Can anyone on the list help this lady? I have a Pleasant HUDSON in my files, but I don't think he is the same one she is looking for. Jean S. ====== Subj: HUDSON - Benton and Henry Cty, TN Date: 08/28/1999 1:27:36 AM US Mountain Standard Time From: conralfr@isu.edu (Alfred R. Conroy) Reply-to: conralfr@isu.edu To: Zojea@aol.com Hello Jean, I saw your query on Benton County's page and wondered if you could help me connect my g-g-grandfather Pleas HUDSON born in Henry County, TN to any of the HUDSON'S in Benton County? I am trying to find a HUDSON connection between Benton and Henry County, TN. I realize your post to the Benton Query page regarding this subject was done in 1997, but I hope you can be of assistance. Today I confirmed the name of my g-g-grandfather, Pleas (Pleasant) HUDSON, born in Henry County, TN probably about 1820. This information was on the death certificate I requested from the Tennessee Archives for my g-g-uncle John B. HUDSON (b 1840 TN; d 1916 Obion Co., TN). Unfortunately, the maiden name of John B. HUDSON's mother was listed as "unknown" on the death certificate. However, I believe the wife of Pleas HUDSON was a woman named Mary P. ? who was born in TN in 1821. I found a Mary P. HUDSON in the 1880 Obion County Census. Mary was listed as "mother-in-law" in the household of Thomas M. HAMPTON. Thomas M. HAMPTON was the husband of Pleas and Mary's youngest daughter, Cora HUDSON. Mary's father was born in NC; her mother in Georgia and she was listed as 59 years old at the time of the 1880 Obion Co. Census. Pleas and Mary had six children. It is believed that all these children were born in Obion County, TN; however, the birth date of their son Henry HUDSON who died at Shiloh in April 1862 is unknown. There is a possibility that he was the oldest of the children and may have been born in Henry, Weakley, Benton, Obion or other nearby TN counties. The children of Pleas and Mary P. ? HUDSON are: 1. Henry HUDSON, (b unknown date or place, d April 1862 Shiloh, TN) 2. John B. HUDSON, (b 18 Jan. 1840 TN, d 16 July 1916 Obion Co. TN), m Mary CROCKETT/CROCKETTE, (b 03 April 1844 in ?, d 22 July 1901 Obion Co., TN). Both are buried at Antioch Church Cemetery in Obion Co., TN 3. Benjamin Waller HUDSON, (b 30 Jan. 1844 Union City, Obion Co., TN, d 20 May 1907 Taft, Butler Co., MO). Marriages: 1. 25 Feb. 1869 in Obion Co. TN to Alice M. CALHOUN (b 24 May 1850 Troy, Obion Co., TN, d 29 Nov. 1883 Antioch, near Union City, Obion Co., TN); 2. 14 October 1884 probably in TN to Sarah Penelopee WRAY (b 10 May 1857 unknown place, d 23 Nov. 1893 in Neelyville, Butler Co., MO); 3. April 1895 in Butler Co., MO to Nancy Jane MORROW (b date and place unknown; d date unknown, probably Butler Co., MO); 4. Unknown date probably Butler Co., MO to Laura DODD (b and d date and place unknown). 4. Mary Ann HUDSON (b 29 Jan. 1847 TN; died 28 June 1940 Cape Girardeau, Girardeau Co., MO), m unknown date or place John Martin ALEXANDER (b 25 April 1838 TN, d 12 Nov. 1917 Parma, New Madrid Co., MO). 5. Tennessee Adaline HUDSON (b 18 Feb. 1851 Obion Co. Tn, d 29 May 1939 probably Hornbeak, Obion Co., TN) m unknown date probably Obion County, TN Joseph Salvonus HAYES (b 05 May 1849 Obion Co., TN, d 25 March 1921 probably Hornbeak, Obion Co., TN) 6. Cora HUDSON (b 1857 Obion Co., TN, d unknown date or place) m between Jan. and June 1880 in Obion Co., TN Thomas M. HAMPTON (b between 1851-1854 in TN, d unknown date or place). In the Tennessee Death Index 1908-1912, I found the following HUDSON deaths in Henry County, TN: Mary HUDSON died 1909, Record #43003 R.T. HUDSON died 1909, Record #43459 Robert HUDSON died 1909, Record #43035 Benton County Death Records: James K. Polk HUDSON 1912, Record #1857 Jerome H. HUDSON 1912, Record #1855 Louella HUDSON 1912, Record #1858 Morth HUDSON 1910, Record #1762 P. W. HUDSON 1910, Record #1814 Thomas Luther HUDSON 1909, Record #1838 Walter J. HUDSON 1911, Record #1979 Do you have access to the actual records in this death index? Do you have census, birth or marriage records that might tie my g-g-grandfather Pleas HUDSON to anyone in Benton County? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Lonna Jean Conroy McCammon, Idaho LJConroy@Juno.Com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/Lonna-J-Conroy/