BIO: William C. 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 374-375.
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  W. C. HUDSON, Aughwick, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born November 28, 
1838, in Huntingdon county. He is a son of George D. and Ruth 
(Chilcott) Hudson. William Hudson, grandfather of W. C., was a native 
of Huntingdon county, but of Scotch parentage, his father being among 
the early settlers of the county. He owned on of the first grist-mills 
in Clay township, Huntingdon county, and was himself the miller, until 
he engaged in farming, which was his vocation for the rest of his life. 
His wife was Melinda Doyle. Their children are all deceased. The 
grandparents are both deceased; the grandfather died in 1844. Mr. 
Hudson's maternal grandparents, William and Hannah (Leech) Chilcott, 
were natives of Union township, Huntingdon county. Mr. Chilcott was a 
farmer, and he also belonged to a family of early settlers. His family 
consisted of seven children, four of whom are deceased: Ammon; Ellen; 
Ephraim; and Ruth; three are living: Rachel, wife of Levi Wright; 
Richard; and Emeline. Mr. and Mrs. Chilcott, who were Baptists by 
church connection, both lived to a very advanced age.
  Mr. and Mrs. George D. Hudson were both born in Huntingdon county. 
Mr. Hudson was not only a farmer, but the owner of a large saw-mill and 
grist-mill, to which he gave personal attention for many years. He was 
prominent in the politics of his township, having filled various 
offices-supervisor, school director, inspector and judge of election. 
George D. Hudson was twice married. His first wife by whom he had one 
child, Henrietta, was a daughter of Henry and Susan Matthias. Mr. 
Hudson's second marriage was with Miss Ruth Chilcott, by whom he had 
nine children: Diana, wife of Darius G. Doyle; Hannah (Mrs. George 
Heater); Rachel (Mrs. Samuel Heater); W. C.; E. A.; R. W.; W. L., a 
prominent physician in Northburn City, Kan.; Alfaretta (Mrs. Abraham 
Wagner); and Amelia, who died in 1844. Mr. George D. Hudson died 
November 16, 1876, at the age of sixty-seven; his wife, August 27, 
1882, agent seventy-one. They were members of the Baptist church.
  The education of W. C. Hudson was begun in subscription schools, 
before the public schools were established, in which he completed his 
course. From his twentieth year until the breaking out of the war of 
the Rebellion, he assisted his father to cultivate the farm on which he 
was reared. On August 12, 1862, Mr. Hudson enlisted in Company F, One 
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served for nine 
months. Re-enlisted February 27, 1863, in Battery B, First Pennsylvania 
Light Artillery, and served until the close of the war. He was 
discharged in June, 1865. He was wounded by a ball in the battle of 
Antietam, September 17, 1862, but was only disabled from service for a 
short time. Returning from the war, he resumed farming, and has 
continued it until the present time. In 1874, Mr. Hudson was elected 
judge of elections, for one year, also inspector of elections, in Clay 
township, Huntingdon county; in 1877, was elected supervisor, served 
two years. He is a member of G.A.R. Post No. 484, Three Springs, 
Huntingdon county, and of the Mount Union Grange. He is a staunch 
Republican.
  W. C. Hudson has been married twice. First, on February 20, 1868, to 
Sarah, daughter of John Spangler. Their children were: Ann Eliza; Mary 
A.; Charles W.; R. A.: Jonas; Ruth; Paul; Martha, died in August, 1872; 
and Ellen L., died in 1892, aged ten years. Mr. Hudson's first wife 
dying, he was again married, in 1879, to Carrie J., daughter of Caleb 
and Ann (Dean) Swope. Their children are: Maria; Ruth; and Paul, now 
living; Louisa died in October, 1893, aged ten years, and one died in 
infancy. Mr. Hudson is a member of the Baptist church.
  The parents of the first Mrs. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Spangler, were 
natives of Franklin county; Mr. Spangler was a farmer. They had these 
children: William; Susan; Lizzie; Ada; Albert; George; Hugh; and a pair 
of twins, all living; Malinda, died in May, 1892; and Sarah, died 
January 27, 1878, aged thirty-nine. The mother died in 1862; the father 
still survives; is eighty-nine years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Swope, 
parents of the second Mrs. Hudson, were natives of Huntingdon county. 
Mr. Swope was long a farmer, but had been for some years a school 
teacher. His wife Ann was a daughter of William Dean. The children of 
Mr. and Mrs. Swope are: Carrie J. (Mrs. Hudson); Ellen (Mrs. Calvin J. 
Marsh); W. L.; Sarah, who died in 1893, was the wife of J. A. Miller. 
Mr. Swope died in 1860, and Mrs. Swope in 1889. They were members of 
the Lutheran church.