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Sources for the Biography of Coleman Jarred (Jart) & Mary Jane Warrick Hudson
News clippings, articles published in genealogy books or on genealogy websites, etc.
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News clippings, articles published in genealogy books or on genealogy websites, etc.
This page is a work-in-progress.
We are now concentrating on the first stage of writing the biography- collecting relevant documents, images and oral records.
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1965, 10-11 - Morisey House - Article by Claude H. Moore (1 of 6)
1965, 10-11 - Morisey House - Article by Claude H. Moore (2 of 6)
1965, 10-11 - Morisey House - Article by Claude H. Moore (3 of 6)
1965, 10-11 - Morisey House - Article by Claude H. Moore (4 of 6)
1965, 10-11 - Morisey House - Article by Claude H. Moore (5 of 6)
1965, 10-11 - Morisey House - Article by Claude H. Moore (6 of 6)
2018, 4-0 - Descendant Homes of Hudsonville & Morisey House
1965, 5-6 - St. John's Masonic Lodge - Article by Claude H. Moore
St. John's Masonic Lodge - Article by Claude H. Moore
1895, Oct. - CJ retuned to Turkey from Gantham visit.
1898, 7-0 -Reference to Hudson Place in Grantham, NC.
1898, 12-13 - CJ Serves on Convention Committee
1899, 6-8 - Charlie visits CJ & MJ near Turkey, NC.
1904, 6-4 - Death Notice for CJ
1928, 11-20 - Mary Jane Warrick Hudson - Obituary
The first article below illuminates MJ’s life by discussing the mistakes in her obituary as printed in the newspaper.
The second article explains why there were so many mistakes in these kinds of reports in the days before telephones and automobiles came in common use in rural areas.
The second article explains why there were so many mistakes in these kinds of reports in the days before telephones and automobiles came in common use in rural areas.
Mary Jane Warrick Hudson (4/7/1844 [or 1846] – 11/20/1928)
Several Mistakes in Her Obituary
The obituary states that MJ was 85 years old at the time of her death indicating that she was born in 1843. The inscription for her on her late husband’s masonic monument headstone states that she was born on April 7, 1844. Her older brother’s (Job Warrick, Jr.) bible states that she was born on that day, but in 1846. The 1870 census states indicates that she was born in 1846. The 1880 census indicates 1843. The 1890 census is not available. The 1900 census states that she was born in April of 1846. No known document actually states that she was born in 1843. The best evidence (the bible and the 1900 census) to this point states that she was born on April 7, 1846, which would have made her 82 at the time of her death.
Mary Jane Warrick Hudson Mary Jane had a sister named Nancy. Miss Nancy Warrick did not marry Coleman Jarred (Jart) Hudson. Miss Mary Warrick did.
Miss Mary Warrick did not marry J. C. Hudson. She married C. J. (Jart) Hudson.
MJ had not lived on the farm near Turkey for the last forty years. At some point, probably about 1917, after CJ died in 1904, MJ, after having raised her 11 children, decided not to live with her youngest son’s (George Washington Hudson) growing family. She built a house a few miles away near downtown Turkey, NC, and lived out her years there, although she may have moved back to the Hudson Manor near the end for health reasons.
MJ did not leave ten children. She left eleven. Her daughter, Mary Sudie (Susan) Hudson Barnhill was left out of the obituary. William (Will) J. Hudson had children by two wives, thus the reunion has 12 Family Units/Trees.
The obituary states that MJ had 63 grandchildren living at the time of her death. 92 grandchildren altogether were born – a difference of 29. 4 grandchildren where born after MJ’s death. 18 grandchildren had died, almost all as infants. 7 of Susan’s 12 children, who had not been counted in the obituary, were still living. {Four of the five of her deceased children had lived about a year or less. The other child lived until about three.} 4 + 18 + 7 = 29. And 29 =29.
So, there were actually 70 (63 as stated in the obituary + the 7 of Susan’s children who had not been counted) grandchildren living at the time of MJ’ death. The first two of the four grandchildren born after her death lived long lives. The other two each survived a few months. Not including their two brief lives, it can be stated that from the birth of David Dwight Hudson Sr. on 5/27/1934 until the death of Mary Jane Hudson (daughter of Will II) on 2/15/1942, that 72 grandchildren were living during this time. That’s 72 first cousins.
Considering that Susan, her husband, their seven living children and their offspring were not counted, MJ had more than 158 descendants, including probably more than 85 great grandchildren, living at the time of her death. She had 70 grandchildren living as was concluded earlier. Some 90 years later (2020) and MJ has over 3000 descendants and counting. There may be as many as 4000, or more.
