Lewis County, West Virginia    Biography of Okey L. HUDKINS, M. D.

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 156-157


OKEY L. HUDKINS, M. D. To his chosen profession Dr.
Hudkins has brought in addition to a thorough training
some fine natural qualifications, has always enjoyed a
good practice and a high reputation, and has also made
good use of his talents in a business way. He is one
of the leading professional men of Lewis County.

Doctor Hudkins was born at Chapel in Braxton County,
West Virginia, November 23, 1881, son of Minter T. and
Josephine (Young) Hudkins.  His father waa born in
Braxton County, February 4, 1856, while his mother was
born in 1861 and died at the age of fifty-one. Minter
Hudkins, who now lives at Salem in Harrison County, was
reared on a farm, and after his marriage made farming
his permanent vocation. He owned a good place of 127
acres. He is a past noble grand of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, has sat in the Grand Lodge, is a republi-
can and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Minter Hudkins has seven living children. Ida is the wife
of John H. Moore. Wirt, who for seventeen years has
been a teacher in the public schools, is now deputy county
assessor of Braxton County. Wilbur is a farmer and car-
penter. Guy, formerly a teacher, is now a farmer. Nina,
who also taught school, is the wife of E. I. Knight. Lu-
cile is a graduate of the Glenville Normal School and a
teacher.

Doctor Hudkins grew up on a farm, had a public and
normal school training, and followed the traditions of the
family by teaching school for five years. He employed
the vacation seasons in the practice of farming. He began
the study of medicine in 1905, entering the medical de-
partment of the University of Louisville, where he was
graduated M. D. in 1908. For thirteen years Doctor Hud-
kins practiced his profession at Flatwoods, Braxton County,
though during the year 1912 he practiced in Iowa. On
November 8, 1920, he moved his home and offices to Weston.
Doctor Hudkins is a member of the County, State and
American Medical associations.

November 25, 1914, he married Catherine V. Scanlon,
who is a graduate nurse. They are members of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at Weston.  Doctor Hudkins is
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Improved Order of Red Men, Modern Woodmen of
America, and is a republican. In a business way he is a
director in the Mountain State Gas Company, the Bisk
Oil and Gas Company, and individually owns four pro-
ducing gas wells. He is a stockholder in the Home National
Bank of Sutton and is the possessor of considerable real
estate, including his modern home at Weston.