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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pope County, Arkansas published by Southern Publishing Company in 1891.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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W. R. Hudlon, farmer and ginner, Moreland, Ark. Mr. Hudlon is another of the many representative citizens of Pope County, who owe their nativity to Tennessee, his birth occurring in 1829, and is the son of George W. and Lucy (Hurst) Hudlon, both natives of the Old Dominion. The seven children born to their marriage are named in the order of their births as follows: Nancy C. (wife of N. Hubbord), W. R., Elizabeth (wife of David Revis), George W., Sarah E. (wife of Henry Plemons), Fanny (wife of James Silvertooth), and Joseph (deceased). W. R. Hudlon received a limited education in his native State, but this he has remedied to a great extent by observation and study, being now a well-posted man on all important topics of the day. He began working for himself in 1850, and in that year he was wedded to Miss Elizabeth Goble, daughter of John and Rehanna (Maynard) Goble. To them were born ten children, six now living: George, John, Joseph, Francis, Allen, James and Mary M. Mr. Hudlon came to Arkansas in 1857, purchased 120 acres of land, cleared twenty acres, and erected a house and other buildings. He then sold this land and bought 300 acres, partly improved, which he further improved by clearing about fifty acres, and on this he has a good house and substantial outbuildings. Subsequently he sold 100 acres of this. In 1880 he erected a gin, which he operated until 1888, when he purchased a large gin at Cross Plains, the capacity of which is ten bales per day. He also looks after his fine farm of 200 acres, eighty acres under cultivation, on which he raises cotton and corn. He lost his wife in 1873. She was an estimable lady and a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1873 Mr. Hudlon married Mrs. Mary Ferror, a native of Georgia, and the daughter of Samuel J. Harris. The result of this union have been ten children, seven of whom are living: Ulysses L., Minnie M., Sally D., Arthur S., Charley, Riley D. and Homer. Mr. Hudlon enlisted in the Federal service, Company C, Fourth Arkansas Cavalry, but was rejected on account of condition of health. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a steward, and he was postmaster at Moreland for eighteen years. He was also justice of the peace of Moreland Township for eight years.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pope County, Arkansas published in 1891.  For the complete description, click here: Pope County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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