BIO: Henry HUDSON, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 400-401.
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  HENRY HUDSON, cabinet-maker, Saltillo, Huntingdon county, Pa., a 
descendant of the famous explorer, Henry Hudson, was born April 8, 
1827, in Clay township, son of George and Rebecca (Hubbell) Hudson. His 
great-grandfather, George Hudson, was one of the pioneers of Huntingdon 
county. He resided at Shade Gap, and was a farmer. His former home was 
in Cumberland county. His first wife having died at Shade Gap, he 
married Miss Isabella Buchanan. His children were: George; John; 
Walter; James; Joseph; and several girls. Mr. Hudson participated in 
the war of the Revolution. His second son, John Hudson, was reared at 
Shade Gap, where he remained until his marriage with Miss Eleanor 
Moreland; he then settled on the farm in Clay township, on which S. B. 
Moreland now resides. He was born September 13, 1768, and died October 
29, 1814. His wife survived him some years. Their children are: George, 
born January 16, 1796; Maria, born February 11, 1798; Thomas, born 
November 20, 1799; John, born June 3, 1801; Isabella, born April 9, 
1803; Rosanna, born April 14, 1805; Margaret, born October 3, 1807; 
Walter, born August 11, 1809; Elinor, born May 19, 1811; Eliza, born in 
1813; and Jane, born January 5. 1815; the last named, Jane Hudson, now 
resides in Uniontown, Pa. George Hudson, the eldest of this family, was 
born in Clay township on the farm first settled by his grandfather. He 
was early trained in agricultural pursuits, and came into possession of 
a farm, inherited by his wife. He was married in 1824 to Miss Rebecca 
Hubbell; their children are: Sarah, born July 5, 1825, deceased; Henry; 
John, deceased, born May 18, 1829; Mary Ellen, born June 22, 1831; Jane 
E., born September 4, 1833; Isabella, born December 15, 1835; Phebe, 
born March 26, 1838; and Loretta, deceased, born September 16, 1840. 
Mr. Hudson was an old line Whig, and served in the legislature one 
term, in 1835. He was an active worker in the Presbyterian church. He 
died in 1855; his wife was born June 8, 1799, and died September 13, 
1880. 
  Henry Hudson was educated in the public schools, the Tuscarora 
Academy, and the Shade Gap Academy. He then taught school for five 
winters, and spent the intervening summers in learning cabinet-making 
with his cousin, William Hudson, at Shade Gap. Mr. Hudson married 
first, in 1857, Miss Skinner, of Fannettsburg, Franklin county, who 
died February 28, 1867. Their children are: Maggie, born March 26, 
1858, deceased; John H., born June 9, 1860, married and resides in 
Marshall, Tex.; George M., born February 21, 1862, resided in 
Williamsport, Pa., died February 27, 1897, was an architect; Maria B., 
born June 27, 1864; Narcissa S., born February 26, 1867, resides in 
Texas. Mr. Hudson married, secondly, in November, 1871, Miss Linnie E. 
Kerr, by whom he had one child, Emma, born September 1, 1877, and died, 
aged seven years. Having inherited the land on which Saltillo is built, 
Mr. Hudson laid it out in lots; he is really the founder of the town, 
and gave it its present name. He was made postmaster in 1860, but soon 
resigned. He is a Republican, and has served as burgess and as 
councilman. He is an elder in the Presbyterian church. Mr. Hudson 
served one year (1864-65) in the Union army, in Company K, Two Hundred 
and Second Pennsylvania Volunteers.