Written by Gary Alan Hudson - 5/25/2020
Several Mistakes in Her Obituary
The obituary states that MJ was 85 years old at the time of her death indicating that she was born in 1843. The inscription for her on her late husband’s masonic monument headstone states that she was born on April 7, 1844. Her older brother’s (Job Warrick, Jr.) bible states that she was born on that day, but in 1846. The 1870 census states indicates that she was born in 1846. The 1880 census indicates 1843. The 1890 census is not available. The 1900 census states that she was born in April of 1846. No known document actually states that she was born in 1843. The best evidence (the bible and the 1900 census) to this point states that she was born on April 7, 1846, which would have made her 82 at the time of her death.
Mary Jane Warrick Hudson Mary Jane had a sister named Nancy. Miss Nancy Warrick did not marry Coleman Jarred (Jart) Hudson. Miss Mary Warrick did.
Miss Mary Warrick did not marry J. C. Hudson. She married C. J. (Jart) Hudson.
MJ had not lived on the farm near Turkey for the last forty years. At some point, probably about 1917, after CJ died in 1904, MJ, after having raised her 11 children, decided not to live with her youngest son’s (George Washington Hudson) growing family. She built a house a few miles away near downtown Turkey, NC, and lived out her years there, although she may have moved back to the Hudson Manor near the end for health reasons.
MJ did not leave ten children. She left eleven. Her daughter, Mary Sudie (Susan) Hudson Barnhill was left out of the obituary. William (Will) J. Hudson had children by two wives, thus the reunion has 12 Family Units/Trees.
The obituary states that MJ had 63 grandchildren living at the time of her death. 92 grandchildren altogether were born – a difference of 29. 4 grandchildren where born after MJ’s death. 18 grandchildren had died, almost all as infants. 7 of Susan’s 12 children, who had not been counted in the obituary, were still living. {Four of the five of her deceased children had lived about a year or less. The other child lived until about three.} 4 + 18 + 7 = 29. And 29 =29.
So, there were actually 70 (63 as stated in the obituary + the 7 of Susan’s children who had not been counted) grandchildren living at the time of MJ’ death. The first two of the four grandchildren born after her death lived long lives. The other two each survived a few months. Not including their two brief lives, it can be stated that from the birth of David Dwight Hudson Sr. on 5/27/1934 until the death of Mary Jane Hudson (daughter of Will II) on 2/15/1942, that 72 grandchildren were living during this time. That’s 72 first cousins.
Considering that Susan, her husband, their seven living children and their offspring were not counted, MJ had more than 158 descendants, including probably more than 85 great grandchildren, living at the time of her death. She had 70 grandchildren living as was concluded earlier. Some 90 years later (2020) and MJ has over 3000 descendants and counting. There may be as many as 4000, or more.
Written by Gary Alan Hudson - 5/25/2020
Mistakes in Mary Jane Warrick Hudson Obituary – Why?
Let's look at the date.....funerals homes were simply a "place to do basic business".....usually a part of furniture stores where furniture was sometimes made as well as caskets. "Sitting ups" were held in the homes because funeral homes didn't have a place for "sitting ups". There was no office to go to for the funeral directors to "do business"....so information came at home and usually with 20 folks present trying to add to or take from the info being given. Lots of families could not spell the names of family members (look at the census records and see the different spellings). Families were most often in charge of the publicity that went into a newspaper....few could write well......no computers or fax machines.....simple telephone service....hard for us to "nowadays" get the feeling of what it was like "back when"....we are quite spoiled by the assistance of trained funeral directors and office staff...plus the facilities available to lighten our load during a time of mourning. Why did we stop having "sitting ups" at home? As new fancy homes were built, the doorways were too narrow to get a casket into the house. Why did they throw drapes over an open casket "back in the day".....so to keep the flies off your loved ones....remember there were very few homes with screens in the windows? –
Written by Patricia (Pat) Shumate Batten – 5/24/2020
Let's look at the date.....funerals homes were simply a "place to do basic business".....usually a part of furniture stores where furniture was sometimes made as well as caskets. "Sitting ups" were held in the homes because funeral homes didn't have a place for "sitting ups". There was no office to go to for the funeral directors to "do business"....so information came at home and usually with 20 folks present trying to add to or take from the info being given. Lots of families could not spell the names of family members (look at the census records and see the different spellings). Families were most often in charge of the publicity that went into a newspaper....few could write well......no computers or fax machines.....simple telephone service....hard for us to "nowadays" get the feeling of what it was like "back when"....we are quite spoiled by the assistance of trained funeral directors and office staff...plus the facilities available to lighten our load during a time of mourning. Why did we stop having "sitting ups" at home? As new fancy homes were built, the doorways were too narrow to get a casket into the house. Why did they throw drapes over an open casket "back in the day".....so to keep the flies off your loved ones....remember there were very few homes with screens in the windows? –
Written by Patricia (Pat) Shumate Batten – 5/24/2020
Coleman Jarred & Mary Jane Warrick Hudson Family Reunion
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1965, 5-6 - Original Sampson-Duplin Masonic Lodge by Claude Hunter Moore
1975, 4-6 - Coleman Jarred Hudson Family Reunion