From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Hughes, Green Percy

(born: January 27, 1881  -  died: August 7, 1930) 

Hughes was born seven miles outside of Paris, KY, the son of William Henry Hughes, from Vermont, and Delphia Finch (some sources say "Delpha Smith") Hughes, from Indiana.

Green P. Hughes was the husband of Sue Brannon Hughes, born 1881 in KY; the family of six lived on Walnut Street in Louisville, KY in 1920, according to the U.S. Federal Census.

In 1921, Green Hughes founded and organized the successful business Domestic Life and Accident Insurance Co., in Louisville, serving as its president. He had retired from the insurance business when he committed suicide August 7, 1930, according to his death certificate, and is buried in Louisville.

For more see Who's Who in Colored America, 1927.

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“Hughes, Green Percy,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 11, 2026, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/259.

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