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Dr. Solonzo F. Hughes, physician and surgeon, Buckner, Ark. It is the prerogative of the physician to relieve and alleviate the ailments to which suffering humanity is prone, and as such he deserves the most grateful consideration of all. A prominent physician and surgeon, who by his own great ability has attained distinction in his profession, is Dr. Hughes. This gentleman was born in Tallapoosa County, Ala., October 15, 1853, and is the son of John Jasper and Martha Jane (White) Hughes, both natives of Georgia, the father born in Coweta County. The parents emigrated to Alabama, thence to Pike County, Ark., in 1871, and there they reside at the present time. The father is a farmer and a Missionary Baptist preacher. His father, Buck Hughes, was a native of South Carolina. To Mr. and Mrs. Hughes were born eight sons and seven daughters, all of the sons and five daughters now living. Of these children Dr. Solonzo F. Hughes is second in order of birth. He was reared in Alabama, received his literary education in Arkadelphia, Ark., and his medical education in Little Rock, where he attended during 1878 and 1879, and then graduated at Memphis Hospital Medical College in March, 1887. He began practicing at Buckner, where he now resides, in 1883, and was the first practicing physician in town. He has continued practicing here, and is doing remarkably well. He was married in 1870 to Miss Alice R. Edwards, a native of this county, born February 16, 1864, and they have two interesting children: Camilla Gertrude and Bertha Lillian. Dr. Hughes is a member of the Masonic order of Buckner Lodge, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. Democratic in his views, he cast his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden.