JAMES NELSON HUDSON

 

 

SURNAMES: HUDSON, NICHOLS, REAVES, EVANS, BIRKES, ASBURY, SMITH, ROTHE, GRESHAM, MINKERT, LEE.

     James Nelson Hudson, b April 25, 1858 in George Anne, Alabama, d September 1, 1933 and buried at Powers Chapel Cemetery in Falls County, Texas - was a son of John Thornberry Bolton and Cynthia Ellen (Nichols) Hudson.

     James Nelson Hudson married in Alabama, ca 1877, to Martha Jane Lee, b April 20, 1859 in Alabama, d April 8, 1925 and buried in Powers Chapel Cemetery. James Nelson was a Primitive Baptist Preacher, who came to Cameron in Milam County, Texas in May 1889 - moving to the Pleasant Grove area of Falls County in 1908. The children of James Nelson and Martha Jane (Lee) Hudson were:

     James William Hudson, b July 26, 1878 in Alabama, d December 5, 1956 - married in Milam County, Texas on December 24, 1901 to Edney Elizabeth Reaves.

     Martha Ellen Hudson, b September 25, 1880 in Alabama, d April 20, 1976 - married Laurence Commodore Evans.

     Mary Frances ("Mollie") Hudson, b March 9, 1883 in Alabama, d May 14, 1958 - married William Riley

Birkes.

     John Bolton Hudson, b December 26, 1887 in Alabama - married Girlie Mae Asbury.

     Eli Newton Hudson, b June 12, 1891 in Milam County, Texas, d February 26, 1936 - married Mary

Marvella Smith.

     Elizabeth Frances Hudson (called "Sadie"), b September 14,1893 in Milam County, Texas, d October 10, 1984 - married first to William Henry Evans, and second to Herman Rothe.

     David H. Hudson, b November 8,1899 in Milam County, Texas, d 1984 - married Mary Ellen Gresham.

     Daniel Lee Hudson, b February 13, 1902 in Milam County, Texas-married Jessie Merle Minkert.

     James Nelson and Martha Jane (Lee) Hudson lived and farmed at Pleasant Grove, where he also preached. She died after a fall from her porch, and James Nelson lived with his eldest son, William James, at the time of his death.

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 238 column 1.  
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