George R. Hughes, Loudoun County, VA owned one of the first phones in the county.
The Leesburg and Warrenton exchanges even had one- and two-digit phone numbers. Leesburg's number 1 was held by Mrs. John A. Gibson, wife of the town's prominent physician and co-founder of the Loudoun Hospital. Dr. Gibson didn't bother to have a phone listing, not even under physicians in the business pages. The town's number 2 was held by George R. Hughes, who drove a taxi. Warrenton's number 1 was held by the Rev. Guy C. Heyl, pastor of Warrenton Baptist Church. The commissioner of revenue held number 2.
Later we find Jesse Hughes there:
In early 1962, large farms made up the 1,762 contiguous acres of what would become Sterling Park. Bordering on Route 7, then called the Leesburg Pike, was Jesse Hughes's dairy farm. He had come to Loudoun in the early 1900s and had been a longtime head of the county's Democrats..
The letters on this site record a wonderful bit of history of Loudoun County. There was a Burr Powell who played a part in the history of the county.
Moving on to Owsley County, Kentucky we find both Hughes and Garretts living there.
Hughes included:
Maria? Hughes 20 June female, born in Levi, Ky, Father is Campbell Hughes Lee Co. Va, Mother is Belle Reynolds, born in Eversole Levi, Ky
Window Hughes 29 May female, born in Sturgeon, Father is John Hughes, born in Sturgeon, Mother is Rhoda T. Spence, born in Sturgeon.