Biography of Charles E. Hudson, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Charles E. Hudson, a farmer of Prairie Township, was born August 22,
1855, and is a son of Charles E. and Eliza (Mealer) Hudson. Stephen
Hudson, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Virginia, where he
lived until after his marriage, when he removed to Limestone County,
Ala., and located on a farm. In 1852 he went to Arkansas and settled
on a farm in Franklin County, where he died in 1869 at an advanced
age. Charles E. Hudson, Sr., was a native of Limestone County, Ala.,
and was reared on a farm. In 1839 he married Eliza Mealer, who was
born in Giles County, Tenn., in 1820, and in 1852 they took up land in
Franklin County, Ark. Of their five children two are now living, viz.:
Caroline (wife of James Moffatt) and Charles E. The father was a
strong temperance man, and was a member of the Sons of Temperance, in
which he took an active part. He died August 6, 1855, and in 1861 his
widow married Dr. L. K. Massey, a graduate of the Louisville Medical
College and a prominent physician and surgeon of Northwestern
Arkansas. He was surgeon of Gen. Cabell's brigade during the late war,
and accumulated considerable property. He died March 23, 1883, leaving
one son, Arnantrille, who is now in Mexico. Charles E. Hudson, subject
of our sketch, was brought up on a farm, and received a common-school
education. In 1875 he married Caroline Bryant, who was born in Jackson
County, Ga., and is a daughter of W. L. Bryant, a farmer, who settled
in Franklin County in 1870. Eight children have been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Hudson, one of whom is deceased. Those living are William, Lucy,
Belva, Eva May, Charles and Edwin (twins) and Deborah. Mr. and Mrs.
Hudson are members of the Baptist Church. He is a Democrat in
politics.