 1860 and '61. In religion Mr. Hughes was a Presbyterian, having joined the Presbyterian Church of Windham when attending the academy, and was later dismissed to Nashua. He was a liberal supporter of the church, and for many years a teacher in the Sunday school. Aaron was a true citizen of his adopted city of Nashua. He died of congestion of the lungs, February 23, 1864. [Aaron's picture appears facing p599 in the Windham history book. >B.L.H.] >History of Windham in N.H. 1719-1883, pp599-600. Aaron P. Hughes, Esq., of Nashua died on Wednesday, Feb 24, at Worcester, Mass, of lung fever. He was a prominent politician and energetic businessman. >Rochester Courier, Feb. 26, 1864. Hughes, Aaron P. - of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860. Burial location unknown. >Political Graveyard, Internet.

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Aaron Porter Hughes's memorial is located at: Appomattox Cemetery, Hopewell, Hopewell City, USA.
When did Aaron Porter Hughes death?
Aaron Porter Hughes death on 23 Feb 1864 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 37.3076700
Longitude: -77.3008400

Family Members:

Parent

Barnett Hughes

(1779 - 1858)

Jane Wilson Hughes

(1784 - 1859)

Siblings

James Patterson Hughes

(1810 - 1891)

Barnet Hughes

(1813 - 1886)

Thomas N Hughes

(1819 - 1883)

Mary Annis Hughes Nesmith

(1821 - 1857)

George W Hughes

(1827 - 1881)

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Coordinate: 37.3076700, -77.3008400

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