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Benjamin F. Hudson, collector of Wright County, Mo., was born in Shelby County, Ill., in November, 1847. He is a son of Franklin and Margaret (Perryman) Hudson, and the maternal grandson of Allen Perryman, who was a native of Tennessee, but who immigrated to Illinois, and afterward to Missouri, where he died in Wright County, at the age of eighty-six years. Franklin Hudson was born and reared in South Carolina, and when a young man immigrated to Illinois, where he married Miss Perryman, who is yet living, and who resides in Wright County. Franklin Hudson was one of the popular educators of South Carolina before he left that State, and followed that avocation after coming to Illinois for about fourteen years. He then turned his attention to farming, which he carried on until his death, which occurred in the last named State. Benjamin F. Hudson was the second of seven children, six now living. He attained his growth in Shelby County, Ill., and received a good practical education in the common schools. In 1866 he immigrated to Missouri, and after one year in Pulaski County located in Wright County, and there he has since resided. He followed school-teaching for eight years, and, like his father, was a very popular educator. At the end of the above mentioned time, or in 1880, he was elected county assessor, and was re-elected two years later, serving altogether four years. In 1884 he was elected county collector, and received the unanimous nomination of his party. He was re-elected collector in 1886, and because of having filled the period denominated by law, retired, and was no longer a candidate. In March, 1869, he was married to Miss Matilda Williams, a native of Missouri, and the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Williams, natives of Indiana, who came to Missouri at an early date, and located in Wright County. Mr. Williams was a Federal soldier, and died at Marshfield, while in service during the Civil War. Mrs. Williams is still alive. Benjamin F. Hudson is the father of five children living: Benjamin, Elizabeth, Minnie, Mary and John. One child, unnamed, died in infancy. Mr. Hudson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and is a Republican in his political principles.