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WILLIAM P. HUDSON owns two hundred acres of fine land on sections 29 and 30, Bald Hill Township, Jefferson County, forming an estate of which any man might well be proud to be the owner. Its appearance to the observing eye is that of thorough cultivation, orderly methods and wise improvements. While no pretensions to elegance are made by the owner and his wife, their home bears the stamp of comfort, intelligence and refinement. Mr. Hudson has a great liking for all kinds of stock, and successfully raises various animals in connection with tilling the soil. Our subject was born in Franklin County, this state, November 12, 1841, and is one of a family of six children born to his parents, John and Mary (Duncan) Hudson. The father was born in Robinson County, Tenn., in 1809, and came to the Prairie State when it was a territory. He here followed farming and stock-raising until the time of his death, which occurred in 1882. The Duncans went to Tennessee from North Carolina, and thence to Illinois, where Mrs. Hudson died in 1844. Young William received but limited advantages for an education and assisted his father on the home farm until reaching his majority, when he began life's struggle for himself. This occupation he has continued ever since and is to-day classed among the well-to-do and prosperous farmers and stock-raisers of his county. William P. Hudson and Ann Maria Sturdevant were united in marriage in 1862. Mrs. Hudson is a daughter of George W. and Corrina (Youngblood) Sturdevant, and a niece of the renowned Judge Youngblood, of Mt. Vernon, ILL. To this marriage were born four children:
Mary, who married Charles Wells and who resides in this county; The good mother of this family has been a faithful member of the Methodist Church since her girlhood. Politically, Mr. Hudson is a Democrat, but has never aspired to public office.
"Portrait and Biographical Record of Clinton,
Washington, Marion and Jefferson Counties, Illinois" |
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