Adventures of Charles Beverly Hughes in California
In the group pictured above, the record appears to have confused Ed Bailiff with his brother, Bert Orin Bailiff. This photo is from the collection of Marianne Bailiff and could have been taken by C.B. Hughes.
February 29, 1912
C. Beverly Hughes died at Banning Wednesday from the result of a terrible accident which befell him just a week ago.
Hughes was hunting near his mountain home when the shot was discharged, the full charge entering his leg below the knee and ankle. Crawling to his cabin, he found no means of letting his neighbors know except the dog, his only companion. For two days poor Hughes lay in agony trying to make the dumb brute understand. He wrote a note and tied it around the dog's neck and tried every conceivable thing to get the dog started off. But the dog evidently thought his place was with his master.
Late Friday the animal ran away from home and soon appeared at J.W. Gregg's ranch house, many miles distant, where it barked furiously. Gregg recognized the dog and let it in and found the message. Aid was sent to Hughes and he was brought to Banning. One of his feet was amputated. Owing exposure many hours following the accident, pnuemonia set in and death came after this good man had endured suffering so acute and so intense that the very thought of his agony caused people to shudder.
Hughes took claim near the Banning-Idyllwild road and enjoyed life in the open woods. He was fond of hunting and was very cautious, but a loaded gun sometimes gets even the most cautious.
Hughes was a native of West Virginia and resided at Banning for a few years, recently locating on government land near Banning-Idyllwild road. He was not married and lived alone.
He will be remembered as one of the community's best citizens. His was a gentle nature. His philosophy of life is well defined in the golden rule. The world loses whenever the spirit of such an one is called.
Hughes was buried March 2, 1912 in the Banning Cemetery (San Gorgonio Memorial Gardens, 2201 N. San Gorgonio Ave). His unmarked grave is beside that of Robert Bruce Chisholm, and not far from the monument marking the family plot of the Bailiff's whose descendants still own property near Fuller's Mill.
Rootsweb.com, 2009
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