Individual Details

Birth and death dates from Vol IV, Cemetery Records of Whatcom County,by Whatcom Genealogical Society, copied at Denver Public Library. Thebook gives his place of birth as KS.

He was a carpenter in Sumas, according to a letter from Lewis Hughes14 Aug 1981, in possession of Becky Smith.

Following is the only Roy or Pomeroy Hughes born about the right year:
Washington Death Index, 1940-1996
about Roy F Hughes
Name: Roy F Hughes
Date of Death: 2 Apr 1952
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Gender: Male
Certificate: 7628

Date doesn't match the cemetery records.

Birth	Bet 22 Jul 1878 and 1879	IA or KS
Census	1880	Grant Twp., Norton Co., KS; Pomeroy, age 1, born IA.
Census	1 Jun 1900	Richland Twp., Vernon Co., MO, ED 126 Sh 5B; Roy M. Hughes, boarder, born July 1877, 22, single, born IA both parents born IA, day laborer-railroad.
Marriage	Bet 1907 and 1908	Jennie Irene NEWELL
Census	15 Apr 1910	Sumas City & Pct., Whatcom Co., WA, ED 355 Sh 9B; Roy M. Hughes, head, 30 (or 31)(1878-1880) marriage 1 of 2 yr., born IA both parents born IA, carpenter-house. Wife and one child.
Military	12 Sep 1918	WWI Draft Registration card: Gives name as Roy M. Hughes, born July
Census	1 Jan 1920	Kennewick Valley Pct., Benton Co., WA, ED 25 Sh 12A; Roy M. Hughes, head, 40 (1879), born IA both parents born IA, carpenter-house.
Census	1 Apr 1930	Sexton Pct., Snohomish Co., WA, ED 114 Sh 2A; Roy [ancestry indexed as Ray] M. Hughes, head, 50 (1879-80), 29 at first marriage, born IA both parents born IA, foreman-building contractor.
Death	9 Apr 1956	Whatcom Co., WA
Reference No		1523

Spouse	Jennie Irene NEWELL (1885 - 1968)
Child	Living

Father	John Wesley HUGHES (1852 - 1912)
Mother	Sarah Ellen VINCENT (1855 - 1922)
Sibling	Edwin V. HUGHES (1873 - 1904)
Sibling	William M. HUGHES (1875 - 1972)
Sibling	Ira HUGHES (1876 - 1927)
Sibling	Martha Mattie Almira HUGHES (1881 - 1949)
Sibling	Thomas Sievers HUGHES (1885 - 1964)
Sibling	Laura M. HUGHES (1891 - 1910)
Sibling	Ina HUGHES (1893 - 1910)