Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Hudson, Martin 1807 - 1871 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 3, 2006, 5:04 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Hudson, Martin (deceased). Was born in the State of Virginia, on July 24, 1807, and after removing to Tennessee, where he married Miss Elizabeth McAlroy, on May 24, 1832, he left for California in May, 1848, starting from Missouri, and arriving in Sonoma county in the Fall of that year, coming across the plains by ox-teams, accompanied by his wife and five children. Having stayed with his brother, William Hudson, a pioneer of an earlier date, during the first Winter, in the Spring they settled in Los Guilicos valley, on a ranch still owned by the family. Saving a few trips to the mines Mr. Hudson remained at home looking after his interests, cultivating the soil and raising stock. His widow is still living. Their family consists of Lydia T., Michal E., John William, David Alvin, Mathew Taliafero, Martin Perry, and Henry W. Mr. Hudson died in 1871. Additional Comments: Santa Rosa Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/hudson962nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb