William Henry Hughes (September 30, 1864 – November 11, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from

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He was born on September 30, 1864, in Chapmanville,

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. He owned stone quarries in New York and

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, and was a wholesale dealer in

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. Hughes was Quartermaster General of the State Militia from 1897 to 1898. He was a member of the

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( Washington Co.) in

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and

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; and was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in 1903. On September 17, 1903, he filed schedules in

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. On November 3, 1903, he was re-elected to the State Assembly. He hanged himself on November 11, 1903, at his home in Granville, New York;''GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE''
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'' on November 12, 1903 and was buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Middle Granville.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, William H. 1864 births 1903 suicides 1903 deaths American politicians who died by suicide People from Granville, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Suicides by hanging in New York (state) Politicians from Venango County, Pennsylvania 19th-century American legislators