Biography - JAMES HENRY HOGUE
The junior member of the firm of Hogue & Son, of Vienna, Illinois, James
Henry Hogue, young though he is, has by persistence and application to his
chosen vocation forged to the front until he is now one of the best known
and capable contractors and house movers in the city. Many structures
throughout this part of the county attest his mastery of the building trade,
and the several large contracts which he now has on hand indicate that his
ability and workmanship are fully appreciated. He was born on a farm near
Vienna, in Johnson county, August 31, 1884, and is a son of Isaac S. and
Vesta (Bridges) Hogue.
James Hogue, the grandfather of James Henry, was a native of the Blue Grass
state, and migrated to Southern Illinois in 1853, settling on a farm in
Johnson county. He was a timber and lumber dealer, operating in Kentucky and
Illinois, and became the owner of nine hundred acres of land. He was married
(first) to a Miss Morris, of Golconda, a daughter of Overman Morris, of
Virginia, and granddaughter of William Morris, who was of Colonial
parentage, and there were two children born to this union: Mrs. Alice
Bellamy and Isaac S. By his second marriage, with a Miss Mathis, he had
seven children. Isaac S. Hogue was born in 1849, in Kentucky, and was four
years of age when he was brought to Southern Illinois. He was reared to
agricultural pursuits and for some years followed that line of endeavor, but
during later years has devoted himself to contracting and house moving, as
senior member of the firm of Hogue & Son. Mr. Hogue married Miss Vesta
Bridges, daughter of H. T. Bridges, a former justice of the peace and highly
esteemed farmer of Vienna. Her grandfather, James D. Bridges, was a native
of North Carolina, and a son of Francis Bridges and grandson of William
Bridges, a native of England, who immigrated to the colonies during an early
day and settled in North Carolina. Francis Bridges married Sarah Cudle,
daughter of Jesse Cudle, of North Carolina; and James D. Bridges was united
with Elizabeth Thompson, of Maury county, Tennessee, daughter of Benjamin
and Sarah (Schefner) Thompson, North Carolinians.
James Henry Hogue is the only child of his parents, and his education was
secured in the public schools in the vicinity of his father's farm. He was
reared to agricultural pursuits, but early in life decided to engage in some
more congenial occupation, and the year 1903 found him in the employ of the
Big Pour Railroad Company. He was connected with this line, and subsequently
with the Cotton Belt Line, for four years, but since 1906 has been engaged
in business with his father. Aside from being a skilled contractor, Mr.
Hogue has a well-equipped outfit for house moving, and he and his father
have done much of this kind of work in recent years. He has gained a
reputation for living up to the letter of each contract that the firm
accepts, and the confidence that has thus been instilled in the public has
assisted in building up a large trade. Mr. Hogue is a member of the Modern
Brotherhood of America, with the members of which he is very popular. He
owns a handsome residence in Vienna, and has many warm, personal friends in
the city.
In 1904 Mr. Hogue was married to Miss Delia Pugh, daughter of Leander Pugh,
and they have had one child, Morris Isaac, an interesting lad of five years.
Extracted 07 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Southern Illinois, by George Washington Smith, published in 1912, volume 3, pages 1466-1467.
