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Isaac F. Hughes : ウィキペディア英語版 | Isaac F. Hughes :''Not to be confused with William M. Hughes, council member in 1927 to 1929.'' Isaac F. Hughes, known as I.F. Hughes, (1861–1931) was a miller, a grocer and a businessman who was the first representative of Los Angeles City Council District 3 after a new city charter went into effect in 1925. He served for two years, until 1927.〔(Los Angeles Public Library interview with his wife )〕 ==Biography==
Hughes was born July 29, 1861, in Paulsboro, New Jersey, and was brought up on a farm in Lawrence, Kansas. His father was William M. Hughes. At age 18 he began work in a flour mill and continued as a miller and in the grocery business for the next 27 years. He was a member of the city council in Lawrence for four years and a county commissioner in Douglas County for six. He was married to Elizabeth Griffitts in 1881 in Trenton, Missouri. Their children were Herbert F., Earl E., Ray A., Fay E. (Mrs. Frank E. Smith) and Lester.〔(Los Angeles Public Library file on Hughes )〕 He moved to Los Angeles in 1906 and was proprietor for fourteen years of a grocery at Washington and Arlington Streets.〔(Bing map )〕 Upon retirement in 1923, Hughes was appointed to the Recreation and Playground Commission, where he devoted his efforts to developing the Queen Anne Playground.〔(Information and a map )〕 His wife recalled in an interview that playgrounds were his hobby and that he visited them in many parts of the country.〔 He was a Republican, a Methodist, a Mason and a member of the City Club. He died January 17, 1931, at his home, 1223 South Orange Drive, Los Angeles.〔
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