Union County, Kentucky, attorney. Springfield, Kentucky, native. Son of John R. Hughes and Martha Hughes. Married to Wright Parker Hughes in Union County on December 18, 1855. Father of Bettie Hughes, Mattie Hughes, Nancy Hughes, and George R. Hughes. Graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1852. Admitted to the bar in January 1855. Attorney for Hughes, Dallam & Hughes law firm with Willis G. Hughes and Francis Henry Dallam. Attorney in Union County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.