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Show I WIIFORD HUDSON'S FUHERAlj Drantivllle, Tootla Co., Sept, 9 -The I fnneral lervlcei over the remains of ' Ttllfotd Hudson were held In tie ward meetlnghoute, FrUUy, "ept. t The haast wai nearly filled with tympa thlilng frieadi, The speaker eulo-giied eulo-giied the life and character of the deemed, de-emed, who wai a member of tbe "Mormon" battalion He wai born In ilarrlion county, Indiana Stpt In 1813, and died of general debility 8tpt. ft. He located In Hancock eonnty and wai connected ailh the exodut Iraas Illlnnit In 1846. He assisted In looting loot-ing Monnt I'lsgab, Iowa, and rn'lsted III lire battalion In July, 1841, at Council Coun-cil llluu, and inarched as a private InCompinv A all the way to (alitor-nl. (alitor-nl. Alter the battalion wat dlscharg-' id In 1817 ho marched In company wlih othcis, via Sacramento valley to the Truckea river, where they Inst an express from President Erigham Youag advising alt those who could not bring una year's provisions to Salt Lake to remain in California till the following spring. Moslol the camp turned bick and hlrnl out toCapt. John A. hutler. It vrai about this time that gold wat first dlsmvered In California, Peter WJmmer picked up the tint piece of gold and thoitrd It to Mr. Mtrshall, Mr. Hudson and others start 1 Immediately Imme-diately uf. the canyon finding ronslJsr-able ronslJsr-able gold, one place worth IS was dug eut by Mr. Hudson with a pen knife' Subsequently hejmorked tbret weekt aad got out I,TOO worth ol gold. The (ollowlng Jrut he, with othtn, left California for Salt Lake wbire they arrlvedlt the fall of 18(3. After a (ew days' rest Mr. Hudson started for Council Coun-cil IllatTs, where he (ound 'bit family iti'l infTcrlng from sickness In the following spring, 1819, he brought Unas safely to the valley. He lotattd in Great Bait Lake City, hot taovea to tbli place in 18S2, where he reslJed nntll kit death. He leavei a life, 13 children aad 60 grandchildren to chir-lib chir-lib hlttatmory. Nows. Mr. Hudson and family marls' from Bait Lake to this city enJ-Mken to Graativllle from here. He wai oas e ths settlers that located bars abont the time that R. J, Redden and V Brim and others did. |