Martin Hughes Jr. was the youngest of Martin Hughes and Mary Wickham's 11 children. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and spent his entire life there. Like his father, he was a contractor. He was married twice, first to Mary E. Pierce in 1906 (she died in 1937) and then to Grace M. Thompson in 1938. He had no children.

Related Items:
Biography of his father, Martin D. Hughes, and uncles James and Owen P. Wickham.
Records of marriages to Mary Pierce and Grace Thompson.
Pictures of his house at 222 Ninth Avenue, where he lived from about 1906 until his death.
Obituary for his first wife, Mary E. Pierce.
Obituaries for his father, mother , brothers Thomas B. and John J. and sister Mary.

Martin Hughes, 66, Contractor, Dead
Martin D. Hughes, 66, 222 Ninth avenue, a local building contractor, and son of Martin and Mary Wickham Hughes, a pioneer family of Council Bluffs, died at his home Thursday evening.

He is survived by his widow, Grace Hughes, one brother, J. J. Hughes of Des Moines; two sisters, Mrs. Celia Mullen of Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Ida Fox of Omaha. The body will lie in state at the residence until the hour of the funeral at St. Francis Xavier�s church at 10 a. m. Saturday. Requiem mass will be celebrated by the Rev. James P. Danahay [sic]. Burial will be in the St. Joseph cemetery.

Beem-Belford�s funeral home is in charge.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Friday, January 14, 1944, p. 12

Death Notices
HUGHES, Martin D. Died Thursday at his home 227 [sic] 9th Ave.

Funeral services 10 a. m. St. Francis Church Saturday. Burial in the St. Joseph�s Cemetery. The Body will lie in State at the residence. Beem-Belford Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.