ALBERT G. HUGHES was born in Belmont county, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1847, his parents being Scott and Phoebe Hughes. His early life was spent upon a farm, receiving his education in the common schools. March 26, 1864 he enlisted in the 1st Ohio Ind. Sharpshooters, and served until mustered out at the close of he war. The following document, dated at the headquarters of the military department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, July 17, 1865, speaks for itself and is as follows: "The general commanding, tenders to the officers and men of the 1st Independent Ohio Sharpshooters, his personal thanks for their long and valuable service near his person in the eventful campaigns, beginning at Chattanooga, on the first of May, 1864, and ending with the war. He commends them as a fine body of intelligent young volunteers, to whom he attributes his personal safety in the battles, marches and bivouacs in Georgia and the Carolinas. He wishes them a long life and proud consciousness of having done their duty with a cheerfulness, precision and intelligence worthy the great cause in which they were engaged, and he bespeaks for them a kindly and generous welcome back to their old homes in Ohio." This document bears the signatures of W. T. Sherman, major general, and R. M. Sawyer, brevet general, and R. M. Sawyer, brevet colonel and A.A.G., and bears the address, "For Private Albert Hughes." After being mustered out Mr. Hughes returned to Ohio, and in 1866 removed with his parents to Morgan, Mo., where they engaged in farming. In 1872, Albert went to St. Louis, where he served as city agent for the Missouri Republican two years, and was then engaged with the St. Louis Times for about a year. In 1880, he came to Illinois, locating at Kane, where he entered into the saloon business, and since June, 1885, has conducted a like enterprise at Carrollton. Feb. 4, 1883, he was married to Bridget Hanneghan, by whom two children have been born - Howard and Scott. Politically, Mr. Hughes is a republican, and has taken an active part, and wields considerable influence in that party. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and G.A.R. societies, and has good business qualifications, and is honest and honorable in all his dealings.