THOMAS LLOYD HUGHES, D.D., deceased, for many years pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Piqua, Ohio, was a brilliant and scholarly man, whose life was consecrated to religious work, although fields offering greater prominence and success, as measure by pecuniary returns, were opened to him. No estimate of material value can be placed on such work as his was-the constant fight for purity in home and business life, the elevation of the moral tone of the community, the helping band extended to the downfallen, and the thousand and one little benefactions and charities performed - but the benefit is a lasting one, even to generations unborn. Rev. Hughes was ever a potent factor for good, and his death, which occurred June, 17, 1900, was mourned by the people as an irreparable loss to the community. Thomas, L. Hughes was born in Jackson County, Ohio, April 27, 1850, and was a son of Hon. Thomas L., Sr., and Ann (Jones) Hughes. The father was a native of Wales, where he lived until his thirty fifth year, then emigrated to America. He engaged in mercantile business at Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio, where he continued for some years, and then engaged in the manufacture of pig iron, becoming secretary and treasurer of the Jefferson Furnace Company, and being the holder of a considerable amount of the company's stock. He was a man of great prominence in his county and was frequently called upon to serve the public in an official capacity. He was justice of the peace some years, one of the commissioners of Jackson County, and was elected on the Republican ticket as a member of the Ohio State Legislature. He was a well educated and learned man and possessed marked literary ability. He was a contributor to Welsh magazines and wrote the only life of Christ ever published in the Welsh language in America. He was a devout member of the Welsh Presbyterian Church. After a long and successful career, in which he accumulated a handsome property, he passed from this life in March, 1896, at the advanced age of ninety years. He was married in Cincinnati to Miss Ann Jones, who was born in South Wales, and who was a young lady when she came to America. She died in 1857 at the early age of thirty-seven years. Five children were the offspring of this marriage, namely: Jane, wife of M. D. Jones, of Jackson County, Ohio; Thomas Lloyd, Jr.; Anna, who died at the age of thirty-eight