REV. HUGH MEURIG PUGH, D.D. BANGOR, LACROSSE COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
REV. HUGH M. PUGH, D.D., pastor of the Bangor Welsh Presbyterian Church, and also of the churches at Fish Creek and Mound Prairie, was born in Dolgelley, merionethshire, North Wales, March 1st, 1839. He attended school in London, Oswestry and Bala, and his first pastorate was at Wolverhampton and Bilston, Staffordshire, England, where he was ordained into the work of the gospel ministry in June, 1860. He passed a critical examination in biblical criticisms and interpretations, systematic and historical, and in ecclesiastical history.His examiners were the eminent Welsh divines Rev. Owen Thomas, D.D., and Hugh Jones, D.D., of Liverpool, and he now holds the certificate they gave him.
Mr. Pugh emigrated to America in 1872, and first preached in Pennsylvania and New York, and also in Chicago three months. He was called to his present pastorate in 1873, where his influence and ability are recognized in the Welsh Presbyterian Synod of this state. He has been Moderator of the State Synod, is vice-president of the Board of Education, and a member of the Board of Examiners. At the session of the Synod in June 1891, held at Columbus, Wisconsin, he delivered an able address with great power at the ordination services of one of their young ministers. The title of D.D. was conferred upon him at Galesville University, at Galesville, Wisconsin, June 24th, 1891, and is the third Welshman upon whom this university has conferred the honor.
The Doctor was married October 28th, 1874, to Jennie E. Davies, daughter of Thomas Davies, now deceased. She was born in Wales, but was brought to the United States when an infant and reared in Oneida county, New York. She is an educated and cultured lady.