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Note: Born Monday, April 30, 1877. Oscar was a carpenter during 1900 census.
Buried at Tacoma Cemetery, Section 16, Rosemary Ave, 4801 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma, Washington, 98409. Tel: 472-3369.
The following written information was given by Sally De Heaton (nee
Hudson) to everyone who attended a "HUDSON FAMILY REUNION" during July,
1992, at a park in Central City, Iowa. Several children and
grandchildren of Clara Juletta Simpson (nee Hudson) from Michigan,
Illinois, Georgia and Florida attended this reunion. The written
information was presented in a 11 page, stapled 8.5" x 11" pamphlet and
is typewritten here verbatim, on 23 Jan 1995, by me, James T. Simpson, at
the home of Donald A. Simpson, who lives in Columbus, Georgia. Maebelle
Hultquist (nee Hudson), along with Sally De Heaton (Hudson) evidently
added some clarifying words during or shortly after the year 1982. In a
few places I have suggested possible corrections which are inserted
within brackets { }, and my own thoughts or clarifing words in [ ].
Some editing was later done on 17 February 1996 by me, James T. Simpson,
at my home on Dodge Rd, Mt. Morris, Michigan, so it could be published in the SIMPSON FAMILY TREE Newsletter for May of 1996:
[Page 1, Cover sheet]
COLLECTION
OF
LITTLE KNOWN
FAMILY HISTORY OF:
OSCAR MONROE HUDSON
MINNIE POYER HUDSON
RESEARCH BY:
DORA E. FOSTER-FINDLEY, NIECE
RAYMOND GORDON HUDSON, GRANDSON
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY:
MAEBELLE HUDSON KING HULTQUIST, DAUGHTER
SALLEY DE HUDSON, GRANDDAUGHTER
NANCY ANN HUDSON BOYLE, GRANDDAUGHTER
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*********IIN THE EARLY 1930'S AND 1940'S, THERE WAS AN ANNUAL REUNION IN
THE FORT DODGE AREA OF THE HUDSON-PARSON'S FAMILY. THE FOLLOWING TAKEN
FROM A BOOK OF WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA, 1888, DESCRIBES HOW THE HUDSON AND
PARSON FAMILIES ARE RELATED.
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FROM BOOK OF WEBSTER COUNTY, PUBLISHED 1888:
JOHN PARSONS, ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF FORT DODGE, CAME HERE IN 1856 AND
SETTLED HERE WITH HIS FAMILY THE FOLLOWING SPRING. HE WAS BORN IN
SOMERSETSHIRE, ENGLAND, JULY 1, 1824, THE ELDEST SON OF JAMES AND SARAH
PARSONS. THE NAMES JAMES AND JOHN HAVE ALTERNATED AS THE NAME OF THE
ELDEST SON IN THE PARSON'S FAMILY FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS. HIS PARENTS
DIED IN THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY MANY YEARS AGO. FOUR CHILDREN GREW TO
MATURITY, TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS, OUR SUBJECT BEING THE THIRD. WHEN
HE WAS FOURTEEN YEARS OLD HE WAS APPRENTICED TO LEARN THE TRADE OF A
BLACKSMITH AND FOUNDRYMAN, AND SERVED UNTIL TWENTY-ONE. HE THEN WORKED FOR HIS EMPLOYER SIX MONTHS AND THEN WENT TO BRISTOL WHERE HE WORKED IN A
FOUNDRY EIGHTEEN MONTHS, AND FROM THERE WENT TO WOLVERHAMPTON. BUT NOT
LIKING THAT LOCATION HE RETURNED TO HIS FIRST EMPLOYER, BUT THREE MONTHS
LATER STARTED FOR AMERICA, SAILING FROM BRISTOL IN THE VESSEL ELIZABETH
ON APRIL 8, 1848, AND AFTER A ROUGH VOYAGE OF SIX WEEKS AND FOUR DAYS
LANDED IN NEW YORK. HE LEFT HOME WITH THE INTENTION OF LOCATING IN IOWA,
BUT ACCORDINGLY STARTED IMMEDIATELY FOR THE WEST GOING TO ALBANY ON THE
STEAMER, RIP VAN WINKLE, AND FROM THERE TO BUFFALO ON THE EMIGRANT BOAT
MEDINA. HE THERE BOUGHT A TICKET TO CHICAGO BY WAY OF THE LAKES BUT ON
ACCOUNT OF REPORTS AMONG THE PASSENGERS OF THE
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UNHEALTHINESS OF CHICAGO HE STOPPED AT WHAT IS NOW RACINE, WISCONSIN,
THEN CALLED SOUTHPORT.
HE WENT TO BELOIT WHERE HE MET A COUNTRYMAN NAMED FRENCH WHO, ALTHOUGH A
STRANGER, BEFRIENDED HIM. HE REMAINED WITH MR. FRENCH TEN DAYS AND THEN WENT TO DUBUQUE, IOWA BY TRAIN, AND THERE MET JAMES DYER FROM BARNWELL, SOMERSETSHIRE, WHOM HE KNEW WELL BY REPUTATION, AND TOGETHER THEY WENT TO
THE VICINITY OF WHAT IS NOW DYERSVILLE WHERE MR. DYER ENTERED A LARGE
TRACT OF LAND AND BECAME THE FOUNDER OF THAT FLOURISHING TOWN. MR. PARSONS ASSISTED I
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