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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. 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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Dr. Henry P. Hudson, a prominent physician and resident of Haywood County, is a native of Madison Co., and was born March 5, 1852, and is the son of Dr. James A. and Nancy (Freeling) Hudson. His father was also a fine physician, and was born in North Carolina, March 3, 1816. In 1847 he graduated at the Memphis Medical College, and located in Madison County, where he was engaged in a most successful practice until 1859, when he moved to Haywood County and continued practicing until his death, February 27, 1875. The mother was born in Madison County, Tenn., in 1819, and died in 1856. Our subject was finely educated and after selecting medicine for his profession he went to the medical university at Louisville, and in the spring of 1876 returned to Haywood County and commenced practicing, soon acquiring an extensive practice, and justly winning the reputation of a skilled physician. Dr. Hudson has been married twice, first to Miss Hannah Dickinson, native of Haywood County, March 10, 1878. One daughter was born to this union. October 19, 1880, he married Miss Kate Bond, also a native of Haywood County, and they have had two children. Dr. Hudson is a sound Democrat and a deacon in the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a very generous man and a cultured, pleasant gentleman and is very popular.
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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Haywood County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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