History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889;  Pgs. 743, 744
Cedar County Section

John M. Hudson is one of the substantial farmers of the county, 
and deserves honorable mention as such.  His farm, on which he 
located in 1877, situated about eight miles east of the county 
seat, comprises 180 acres of good land, about 140 of which is 
under cultivation and well improved, his residence being a handsome
two-story frame structure.  He was born in the county in which he 
now resides, in 1849, and is the eighth of nine children born to 
the marriage of Meredith Hudson and Matilda Moore, who were born 
in West Virginia and Tennessee, respectively, the latter's birth 
occurring in 1808.  When a young man the father left his native 
State, and went to Tennessee, where he was married, and afterward 
removed to Cedar County, Mo., in 1843, where he entered land on 
which he died in august, 1860.  His widow is still living.  
John M. Hudson resided with his parents until he attained his 
twenty-first year, then began doing for himself, and in 1872 was 
married to Miss Rebecca Butner, who was born in Cedar County, Mo., 
and died in 1878, having borne three children, Mary A., being the 
only one living.  In 1879 Mr. Hudson took for his second wife 
Mrs. Frances (Little) Hobbs, who was born in Adams county, Ill, 
in 1849, and by her has four children: Rosa T., Sarah M., Charles B. 
and Elsie M.  Mrs. Hudson's parents are Andrew J. and Mary A. Little.  
Since 1875 Mr. Hudson has resided on his present property.  He is a 
Republican in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for 
Abraham Lincoln.	

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