Hughes, Henry A., Sr.

Dates: 1848-1928.
Middle name “Anderson”[?] or "Adams"[?]
Ever referred to as "Sr."[?]
Father of Coit Inge Hughes MD (q.v.) and Henry “Harry” Adams Hughes, Jr. (q.v)
Son-in-law: Dameron, Logan D. (q.v).
Practiced in Phoenix from 1886 to 1928. ArMA president: 1893. Appointed superintendent of the Arizona State Hospital Jun 22, 1896. Member of first Territorial Board
Arizona State Hospital. Milestones; a history of seventy-five years of progress ... 1887-1962. [Phoenix? 1962?], page 10.
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 136.
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, pages 247-248, 349.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
See also: McClintock, James H. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916 (aka Arizona, the Youngest State), volume 3 (Biographical), pages 715-716: Dr. Henry A. Hughes is one of the oldest representatives of the
medical profession in Phoenix, having practiced in this city since 1886 or for a period of thirty years. He was born in Mahoning County Ohio, November 12, 1848 and is a son of Mordecai B. and Ann (Adams) Hughes, both of whom were natives of Virginia but at an early day removed to Ohio. The Hughes family is of Scotch and Welch descent and was founded in Virginia in colonial days. Representatives of the name served in the Revolutionary War, aiding in winning American independence. Mordecai Hughes was also a physician, devoting his life to the practice of medicine and surgery. When comparatively young, Henry A. Hughes left home and made his way to Missouri but in 1870 became a resident of Texas. During the period spent in that state he resolved to make the practice of medicine his life and attended the Louisville Medical College from which he was graduated with the class of 1875. He has since done considerable post-graduate work, thus keeping in touch with the advanced thought and progress of the profession. In 1881 he pursued a postgraduate course in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and at different times was a student in the University of New York and in the Johns Hopkins university at Baltimore Maryland. For thirteen years, following his graduation he continued in active practice in Texas. In an early day
he did nearly all the surgical work in the Salt River Valley as in 1886 he came to Phoenix where he has since remained. He served as superintendent of the insane asylum and was honored with election as the second president of the Arizona
Medical Association, which he assisted in organizing. In 1873 Dr. Hughes was united in marriage to Miss Mary Inge, a native of Texas and they are the parents of eight children, five of whom are yet living: Dr. Coit I; Bettie Damron; Erile Garner, Blanche Summers and Dr. Henry A. Jr.

J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1905; XLV: 214: ARIZONA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Annual Meeting held at Prescott, June 1-2, 1905. Election. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. J. W. Coleman, Jerome; vice-presidents, Drs. Arthur W. Olcott, Tucson; Otto E. Plath, Phoenix, and Albert E. Ealy, Kingman; secretary, Dr. John W. Foss, Phoenix (re-elected) ; treasurer, Dr. R. F. Palmer, Roosevelt; councilors, Drs. Clarence E. Yount, Preseott; Ancil Martin, Phoenix, and Hiram W. Fenner, Tucson; delegates to American Medical Association, Dr. Henry A. Hughes, Phoenix; alternate, Dr. Frank W. Sawyer, Preseott; and essayist, Dr. Henry P. Thompson, U. S. Army, Fort Whipple. The next meeting will be held at Phoenix.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1905; XLV: 285: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION HELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON, JULY 10-14, 1905. ... Members of House of Delegates in attendance. ARIZONA. Hughes, Henry A.
J Am Med Assoc, Aug 1905; XLV: 486: List of new members of the American Medical Association during the month of July, 1905: ... ARIZONA -- Cassady, D., Bisbee.; Hughes, H.A., Phoenix; Olcott, A.W., Tucson.
J Am Med Assoc, May 1908; L: 1802: Dr. Henry A. Hughes, Phoenix,sustained serious injuries in a runaway accident near Phoenix recently.
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1910; LIV: 1314: Arizona. Convicted of Violating Health Law. A jury in Phoenix is said to have found Dr. Benjamin B. Moeur, Tempe, guilty of a misdemeanor in failing to report to the Maricopa county board of health, a case of smallpox in that city, and a fine of $20 was imposed. Dr. Henry A. Hughes, superintendent of the countyboard of health, was the complaining witness in the case. The defendant's attorney gave notice of his intention to appeal to the district court.
J Am Med Assoc, May 1914; LXII: 1666: State Health Officers Elect. -- At the third annual meeting of the Arizona Association of State and County Health Officers held in Tucson, April 24. Dr. George D. Troutman, Tucson, was elected president, Dr. Henry A. Hughes, Phoenix, vice-president, and Dr. Robert N. Looney, Prescott, secretary.