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CLARENCE LOYD HUGHES
A very successful and enterprising
rancher, who resides in the vicinity of Manteca, is Clarence Loyd Hughes, who
has followed farming pursuits from young manhood, broadening his field of work
and material activity and increasing the range of personal usefulness with each
succeeding year. He was born near
Modesto on the Waterford Road, June 21, 1880, a son of George Teagard Hughes, born October 20, 1845, at Jefferson,
Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Agnes (Davison) Hughes, born July 24, 1865, at
Benton, Missouri. George T. Hughes was
the eldest son of William Hiller Hughes, who came across the plains by ox-team
in 1853 and settled at Sonora. The
mother passed away on May 9, 1918, at the age of sixty-two years.
Clarence Loyd Hughes began his
education in the public schools of Stanislaus County, then
attended a private school at Stockton for two terms. After finishing school he returned to his
father’s ranch, where he remained until he was twenty-four years old, when he
started out for himself. He purchased some
farming land and engaged in general farming and now owns two well-improved,
valuable ranches. These landed interests
have come to him as the result of his own industry and thrifty management,
since he began life without any considerable capital and has relied on his own
efforts for his success. Successful in
material affairs, he has not neglected the other aspects of life, and has
become an important factor in the development of irrigation in the South San
Joaquin District.
The marriage of Mr. Hughes occurred
October 16, 1908, which united him with Miss Elizabeth Louise Zurcher, a
daughter of David and Eliza (Miller) Zurcher, the former a native of
Switzerland, the latter born in Illinois, December 19, 1864. David Zurcher, who was born on October 12, 1845,
came to America in 1875, and in 1887 was made a citizen at Portland, Oregon,
where he passed away in 1910. The mother
died October 18, 1920, at her home in Manteca, having reared five children. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are the parents of two
children: Frederic Loyd was born at
Crow’s Landing, May 27, 1911, and George Miller was born at San Jose,
California, April 16, 1913, and both are attending the Manteca grammar
school. In politics, Mr. Hughes is a
Republican, and fraternally, a member of Tyrian Lodge No. 439, F. & A. M.,
at Manteca; a member of the Sciots at Stockton; and also belongs to Manteca
Lodge No. 425, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The family are
members of the Baptist Church at Manteca.
In his chosen line of work Mr. Hughes is meeting with well-merited
success and yet he finds time to faithfully perform his duties of citizenship
and all who know him respect him for his honorable principles, his upright
dealings and his true worth.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
895. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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