Houlder Hudgins Jr.
Houlder Hudgins Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Mathews and MiddlesexCounties | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Mathews County, Virginia | |
| In office December 1, 1828 – December 5, 183 Serving with Carter M. Braxton, Augustine H Garnett | |
| Preceded by | Thomas James |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| In office December 6, 1830 – December 2, 1832 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | William H. Roy |
| In office December 5, 1836 – January 6, 1839 | |
| Preceded by | John R. Taylor |
| Succeeded by | John R. Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | circa County, Virginia |
| Died | December 2, 1789 Clifton plantation, Mathews County, Virginia |
| Resting place | Clifton plantation, Mathews, Virginia |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Hunley Elizabeth Hunley Julia Charlotte Todd |
| Children | 2 daughters, L.Col. Charles Hudgins |
| Residence | Freewelcome plantation, Mathews County, Virginia |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | merchant, planter, politician |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Virginia Militia |
| Years of service | 1813-1814 |
| Rank | private |
| Unit | 61st regiemtn |
| Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Houlder Hutchins Jr. (October 2, 1799- July 28, 1868), was a Virginia planter and politician who represented his native Mathews County in the Virginia House of Delegates.<refname="EVB" Tyler, Lyon G. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. 5. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co. p. 1097. Search this book on 
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Early life, military service, education and military service
Born to the shipbuilder, merchant and politician Houlder Hudgins and his third wife. He received a private education appropriate to his class, including at the University of Virginia.
Although only 13 years old, he enlisted as a private in the 61st regiment of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812.
Career
Although his father's youngest son, he inherited the family's main plantation, "Clifton" in Mathews County, as well as "Bushy Forest" in Hanover County, and "Ceeley" in Hampton, in addition to extensive mercantile and shipbuilding enterprises which required many trips to the West Indies.[1]
Hudgins also became executor of the estate of his father-in-law, George T. Todd in 1859, with his brother Robert as his surety.[2]
Mathew County voters first elected Hutchins to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1828, and re-elected him, although reapportionment after the 1830 census caused him to also represent nearby Middlesex County.[3] Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag They had two daughters and a son, but Florence Hudgins died in 1853 and her brother George Thompson Todd Hudgins also died young. However, Mary George a/k/a "Georgie" Hudgins (1847-1899) who married lawyer, CSA lieutenant and later judge and legislator Thomas Jefferson Christian, whose cousin Letitita Christian had been the first wife of President John Tyler)[4]
Death and legacy
Hutchins died of what was then called apoplexy, but now probably a heart attack, on July 28, 1868, survived by his widow and many children. He was buried at Clifton, where he had lived his entire life.[5] After the Civil War, his legal dispute as executor of his father-in-law's estate had resumed before his son in law, Judge Thomas Jefferson Christian. The judge and parties had returned to Hudgins' house for lunch and sat down on the back porch, only to soon hear the cook scream about Hudgins having fallen out of his chair dead.[6] His widow, Mrs. Julia Todd Hudgins remained at Clifton after her husband's death, helping to care for the four sons of her stepson, Charles Holder Hudgins. However, in 1888, fire destroyed the mansion. She moved to Newport News, where she died in 1898.[7]
References
- ↑ Todd p. 484
- ↑ Todd p. 209
- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 344, 349
- ↑ Rubey, Ann Todd (1960). The Tod(d)s of Caroline County, Virginia and their Kin. Columbia, Missouri: Artcraft Press. pp. 210–212
- ↑ Todd p. 483
- ↑ Todd p. 209
- ↑ Todd p. 490
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