ARMSTRONG, BATY, CHICK, EVANS, HUDGENS, LANE, SIDNEY, VAUGHT "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Sunday, January 6, 1901 AGED PIONEER IS DEAD CAME TO KANSAS CITY IN 1842 Saw the Time When Indians Held War Dances in Westport Mrs. Katharine SIDNEY HUDGENS, 81 years old, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nettie VAUGHT, Forty-first street and Woodland avenue. Death was due to old age. The funeral services will take place at the home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and burial will be in Elmwood cemetery. Mrs. HUDGENS was one of the remarkable characters of the city who lived to tell the story of the town's early growth. She was born near Simpsonville, Ky., and came to Missouri in 1842, when she was 23 years old, locating in Westport. She made the trip in company with William and Elizabeth BATY, two pioneers, whose sons, Anderson BATY and William BATY, Jr., still live in Kansas City. She was then a widow. The same year that she came to Westport she met and was married to John A. HUDGENS. At that time a two-story inn built of logs, standing at the foot of Grand avenue, was the only house on the site of what is now Kansas City. The name of the proprietor was EVANS. A part of the first story was occupied as a store by the CHICK brothers. In 1843, the Wyandotte Indians, let by their white chief ARMSTRONG, settled in what is now Kansas City, Kan., and often held war dances in Westport. During the civil war, Mrs. HUDGENS lived in a log cabin at Forty-eight street and Cleveland avenue. Jim LANE and his company once came to burn the home, claiming that guerrillas were hidden in the attic. Mr. HUDGENS died in 1870. Mrs. HUDGENS was the mother of eleven children, five of whom are still living. William the youngest, is city inspector of weights and measures; Thomas D. HUDGENS is engaged in the feed business. The other children are Miss Mollie HUDGENS, James HUDGENS and Mrs. Nettie VAUGHT. The deceased was a member of the Baptist church for sixty- six years. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these people person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ======================================================