When Arthur Franklin Hughes was born on 29 January 1870, in Daviess, Missouri, United States, his father, John Samuel Hughes, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Martha Miller, was 39. He married Rosale Martha Hensley about 1895, in Daviess, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Power, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Pocatello Election Precinct 15, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 29 May 1948, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.