In 1814, he volunteered, and served six months in the with Great Britain, was stationed at Upper Sandusky, and was there at the time Colonel Croghan fought the battle of Lower Sandusky. While in the army, he had a pitched battle with "bully" of another regiment ("Fist and Skull"), and whipped him.

About the year 1820, he removed to the Indian territory of Indiana, in what was afterward organized into Madison County. He purchased a tract of improved land from a Delaware Indian, and remained on it about two years; sold out, and removed to Henry County. Resided in Henry at the time Sawyer, Bridges and others, killed the friendly Indians, and saw Hudson, Bridges, and Sawyer hung, and young Bridges reprieved.

About the year 1825, Mr. Hughes went to Texas, induced to do so by the promises made by Colonel Austin. First located about one hundred miles up the Colorado. He returned home to Henry County, having been absent nearly two years.

He was married to second wife about the year 1823. After his return from Texas, he came to this part of the Wabash twice, on a peddling tour. He started with his family to remove here, in January, 1827, and arrived the last of February. He came down the Mississinewa; had a pretty hard time in coming; could procure scarcely any thing to eat, until he arrived at Aleck Chamberlain’s, who kept tavern on the river, a mile below where Logansport was afterward located.

When Mr. Hughes arrived in Carroll County, he settled near where Eli Wingard now resides, in the Burntrager neighborhood. One of his near neighbors was Moses Standley. He afterward bought thirty-six acres in the same neighborhood, which he improved. He made his living principally by hunting.

In 1828, in company with Moses Standley and John Mitchell, he got board a "bitter-head" boat, and went down to the mouth of the Big Vermilion River, with beeswax, etc., purchased corn and meal, and then pushed the boat all the way up, and landed at the "Elm Ford," on the Wabash, just below the mouth of the bayou, near the paper-mills. They were absent about one month.

Mr. Hughes was at the first sale of lots in Delphi; bought the corner lot, on which the wigwam was erected in 1860. He gave seventy dollars for the lot, but soon sold out to Billy Wilson.

Mr. Hughes has killed deer near where the present court-house in Delphi stands, and he found a "bee-tree" just below where the jail is located.

The Delphi town-plat, before it was cleared off, was open woods of oak, walnut, elm, plum bushes, and hazel. A favorite Indian camping ground was on Deer Creek.

Mr. Hughes is residing about three miles south west of Delphi.