. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. fter their arrival the two sous of the Prince ofWales stopped there on their voyage around theworld. The governor of the island honoredMr. Hough with to photographthe princes amid the tropical foliage surround-ing the governors palace. This proved anexcellent advertisement; hundreds of their pic-tures were sold among the loyal population,and a profitable business immediately flowed inupon liim. The business continued so good,and his wifes health so improved, that in 1881his brother sold the gallery in New York
. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. fter their arrival the two sous of the Prince ofWales stopped there on their voyage around theworld. The governor of the island honoredMr. Hough with to photographthe princes amid the tropical foliage surround-ing the governors palace. This proved anexcellent advertisement; hundreds of their pic-tures were sold among the loyal population,and a profitable business immediately flowed inupon liim. The business continued so good,and his wifes health so improved, that in 1881his brother sold the gallery in New York andjoined him, with tiie intention of remaininguntil they made a fortune, as they iiad every I prospect of doing; when suddenly in the heightof their prospei-ity, a severe epidemic of yellowfever .struck the island ; there had not been onebefore for nearly twenty years, and the Houghbrothers and their families barely escaped witii I their lives, while hundreds were dying aroundthem. At one time they were given up to die,but finally recovered to find tiicir business. OF (■IIAIT.\((^r.\ COtWTY. 2?.l mined for the time, and (lieir liealthso impairedtliat tliey were (•()ni])elled (o return to tlie 1883, shortly after his return, Mi-. Ilouglipureliased forty aeres of graju; hind in lliphV,and plaeed it in oare of his wifes brotiier,George Mason, to plant a vineyard, the Chau-tauqua grape interest iiaving then just begun. When lie l)onght the grape farm it was intention to continue his business southin winter and <iniy visit the farm in that plan he spent a winter in New Orleansin charge ol an exiiiijit at the worlds fair, andtwo winters in North Carolina, where hisbusiness was profitable and his wifes healthseemed to improve. But she decided that shewould rather live a few years less among friendsand kindred than to be always among strangers;and his main endeavor being to place her in acondition most conducive to her health andhappiness, he bou
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