Rev. John William Hudson

Rev. John William with his family from Virginia to Tennessee where he met Dr. William Cogswell Hazen and the two families moved to Arkansas, settling on an adjoining farm. The Hudson family as well as John William Hudson, moved to Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama before he migrated to Hazen, Prairie County, Arkansas and joined the Hazen family. The first Methodist church, started by Rev. Hudson, had about twenty members. It was built at Pleasant Point, east of present-day Hazen, for seventy-five dollars. Hudson died in 1868 [https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/hazen-prairie-county-966/]

Biography

Rev. John William Hudson was born on October 19, 1818 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA. His parents were Caleb Baker Hudson, Major and Martha C. Hudson.

John married Sarah S. Netherland on January 1, 1840 in Bellefonte Jackson, Alabama, USA. No Issue.

John married Ann Branch Hudson on September 28, 1841 in Tipton, Tennessee, USA. Together they had the following children:

• Walter Branch Hudson;
• Alfred Baker Hudson;
• Martha Elizabeth Hudson.

John married Eliza A. Hudson on April 11, 1849 in Saint Tammany, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA. Together they had the following children:

• William Caleb Hudson;
• Catherine Kate Bagley Hazen;
• Virginia Adeline Hudson;
• Emma J Hudson.

He died on October 30, 1868 in Hazen, Prairie County, AR.

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