The Hughes Branch
        The Hughes Branch

    Jeptha Hughes and his wife Betsy Hill Hughes were pioneers to Tioga Co. Pennsylvania. 
Jeptha Hughes, circa 1860 Betsy Hill Hughes , circa 1870

    Jeptha's  son , Frederick Hughes and his wife, Harriet Van Wey  Hughes raised a large family at Mitchel's Creek in Tioga Co., PA.
Frederick Hughes, Circa, 1880 Harriet Van Wey Hughes, circa 1880

Frederick's son, Simeon Hughes was one of Tioga's most prominent farmers and was active in all civic and political affairs.

     Simeon and wife Fannie Westlake Hughes were the parents of three boys; Jeptha, Richard, and Roy.
Simeon and Fanny and their children, left to right, Richard, Roy and Jeptha
1910
Everyone loves this earlier picture of the
Hughes boys, Richard, Jeptha and Roy, sons of Sim and Fanny Hughes, 1906.

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