Background
Born on 14 April 1857 at London, Ontario, a son of Joseph C. Hughes and Jane McAndless, brother of Anthony James Hughes and Thomas Alfred Martin Hughes. His father farmed in Middlesex County until 1903 then retired to Brandon.
Born on 14 April 1857 at London, Ontario, a son of Joseph C. Hughes and Jane McAndless, brother of Anthony James Hughes and Thomas Alfred Martin Hughes. His father farmed in Middlesex County until 1903 then retired to Brandon.
J. H. Hughes was educated at Middlesex County and the Toronto Normal School (1874).
He was the mayor of Brandon, Manitoba in 1914. He taught school in 1875, then went into business as a general merchant at Iderton. The partnership dissolved in 1886, and Hughes went on to establish mills at Rainy River, Ontario.
He disposed of his mills in 1901 and established a wholesale and retail lumber business in Brandon on 10th Street, between Rosser and Princess Street.
He also owned most of the property between 10th and 11th Streets, Rosser & Princess. He erected a brick block on 10th Street, as well as the Strathcona Block.
He employed over 40 men to manufacture sash doors and builders" supplies. They had five children: Alma Hughes (b 1885), Maggie May Hughes (b 1887.
Attending Alma College, Street Thomas, Ontario, 1906), Percy Cooper Hughes (b 1889), Harley Moody Hughes (b 1892), and Ruth Alida Hughes (b 1894).
He died in Brandon on 5 August 1917.
