Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, Laurel County James A. Hughes, a merchant of Louisa, Lawrence County, KY, is a native of Sarnia, Canada West, was born February 27, 1861, and is a son of James W. and Ellen (McNulty) Hughes, of Ireland. At ten years of age our subject came to the United States with his father, attended school at Bellaire, O., and a commercial college in Pittsburgh, Penn, and then, at twelve years of age, came with his father to Ashland, KY, where the father is manager of the Norton Iron Works. In 1884 James A. removed to Louisa and engaged in the wholesale and retail mercantile trade, and now carries a stock valued at $8,000 or $10,000. He is a Republican in politics, and in August, 1887, was elected to represent Lawrence and Boyd Counties in the Kentucky Legislature by a majority of ninety one. He married in December, 1885, to Miss Belle Wilson, of Coredo, W. VA. Hughes McNulty Wilson = Sarnia-Canada_West Ireland WV PA OH Lawrence-KY Boyd-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/laurel/hughes.ja.txt