Hudelson.William.1810.Bourbon.BIOS

WILLIAM H. HUDELSON, one of the few remaining old pioneers of Orange County,
Indiana, was born in BOURBON COUNTY, KY, April 20, 1810, son of DAVID and
SALLY (DONNELL) HUDELSON, and is of Scotch-Irish descent.  The paternal
grandfather of our subject was WILLIAM HUDELSON, a native of the Emerald
Isle, and came to America prior to the Revolutionary war, in which he did
faithful service for seven years.  The father of Mrs. Hudelson was born in
Pennsylvania and his mother was a native of Kentucky.  In 1819 William H.
Hudelson came to Orange County, Ind., in company with his parents and
settled north of Paoli.  By occupation, Mr. Hudelson has been a life-long
farmer, and in 1840 settled upon the land where he now resides and he here
owns 245 acres of well improved land.  His marriage took place in 1831, to
Miss ELIZABETH H. SPRINGER, a native of Lancaster County, Penn., who bore
him ten children:  JOHN A., LYDIA A., DAVID M., HENRY H., SARAH J., NICHOLAS
V., ALBERT L., EMMA E., LANVILLE R. and ADA F.  Mrs. Hudelson died November
20,1883. She was a most amiable woman, a true Christian lady and almost a
life-long member of the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Hudelson became a member
of the same church in 1829, and is a Republican in politics.  In 1862 he was
elected Justice of the Peace, and re-elected to the same office in 1882.  He
is one of the venerable old pioneers of Orange County.


"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS.
1884.


Submitted by: Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997