The Hughes Family of Illinois and Tennessee follows the ancestors and offspring of Aaron Hughes, a farmer who settled in Illinois after serving his country during the Civil War. Starting in Normandy in the late 900s A.D., the book explores the origin of the surname Hughes, the role of the earliest Hughes ancestors in the Norman conquest of England with William the Conqueror, and reveals how and why they became early settlers of the American colonies. The book also brings to light the family’s patriots who led the fight for American independence. The Hughes family, who originally settled along banks of the Delaware River in the 1600s, include trailblazers and pioneers who led the way for the expansion of America’s western frontier into present-day West Virginia, Ohio, and Illinois. The Hugheses were, indeed, an extraordinary American family.