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Byron James HUDKINS

Byron James HUDKINS

Male 1859 - 1944  (84 years)

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  • Name Byron James HUDKINS 
    Born 14 Sep 1859  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1887  Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1893, 1895  [4
    farmer 
    Census 1900  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [1
    watch & clock repairman 
    Census 1920  Smithfield District, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Walton District, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation physician  [5, 6, 7
    Died 29 Aug 1944  Walton, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Buried Spencer Memorial Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8
    Person ID I101552  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2015 

    Father John Nelson HUDKINS,   b. 24 Oct 1827,   d. 18 Jun 1904  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Rebecca STOUT,   b. CA 1828 
    Family ID F42276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Laura Emoirgee "Emma" BROWN,   b. 25 Jan 1863, Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1917, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 10 Jul 1887  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Divorced Y  [10
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District, Town of West Union), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      Byron J. Hudkins, 40, b. Sep 1859, watch & clock repairer, married 14 yrs; wife Laura E, 37, b. Jan 1863, married 14 yrs, mother of 5 children (4 still living); dau Folsom R, 11, b. Oct 1888; son Ami P, 9, b. Aug 1890; son Guy J, 7, b. Feb 1893; son Paul B, 4, b. Oct 1895.

      1910 Census, Monongalia Co, WV (City of Morgantown), enumerated on May 12 1910
      Laura E. Hudkins, 47, occupation sewing/dressmaking, widowed, mother of 5 children (4 still living); dau Folsom Brockmeyer, 21, occupation sewing/dressmaking, married, mother of 2 children (1 still living); granddau Clarice Brockmeyer, 2; dau Mabel Hudkins, 12; son Paul Hudkins, 15; bro-in-law Thomas A. Squires, 62, retired, married 18 yrs; sister Nancy J. Squires, 50, married 18 yrs, no children; adopted dau Orva Arnold, 14; nephew Joseph M. Sharon, 26, machinist, single.
      (NOTE: Laura Hudkins' actual marital status was either separated or divorced; her husband remarried the following year.)
    Children 
    +1. Folsom R. HUDKINS,   b. 28 Oct 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1967  (Age 78 years)
     2. Ami P. HUDKINS,   b. Aug 1890
     3. James Guy HUDKINS,   b. 20 Feb 1893, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Paul Flowers HUDKINS,   b. 5 Oct 1895, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Mabel Jennet HUDKINS,   b. 3 Nov 1898, Mineral Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1974  (Age 75 years)
    Documents
    101552_ByronJHudkins_EmmaLBrown_MarriageRecord_10Jul1887.jpg
    101552_ByronJHudkins_EmmaLBrown_MarriageRecord_10Jul1887.jpg
    Family ID F42275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bertha Mae HULTZ,   b. CA 1880, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 Apr 1911  Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Roane Co, WV (Smithfield District), enumerated in January 1920:
      Byron J. Hudkins, 60, b. WVa, medical physician; wife Bertha M, 39, b. Idaho; dau Helen, 7, b. WVa.

      1930 Census, Roane Co, WV (Walton District), enumerated on Apr 3 1930:
      Byron J. Hudkins (absent on day of enumeration), 70, b. WVa, physician (general practice); wife Mae, 40, b. Idaho; dau Helen, 16, b. WVa.
    Children 
     1. Helen HUDKINS,   b. CA 1913
    Family ID F42277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    101552_HUDKINS_ByronJames_1859-1944_DeathCertificate.jpg
    101552_HUDKINS_ByronJames_1859-1944_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    6. [S2240] 1930 Census, Roane County, WV.

    7. [S2260] 1920 Census, Roane County, WV.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 197 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790148&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Byron J. Hudkins, 27, b. Harrison Co, res. Barbour Co; and Emma L. Brown, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married July 10 1887 "at the residence of S. V. Brown." Informants for marriage license: B. J. Hudkins & S. V. Brown.

    10. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    11. [S2323] Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV, MR p. 65, Line 264 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12685844&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Byron J. Hudkins, divorced, 50, b. W.Va., res. Roane Co; and Bertha M. Jarrett, widowed, 31, b. Idaho, res. Roane Co. Marriage license issued Apr 25 1911, married Apr 26 1911 in Charleston.