James A. Hughes
James A. Hughes, Saddler and Harness Maker.
Mr. Hughes was born in Jackson Township, Shelby County, April 4, 1849. His minority days were spent on a farm. In 1871, he purchased a half interest in the saddler and harness shop of Hardin Smith, a short distance west of Jackson Centre. He also began as an apprentice at the trade under the instruction of his partner, Hardin Smith, with whom he remained as a partner until 1875, when he sold his interest in the shop to his partner, and soon after began carrying on the business in Jackson Centre, where he has since been conducting the saddler and harness business with success, his being the first and the only shop ever established in the village. On the 2d of May, 1870, he married Miss Thatima E., daughter of Jacob H. and Elizabeth Babcock, by whom he has three children, two sons and one daughter.
History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883