Rev Jeremiah Hughes

Jeremiah Hughes

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Juanita

Obit

A good man has been taken away from us but his good works will follow after him, His was a great life, a great life of service,
one has said The Life of a Good Man is like the Shadow of a Great Hawk in a weary land.
Funeral Services were conducted at the church in Conway Sunday, March 28th, by Rev Redinger, assisted by Rev. J.A.
Moorman, Pastor of the Methodist Church at Barnes City, Iowa.
    The sermon was preached from the text; " Our Father Jacob gave us the well" John 4:12. A large audience filled the church
and because of his extensive acquaintances, if the day and roads had been suitable, the building would not have accommodated
the gathering.
     Father Hughes preached his last sermon in Conway, it being the last service that was held in the old Methodist Church
before the building was wrecked. He also preached the first sermon that was ever preached in Conway. His church then was
the Burlington depot.
     Interment was made in the Conway Cemetery, Mr. Ralph crew of Clearfield was funeral director. Besides his companion
and five children and relatives, Father Hughes leaves a host of friends to mourn his loss.

"SERVANT OF GOD WELL DONE,
THY GLORIOUS WAREFARE'S PAST
THE BATTLES FOUGHT, THE RACE IS WON,
AND THOU ART CROWNED AT LAST."

found this at the library today in the History of Taylor County.

In the winter of '60 and '61 Rev. Jerry Hughs also commenced preaching, while assistant on the Mt. Ayr circuit. Rev. Hughs
was a young man, fresh from Virginia. This country was very thinly settled in those days, and in making his way from one
appointment to another, he endured many hardships. On February 22, 1861 he got lost in a snow storm, and was out all night
and until the next day before he found a house. His feet were frozen, and it was a miracle that he did not perish. The
preachers of those days did not drive to their appointments in top buggies nor ride in varnished cars. Even had the cars been
here their salaries were so small they would have had to steal a ride on the blind Bagge or ride on the bumpers. Mr. Hughs
married Amy Newton, daughter of Isaac Newton, and organized an M. E. Church here in 1865, while on the Bedford circuit.
There being no record of this early church in existence.

Article taken from the Centennial booklet for Mormontown,

Taylor County, IA Marriages:
J. L. Hughes and Amy Newton 30 April 1861

Rev. J. T. Hughes (History of Taylor County, Iowa)

Rev. Jermiah T. Hughes was born Sept. 20, 1834 in West Virginia and died at his home in Conway, Iowa, March 26, 1980. He
was married to Amy Newton of Platteville, Iowa, April 30, 1961. To this union ten children were born, five having died in
infancy and to the five they raised -- William, Isaac and Inza lived in Taylor County. Ellis H. and Eva McGee lived in
Oklahoma. Several descendants still live in Taylor County: Mrs. Al "Doris" O'Dell and her family and most of the Glen
Hughes's family.
He was ordained deacon on Sept. 7, 1862 and elder on Sept. 4, 1964. He was appointed, in the fall of 1872 to what was called
Harmony (now Conway). In those days there was no moving by railroad, so his goods were moved in wagons 40 miles from
Hopeville, Clark County by members of his former charge. The parsonage was at Lexington and Conway was a new town
started by the railroad, having at that time only about ten houses, no schoolhouse, and only a store or two. His circuit consisted
of an appointment north of Gravity, Holt schoolhouse, a schoolhouse north of Sharpsburg, Grant Center, Wright schoolhouse,
Lexington, and Conway. He preached twice a month and some of the appointments were during the week. He preached the
first sermon ever preached in Conway, on the platform of the Burlington depot. He traveled over the country in his buggy and
many times forded the rivers, as there were no bridges in those days. His salary was $500.. However, the people were
congenial and the work a great comfort. He built the first parsonage in Conway for $500. He was pastor at Conway for two
years after which he moved to Afton and later came back to Conway and made it his home. Father Hughes organized and
helped to organize the church at Red Oak, Conway, Mt. Ayr, Clarinda, Glenwood, Diagonal, Afton, Arispe, Hopeville, Hillsdale,
Blockton and Bedford. He was also a member of MO-Ark Conference. Besides his preaching he spent some time as a school
teacher. He told the folks in his day he was a circuit walker, not the circuit rider. He preached his last sermon in Conway, in
an old Methodist church which was wrecked.
Mrs. Hughes was born at Waterloo, New Jersey, Jan 30, 1837 and died at her home in Conway, on Oct. 28, 1920. Her parents,
the Isaac Newtons, lived on a farm near the junction Highway #2 and #25. Here, many people traveling through the country
would stop to water their oxen team and camp overnight. Also, the pony express riders would leave mail. She was the
granddaughter of a Revolutionary soldier and an early settler of southwestern Iowa. (By Dorothy Kirby and Darline Ernest)

Rev. Jeremiah T. Hughes was bon September 20th, 1834,in West Virginia, and died at his home in Conway, Iowa March 26th
1920, Age 86 yrs. 6 mo. and6 days.
He was maried to Miss Amy Newton of Plattevelle, Iowa, April 30, 1861.
To this union, 10 childred were born, five having died in infancy, and of the five living,,,William, Isaac and Inza, live in Taylor
County, Iowa and Ellis Hughes and Eva McGee live in Oklahoma.
Father Hughes was very extensively known in southwestern Iowa and was the oldest member of the Des Moines annual
conference. He did the pioneer work and helped to lay the foundation for methodism as we see it now..