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John Hughes Papers Manuscript Collection 1860-1908
Biographical Notes
Rev. John Hughes ((1834-1916)) was a graduate of Lombard College class of 1854. He received an Honorary Degree from Lombard in 1908, and he was a trustee of the college for 42 years from 1868-1910. Upon his graduation he became a Universalist Church pastor and worked throughout Illinois and Michigan, and in 1869 he was among the founders of the Universalist Church in Table Grove, Fulton County, Illinois. He was also an accomplished debater known for “defending the faith” and publicly debate religious issues throughout the state. He served two terms in the Illinois state legislature from Fulton County between 1898-1902. In 1855 he married Jemima Bailey, and in the year following her death in 1879, he married Kate Matteson (c.1864-1921) who was also ordained as a minister at Lombard College (1895). They worked together to promote educational issues and equality for women. Several of John Hughes children attended Lombard College as well.
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Scope notes
This collection includes sermons (notes, drafts and published), genealogical information, photographs and notebooks of Rev. John Hughes. .
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Administrative Information
Donor: Henry Hughes, grandson of John Hughes
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