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Philip T. Hudson was born in Madison County, Tenn., and is the only surviving son of Baker Hudson, a native of Mecklenburg County, Va., born May 18, 1783. Baker Hudson was reared and educated in Virginia, and engaged in farming all his life. He married Jane Fletcher, whose birth occurred in Louisa County, of the same State, November 17, 1798, and to this union were born nine children, only two of whom, Mrs. Elizabeth Peebles and Philip T., are now living. Mr. Hudson died May 24, 1850, in Fayette County, Tenn., and his widow in the same county, May 7, 1878. They were both active and consistent members of the Methodist Church. The marriage of Philip T. Hudson and Mary E. Perkins was consummated in Fayette County, Tenn., May 9, 1866. In that county, near Somerville, he had spent his boyhood, and received his education. To this union have been born five children: Sallie S., Philip B., William H., Tillie and Cuthbert L. Mr. Hudson came to Arkansas in 1870, and since that time has been engaged in farming. He owns 160 acres of good land, and has about eighty acres under cultivation. He has cleared most of this himself. For six years he served as justice of the peace in Craighead County, is a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Having the public interest always in view, he is one of the class of citizens who exert a marked influence for good in the community.