Background
Hughes, Peter Davis was born on February 13, 1855 in Newport, England. Son of John R. and Elizabeth (Davis) Hughes.
Hughes, Peter Davis was born on February 13, 1855 in Newport, England. Son of John R. and Elizabeth (Davis) Hughes.
Came to America, 1862. Public school education. Doctor of Medicine Fort Wayne (Indiana) College of Medicine, 1884.
New York Polyclinic, 1884-1887.
(honorary Master of Arts, Taylor University, Indiana, 1897).
Began practice at Brooklyn, 1884. Removed to Kansas City, Kansas. Senior surgeon, chief of staff, Bethany Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, since 1902.
Professor surgery, College Physical & Surgical, Kansas City, Kansas, 1894-1906.
Professor clinical surgery, University of Kansas, since 1906. Private Company B, 17th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1874-1877.
Inspr. department Animal Industry, United States Agricultural Department, 1890-1892. Trustee College Physicians and Surgical, Kansas City.
Mason.
Married Katharine Stemen, May 10, 1885.