Surnames: Hugg, Louvet, Kelly, Wilkinson
Antony Hugg, one of Belle Vernon's reliable citizens and by travel has seen something of life in the old and new world, was born March 5, 1841, in the Deparment of Loire, France. He is a son of John Baptiste Hugg and Victoire Louvet Hugg, both natives of France.John Baptiste Hugg was an excellent glassblower and had no trouble in finding employment in England and in France. He was a consistent member of the Roman Catholic church. His wife's people were interested in glass manufacturing.
Antony Hugg was educatd in the boarding and high schools of France. He alternately resided in France and England until fourteen years of age when he entered an English glass works under his father where he remained three years. At the age of seventeen years he went to Spain but remained
only eight months on account of the natives of that country refusing to let him finish his trade. He then returned to England and completed his trade of glassblower.Concluding to seek his fortune in the western hemisphere, he sailed for New York August 11, 1865, where he landed on the 25th of the same month. He pursued his trade at Boston and Berkshire, Massachusette, Bernard's Bay, New York, and New Albany, Indiana. In 1870 he removed from Indiana to Belle Vernon where he has successfully continued up to the present time at his trade.
When twenty three years of age he married Miss Elizabeth Kelly, daughter of Peter and Margaret Kelly, natives of Ireland. They had five children: John Hugg, born in 1864; Margaret E Hugg, born in 1865, on shipboard; Victoria Hugg, 1867, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Hugg, 1868, New York; Matilda Hugg, 1869, Indiana, deceased. Margaret, Victoria and Elizabeth are married and reside in Belle Vernon.
His wife died in New Albany. He married in 1870 for his second wife Miss Elizabeth J Wilkinson of that place. By his last marriage he has two children: Ida May Hugg born in 1871; and Ernestine B Hugg born in 1873.
Mr Hugg is a member of the Sons of Temperance, Royal Arcanum, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. At one time in England he belonged to the Foresters. He and his family are Protestants in religious beliefs. He has derived a valuable experience from his extended travels, and is an honest and upright citizen.