Marengo-Clarke County AlArchives Obituaries.....Hudson, Col. Richard Henry July 24 1879 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Porter virginiaporter@hotmail.com November 6, 2004, 10:27 pm Thursday, July 31, 1879 Clarke County Democrate ( Alabama) Thursday, July 31, 1879 Clarke County Democrate ( Alabama) " Col. R. H. Hudson, of Hoboken, Marengo County, Alabama, died at his residence, the afternoon of the 24th, inst., after an illness of about five days. For a quarter of a century he had been a prominent and influential citizen of this county. He was a South Carolinian by birth; was a prominet member of the Baptist Chruch and of the masonic fraternity. He was a very useful citizen, and his death has produced a void that cannot soon be filled. His disease is said to have been congestion of the brain. He has left a widow, eight living children, a number of grandchildren, an aged mother and half brother and sister. He was only in his 51st year. " Additional Comments: Col. R. H. Hudson's widow was Rebecca Jane McManus. Their daughter Amanda J. Hudson married Dr. Boaz Whitfield Bush. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marengo/obits/h/hudson123nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb