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- Horace Hudson was listed in the 1820 census of Monroe, Orange Co, NY, next to his father John. He was aged 26-44 and engaged in agriculture, his wife was 16-25. A Horace Hudson was in Cornwall in 1830, in his 40s, and with him were 1 female under 5, 1 male and 2 females 5-9, 1 female 10-14, and 1 male and 1 female 20-29. Yet Horace was not know to have any children by 1830.
In 1840 Horace was back in Monroe, and in manufacturing or trade. In his household there were 2 males under 5 (Phineas, Robert), 2 males 5-9 (Leonard, Horace), 1 female 15-19 (Mary would be only 5-9), 1 female 30-39 (his wife), and he was 50-59.
In Monroe in 1850, Horace Hudson was a farmer with $500 in real estate. He was 60 years old, Cathe was 49, and the children still at home were Mary A. 19, Leonard B. 15, Robt V. 14, Phineas R. 12, Cathe 8 and Jno B. 4. Horace Hudson Jr was also in Monroe, a shoemaker at 18, probably learning the trade from Jos(?) Thorn 30, with a wife Drusilla 20, with whom he was listed (almost illegible).
In the 1855 state census, Horace Hudson was in the 2nd Election District of Monroe, a farmer aged 65 who was a landowner. His framed house was valued at $400. His wife Catharine was 55, a life long resident of Monroe, as were her children. Leonard B. was 20, Hendric 18 (was he the Robert V. of 1850? No 1880 Soundex that name), Phineas 16, John 9, Catharine 13. Horace Hudson Jr, shoemaker aged 22, was boarding with Sally Ann McGarrah,43, and her children.
In Monroe in 1860, Horas Hudson was 70, and now owned $1000 in real estate and $400 in personal property. He was still a farmer. With him were Catherine 59, Horas Junr 27, also a farmer, John B. 12, and Catherine 18. John was reported as "idiotic", but this more likely applies to Catherine who never married. Phineas R. Hudson was also in Monroe, working as a farm laborer for a wealthy farmer named John Brooks aged 80 and his wife Sarah 74.
L. B. Hudson was in Goshen, a farmer aged 26. He had a wife Margaret who was 23, and an 11 month old son Charles. They had a farm laborer and a domestic servant with them.
In 1870, farmer Horace Hudson of Monroe had $13,000 and $2,200 in real and personal property. He was 80, his wife Catharine was 70. At home were Phineas R. 30, Catharine 25 and an Ella J. 23, who turned out to be wife of Phineas in 1880. They also had a domestic servant and a farm worker.
Horace and Catherine Hudson have not been found in the 1880 census. In Monroe that year, "Phin.R." Hudson was a farmer aged 42. His wife Ella J. was 32, and their children were Horace 9, Emma L. 6 and Phil.C. 4. There was also a niece Margaret Hudson, 14 years old, probably daughter of Leonard B. and Margaret Hudson, and named for her mother. There was also a farm laborer.
In Chester in 1880, John B. Hudson was 34 and a farmer. His wife Mary was 33, and there were three children - George 8, Lilly 4, and Maud 11 months old, born the previous July. They had a domestic servant and a farm laborer.
Horace Jr, Leonard B. and Robert V. Hudson have not been found in the 1880 census. "Robert" has not been found since his only appearance in 1850, and as "Hendric" in 1855. [1]
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