OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES
"H" Surnames
Hughes, H. Y.
A telegram received in Nashville last Friday night announced the death at Tazewell, Tenn., of Judge H. Y. Hughes, formerly of the Court of Civil Appeals, and one of the most widely known and able jurists of the state. Judge Hughes had been in poor health
Walter R. Evans, a distinguished lawyer of Tazewell, Claiborne county, died on the fifth of July. Source: "Tennessee News," Nashville Union and American, 13 July 1871, digital images, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 26 February 2018).