Introduction

Biography

Isaac was the son of John Hugg and Eliz­a­beth Sprole, broth­er of George C. Hugg, and hus­band of Sal­ly D. Kain.

In the Am­er­i­can ci­vil war, Hugg was in Com­pa­ny I, 34th New Jer­sey Vol­un­teer In­fan­try, 16th Ar­my Corps. He was com­mis­sioned a sec­ond lieu­ten­ant in Oc­to­ber, 1863; pro­mot­ed to first lieu­ten­ant in De­cem­ber, 1864; and com­mis­sioned, though nev­er served, as a cap­tain in Com­pa­ny G in 1865.

After the war, Hugg be­gan stu­dy­ing med­i­cine. He grad­u­at­ed from Phi­la­del­phia Un­i­ver­si­ty in 1869, and start­ed a med­i­cal prac­tice in Cam­den, New Jer­sey in 1870.

Later he was ex­am­in­ing phy­si­cian for the Com­mer­cial Coun­cil, Le­gion of the Red Cross, and as a trust­ee of Will­iam B. Hatch Post, Num­ber 37, Grand Army of the Re­pub­lic (where he was al­so sur­geon for sev­er­al years).