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Dr. C. A. Hudson, a leading merchant of Medina, Tenn., is a son of C. Y. and Mary (Pardue) Hudson, who were born in Orange County, N. C., and Giles County, Tenn., July 2, 1815 and 1815, respectively. The father was a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church from thirty-five years of age until his death, September 4, 1883, and was a resident of Tennessee from early childhood. He was a Democrat and was married May 26, 1836, and became the father of eight children. The mother is residing with Dr. C. A. Hudson, who inherits Irish blood from his father and on his mother’s side is of French descent. He was born in Lewis County, Tenn., July 24, 1845, and his boyhood days were spent on a farm and in attending school. His father was a school-teacher in early days and gave him good instruction at home. He taught several terms of school and after attaining his twenty-first birthday, began the study of medicine, and is a graduate of Rush Medical College at Chicago, Ill., receiving his diploma in 1871. Previous to his graduation, he married Mary L. Sinclair, September 14, 1870. She was born in Wayne County, Tenn., May 22, 1851. He resided in Hardin County until 1882, when he removed to Gibson County, and is now engaged in the drug business with D. T. Andrews. He is a stanch Prohibitionist, voting always for the one who would, in his opinion, work for the interest of temperance and morality He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and he is one of the first merchants of the town.