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Below is a family biography from the book,  The History of Franklin County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  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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W. C. Hudson, M. D., one of the prominent physicians and surgeons of Mulberry, Ark., was born in Pulaski County, Ky., July 11, 1849, and is the son of T. W. and Sarah E. (Boone) Hudson. The father was of Irish descent and the mother of Irish-English and German. The former died in 1883, but the latter is still living, and is a distant relative of the native woodsman, Daniel Boone. She is the mother of eight children, four sons and four daughters. Dr. W. C. Hudson was the eldest son and second child born to his parents, with whom he remained until seventeen years of age, when he went to Middle Tennessee, and there remained until twenty-one years of age engaged in farming. He then commenced the study of medicine in 1876, and entered the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis in 1879, from which institution he graduated in 1884. He commenced the practice of medicine in 1880, and now has a large and lucrative practice at Mulberry. He was married in Nashville, Tenn., in 1884, to Miss May Turner, daughter of E. P. and Mary Turner, and a native of Kentucky. To Mr. and Mrs. Hudson was born one child, May. He owns a house and several town lots in Mulberry, and is the owner of 120 acres of land, all the result of labor and economy on his part. Aside from this he has a half interest in a drug store with J. W. Bailey.

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This family biography is one of 163 biographies included in The History of Franklin County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Franklin County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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