served in 88th infantry division as an engineer in Italy in WW2 - recipient of 3 bronze stars

1930FCI W Hughes/Phillips/Parry; PA; Lackawanna; Blakely; District 103; image 43 of 51 @ancestry.com; ED 35-103; SD 6; pg 22A; Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2048; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 323.0.

1940FCI William Hughes Family and Elneda Kearney Family & mother; United States Federal Census; Pennsylvania >Lackawanna >Dickson >35-43 >Page 5 of 32 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Dickson, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3523; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 35-43. 613 Hallstead ST