Parents

Son of Bill L HUDSON & Laura M BEAUFORD.

Life History

Notes

• In all the census records Robert is reported as Robert or Robert C.This surely indicates he went by the name Robert.  But this wasactually his middle name.  His full name was Charlie Robert, reportedon his death certificate by his daughter Veda Nail.  The Texas DeathIndex thus lists him not as Charles, but Charlie.  And it is likelythis was his original name, not Charles, as we find in many othercases from this period through the 20th century.  Another clue to theproper order of his names is found on the gravestone of his infantson, Oscar.  Oscar's epitaph on his grave in Johnson Cemetery,Stonewall County, Texas, reads:
  "Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hudson"
  
  The death certificate of Charlie Robert Hudson reports that his fatherwas Bill Hudson, which matches the reports in censuses. His mother isreported as Laura Buford, who would be his step mother.  We find hisfather was a widow with Robert and the other children in 1910, then in1920 is married to the much younger "Lara."
  
  Charlie was a Railroad worker, his responsibilities not furtherspecified in the death certificate.  His birth date is given there as15 July 1895.  This differs form the date reported on his WWIregistration, 13 July 1895.  Since he himself would have reported thedate on the Draft registration record, I am using that as his date ofbirth.
  
  In the 1910 census, 14-year-old Robert is in the household of hisgrandparents along with his widowed father Will (William, also knownas Bill L) and all his siblings.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Walker County, Texas, 5 May, Justice Precinct 2,District 160, page 5B, Calhoun Ferry Rd, Hse/Fam #90
  Hudson, Robert  Grandson M W 14 TX TX TX;  in home of grandparentsJames and Elisabeth Hudson
  
  Robert's WWI Draft Registration record gives us some information abouthis origins.
  
  Robert Hudson, born 13 Jul 1895 Fort Stockton, Texas, residenceAspermont, Stonewall County, Texas; Occupation Farming; Family: wifeand one child [names not given];  Registration 5 June 1917 in Precinct4, Stonewall County, Texas
  
  In 1920, Robert is recorded with his new wife Nora, Elnorah EthylBarnett, a month after the birth of their first child in StonewallCounty, Texas.  They are sharing a household with Nora's invalidfather Francis and her older sister Mollie Priscilla, who nevermarried.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas, 7 March, Commissioner'sPrecinct 4, District 229, Page 2A, Hse/Fam #26
  Barnett,  Francis M  Head  Owns M W 79 Widowed NC SC SC Invalid
  Barnett, Priscilla M  Dau  F W 43 Single TX NC IL No Occupation
  
  Hudson, Robert C  Head  Rents M W 24 Married TX TX TX [OccupationUnstated]
  Hudson, Nora E  Wife F W 29 Married TX IL NC No Occupation
  Hudson, Veda M  Dau  F W 1 month TX TX TX
  
  Beauford, Ervin J  Head  [Status of home/farm not stated]  M W 24Married TX TX TX  General Laborer
  Beauford, Alma C  Wife F W 18 Married MO IL KY ("Contucky") NoOccupation
  
  From the information on his step mother, we can figure that the nameBeauford is a spelling for Buford, indicating this Ervin is probablyhis step brother or cousin.  Beauford (pronounced Bow-ford) is likelythe original name of Laura's family, which as other French names, cameto be changed in Buford (as in beautiful).
  
  Also in their household in 1920 is another couple Ervin (Irvin) andAlma C Beauford.  These two couples later move together to Douglas,Cochise County, Arizona, and are living next door to each other whileboth men work in a lime quarry.  This move occurred after about 1925,when Charlie Robert's son R B was born in Texas.
  
  In 1930, Robert has moved his family to Cochise County, Arizona, nearDouglas.  Robert and all the neighbors on this census page are workingat a lime quarry.  Since their son Clint Lamont, age 8 in the 1930census, was born in Texas, they moved to Arizona in late 1922 orlater.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cochise County, Arizona, 29 April, Precinct 1(outside Douglas), District 35, Page 3A, Hse #57, Fam #73
  Hudson, Robert Head  Rents M W 35 Married at age 19 TX TX TX Laborer,Lime Quarry [b abt 1895]
  Hudson, Nora E  Wife F W 38 Married OK OK OK No Occupation [b abt1892]
  Hudson, Vida M  Dau  F W 11 TX TX OK [b abt 1919]
  Hudson, La Mont  Son M W 8 TX TX OK No Occupation [b abt 1922]
  Hudson, R B  Son M W 5 TX TX OK No Occupation [b abt 1925]
  
  See more notes for this family in the Notes for Elnorah Ethyl Barnett(Hudson).
  
  Charlie Robert died in the Aspermont Memorial Hospital in Aspermont,Stonewall County, Texas, on 4 December 1969, of congestive heartfailure, emphysema and chronic obstructive lung disease.

Sources

• 1. 1920 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas
  • 7 March, Commissioner's Precinct 4, District 229, Page 2A, Hse/Fam #26
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Cochise County, Arizona
  • 29 April, Precinct 1 (outside Douglas), District 35, Page 3A, Hse #57,
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Walker County, Texas
  • 5 May, Justice Precinct 2, District 160, page 5B, Calhoun Ferry Rd,
• 4. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 5. Death Certificate of Charlie Robert Hudson
• 6. Gravestone of Oscar Hudson, Johnson Cemetery, Stonewall County, Texas
• 7. Barbara Stevens, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, October 2008
• 8. Gravestone of Clint Lamont Hudson, Johnson Cemetery, Stonewall County,Texas
  • Find a Grave,