Hudson - Luray VA USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member La de Boheme
N 38° 39.921 W 078° 27.299
17S E 721427 N 4282714
A zinc headstone memorializes members of a 19th century family in Page County, Virginia.
Waymark Code: WMCRPZ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 2

Near the entrance to the Green Hill CemeteryClick for related waymark to open in new window in Luray, VA, there is a zinc headstone and several smaller zinc markers for the Hudson family. Four plaques adorn the monument, three bearing the names of Hudson family members and a fourth side is a relief of an anchor.

JAMES B.
HUDSON
1824-1902

SUSAN
HUDSON
1827-1854

ANN E.
HUDSON
1834-1916


EDDIE
M.
HUDSON,
DAUGHTER OF
J. B. & ANN E.
HUDSON,
DIED
OCT. 25, 1885,
AGED 21 YEARS.
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J. RUSSEL
HUDSON,
BORN SEPT. 7, 1859
DIED
JUNE 12, 1863


MARTHA
GLENN,
WIFE OF
JAMES T.
HUDSON,
DIED
MARCH 1854,
AGED 54 YEARS.
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CHARLOTTE
HUDSON
MOORE,
DIED DEC. 1878,
AGED 45 YEARS.

In addition to the main headstone, there are seven smaller markers or footstones. Three of them are embossed with MOTHER, and one each for FATHER, SON, SISTER, and OUR BELOVED DAUGHTER, EDDIE.

Other than some random genealogy notesClick for link to open in new window, research revealed little about the lives and times of the Hudson family of 19th-century Page County.

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