Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 760-761 [Union] SAMUEL CASEY HUGHES, of Morganfield, was born in Union county, July 5, 1826, and spent his entire life there. His parents were James and Rachel L. (Givens) Hughes, and his grandparents were Edward and Letitia (Reed) Hughes. His father served in the war of 1812, and for many years was clerk in the county and circuit courts in Washington county, Kentucky. Samuel C. Hughes began his education in the common schools of Morganfield, which was afterward continued in St. Mary's College, of Marion county, Kentucky. He also spent two years in study in the Transylvania University, of Lexington, Kentucky, and read law under the instructions of his uncle, Willis G. Hughes. In 1856 he was admitted to the bar and for many years was an active practitioner in Morganfield. He was especially successful as a criminal lawyer. He was a forceful speaker whose earnestness never failed to impress his hearers, while his masterful arrangement of the evidence and logical statement seldom failed to carry conviction to the minds of the judge or jury. As judge he performed his duties with dignity that upheld the majesty of the law, while his fairness won him the unqualified commendation of the public. Mr. Hughes married Miss Judith Martin, of Union county, a daughter of Husdon [sic] and Elizabeth Martin, both natives of Kentucky. Hughes Givens Reed Martin = Washington-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/union/hughes.sc.txt