Hughes, E. H.

HUGHES

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Date: 12/26/2008 at 16:20:28

E. H. Hughes

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.29, Council Bluffs )
E. H. Hughes, confectioner, Council Bluffs, was born in Hamburg, Fremont Co., Iowa, April 8, 1861, son of J. A. and Jenny (Clune) Hughes; he is a resident of Fremont County; died in Alabama during the war; she resides in Glenwood, Iowa. His parents had two children. He received his education chiefly at Glenwood, Iowa, where he began business as a clerk with Mr. Townsley, in whose employe he remained about three years. He came to Council Bluffs January 10, 1881, and engaged in business in company with Mr. Townsley, at No. 12 Main street, where he has since remained. Mr. Hughes is a young man of fine business qualities, and is sure to be successful, while his partner, Mr. C. H. Townsley, is one of the most substantial business men of Mills County, Iowa, where he carries on business. They carry on a general confectionery and fruit business, keeping on hand a full line of confectionery and oysters, ice cream, etc., in their season. Mr. Hughes purchased, in the summer of 1882, one of the finest soda fountains in the city, which furnishes a constant supply of the cooling beverages. He is doing a large and steadily increasing trade.