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- John Caldwell Hudleson, son of William and Jevinna Wilson Hudleson, was born near Princeton. Indiana, Jan. 9, 1844, died May 3, 1915, aged 71 years, 3 months, 24 days.
At the age of 18 he, in company with his brother Robert enlisted In Co.G. 80th III. Vol. Inf., mustered into service at Sparta, Ill., Aug. 13, 1862, and served till the close of the war, being discharged June 18, 1865.
September 1, 1870, he was married to Mrs. Martha E. Ruttes, to which union five daughters were born, one dying In Infancy and two after they reached womanhood. The wife and two daughters, Mrs. Mina Cantrell and Mrs. Ida McConnell, are left to mourn his death. Besides the wife and daughters he leaves two sisters both of whom live In Iowa, also a host of other relatives and friends.
In early manhood he professed faith in Christ and united with the Xenia Presbyterian church, being one of the charter members of that organization, and for years was a teacher in the Sunday School. For more than 20 years he taught in the public schools of the county and was always Interested in the welfare of the young people.
His last years were years of suffering, but at last the old veteran heard the summon of "well done, come up higher,'' and he fell asleep.
Funeral was held from the Xenia Methodist church, conducted by Rev. J. E. McCracken; burial In Odd Fellow Cemetery.
(The Southern Illinois Record, May 13, 1915)
(Note:Hudelson spelled Huddelson in paper)
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