Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 

1887, Jessamine Co.



JEPHTHA D. HUGHES, lumber merchant at Nicholasville, is the eldest son

of the late John B. Hughes of Keene, Jessamine County.  He was born in

Jessamine on the 6th of November, 1851.  Mr. Hughes is extensively

engaged in selling lumber, and is an industrious, energetic and reliable

business man.  His mother was the daughter of the late R. Jeptha Dudley,

of Fayette County, Ky.  The great-grandfather of Mr. Hughes was Col. 

William Dudley, who lost his life in the disastrous defeat sustained by 

the Kentuckians under his command at Fort Meigs, during the war of 1812.

He was born at Spottsylvania C. H., Virginia, in 1769, and came to 

Fayette County at an early age.  He was for many years magistrate of 

Fayette County, and was much respected by all who knew him.  John B. 

Hughes was for many years a merchant at Keene.  His health was poor, 

though his application to business was unremitting and efficient.  He 

died in 1858.  Jephtha D. Hughes, his eldest son, was married to 

Elizabeth Garrison, daughter of John Garrison, in 1880.  He has four 

children: William, Mary, Lida and Ada. 



Hughes Dudley Garrison

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