David Hudson (New York)
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David Hudson was an American lawyer, writer and politician from New York
.
In 1821, he published History of Jemima Wilkinson
(on-line version).
He was a Whig member from Ontario County of the New York State Assembly
in 1838. In 1840, he was elected a canal commissioner
, and remained in office until 1842.
He, his wife, and three of their children who died in infancy were buried at Pulteney Street Cemetery in Geneva, NY.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
Life
He was the son of Asa Hudson (b. 1749) and Mary (Scott) Hudson (1752–1825). On January 16, 1816, he married Hester (Hetty) Schuyler Dey (1792–1863).In 1821, he published History of Jemima Wilkinson
Jemima Wilkinson
Jemima Wilkinson was a charismatic American evangelist who preached total sexual abstinence and the Ten Commandments to her congregation of "Universal Friends." Her family were strict Quakers, most of her views were from her upbringing in the Quaker religion.As a young woman, she was plagued by a...
(on-line version).
He was a Whig member from Ontario County of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...
in 1838. In 1840, he was elected a canal commissioner
Erie Canal Commission
The New York State Legislature appointed in 1810 a Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report which became known as the Erie Canal Commission...
, and remained in office until 1842.
He, his wife, and three of their children who died in infancy were buried at Pulteney Street Cemetery in Geneva, NY.
Sources
- http://ontario.nygenweb.net/marriagedeathnoticeontariomessenger1859.htm Death notice in Ontario Messenger on January 25, 1860 (gives January 13 as death date)
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~darmi/pulteneystcem.html Burial record (gives January 12 as death date)
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/d/Susan-Hudson-Cedar-Falls/PDFGENEO1.pdf Family tree (gives January 13 as death date)
- The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America: With the Related Families of Mack, Dey, Board and Ayers by Ebenezer Mack Treman & Murray Edward Poole (Press of the Ithaca Democrat, 1901) [gives January 12 as death date]
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 42, 222 and 282; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)