Name/Title
Hughes, Andrew S., Gen., Indian Agent, Father of Bela, Portrait Photo, c. 1860Entry/Object ID
P1992.1H.40Description
Hughes, Andrew S., Gen., Indian Agent, Father of Bela, Portrait Photo, c. 1860, b/w. Photo of older man, balding with dark hair on sides, clean-shaven, wearing dark suit with high collar white shirt and cravat tied in bow. In oval frame, perhaps small. Could be a painting in the frame rather than photo
Andrew Hughes from Kentucky, was the first attorney to reside in the Platte Purchase area. He was appointed Indian Agent by John Quincy Adams in 1826. at Agency Ford, although he lived in Robidoux, (the name of the area before it became St. Joseph) for the convenience of the Indians. He maintained a farm in Clay County operated by slaves, where his wife and son Bela M. Hughes, resided. He was brigadier general of the militia
Bela M. Hughes, among other things, was manager for his cousin Ben Holladay's Central California & Pikes Peak Company that bought the Pony Express in 1861 from the bankrupt founders.
Typed on back: From a portrait in the possession of Mrs. Constance Hughes Stanley, Gen. Andrew's great-great granddaughter.
Also handwritten on one copy" Stayed with Joe Robidoux, ? old Indian Agency."
Original digital scan located on History CD 02Lexicon
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From a portrait in the possession of Mrs.. Constance Hughes Stanley, Gen. Andrew's great-great granddaughter.