ROY MARCUS HUGHES
Prepared and presented by: R R (Bob
Hughes), April, 1999.
The fourth son,ROY MARCUS HUGHES was also
born in Searsboro, Iowa, July 22, 1878. Uncle Roy apparently came to Washington
along with his mother, father, and sisters. There is no record, or memories,
that he stayed over in Montana for any length of time, as did his four
brothers. In Washington, he and his Dad worked at building things, and Roy
learned the carpenter trade. He married Jennie Newell and they moved to
Snohomish where they had a chicken ranch for many years. Uncle Roy also worked
as a carpenter in Snohomish and Everett. (Aunt Jennie was the first to tell me
that I had better grab Naomi for a wife on one of our visits out to Snohomish
from the University of Washington.) They had one daughter, Lora. In their later
years they moved back to Sumas where Roy died April 9, 1956, and Jennie died
August 26, 1968. They are both buried in the Sumas cemetery.
For many years Uncle Roy and Aunt Jennie came
to Montana in the summer time to visit my Dad and his family. Uncle Roy
introduced the sport of modern horseshoe pitching (with shoes designed for
pitching, not wearing) to his Montana relatives and it soon became our sport of
choice. We kids always anticipated their visits greatly for there would be a
couple of weeks of partial relief from the never-ending ranch work. For two
weeks, or maybe a month, we enjoyed picnics, horseshoe pitching, and trips to
various places like the Yellowstone Park. Best of all, Uncle Roy like to fish
and would take me with him to places like Beaver Dam, South Meadow Creek Lake,
and our favorite two mile stretch of North Meadow Creek. Once we even went to
Hebgen Lake and rented a boat. A super experience for a ten year old boy.
Click on Martha Hughes Rich "Memories of a Plain Little Girl for a handwritten article about the family by Martha (Mattie) Hughes Rich
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