Dorothy (Hudson) Higgins
Family MemberJoined 8 Jul 2017 | 14 contributions | 3 thank-yous | 141 connections
Joined 8 Jul 2017 | 14 contributions | 3 thank-yous | 141 connections
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Billy Hudson
and Allien (Aldridge) Hudson
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jul 2017
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Biography
The Hudsons owned a small farm in Harperville, MS. They primarily raised cotton, cattle, and produce for their own use. The head, Wm. Oscar, died at 51, and left his widow and five children, two sons and three daughters, almost destitute. His widow, Emmett, believed that girls in the 1920's should have a profession, so she sent her three daughters to nursing school. The youngest daughter served in the WAC in WWll, where she met her husband. My father, Billy, the youngest, lost his hearing and right leg in his mid-teens, and became a Linotype Operator at Newspapers.
As a child I was told we might be related to the Explorer, Henry Hudson, and now I find that is true, thanks to wikitree.
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