among the earliest settlers of Jackson Twsp, Boone Co. in 1828; aka A. HUTCHIN (as name appears on obituary)
Note: August 11, 1882 Fredonia Democrat Death of Andrew Hudson. Andrew Hudson, father of T. J. Hudson, Isaac Hudson and Mrs. Nancy Lafferty, died at the residence of Isaac Hudson, in Fredonia, August 6th, after an illness of four weeks. The deceased was at the time of his death in his 84th year. He was born in the State of North Carolina on the 22d day of November, 1798, of Welsh and Irish parents. In 1800 his parents immigrated to, and settled in Kentucky, where the deceased grew to manhood, wholly without the benefit of school spending the time he should have spent at school at work opening up a home, or hunting deer or bear in that then hunter's paradise. In 1828 he removed from Kentucky to Boone-co., Indiana, being one or its first settlers, and participated in all the trials and hardships of opening up homes in that vast wilderness of timber and swamps. The deceased was a farmer and stock raiser, and was successful for his time and as compared with the men of his day. While he was uneducated, save what he picked up after he was a man in years, he was a general reader and was more than averagely well-informed on political and financial subject. Having been from his boyhood a great admirer of Andrew Jackson, he was always a Democrat and was always an earnest supporter of his opinions; while on account of his want of education he steadily refused office, except Justice of the Peace, which he held for a few years; he was constantly for a great many years a delegate to the State conventions of his party, and was personally well acquainted with the prominent men of his adopted State. In 1838 [although marriage record says 1841] he married Rachel Gipson, who was, in the highest sense of the word, a true wife and mother; her children owe her much, more than could be expressed in words; she passed away ten years ago, since which time the deceased has spent much of his time traveling, making his home in Kansas, with his children. One of the leading characteristics of the man was his regard for his word; during a long and busy life it was his pride that his promise, his word, had never been broken. He was honored and respected by his children and friends, and retained his physical and mental vigor as few men do who live to his age.