Virgil Hudson was born September 11, 1899 in Paulding, Ohio. The son of Edward E., born December 4, 1865 in Henry County, Ohio and Alma O. (Barnes) Hudson born March 20, 1870 in Jackson Township, Paulding County.
This couple was married January 17, 1894 in Paulding. This happy couple were blessed with two children. A daughter Edna Vera was born in November of 1895, and a son, Virgil. By 1900, the Hudson family was living in Paulding. Edward was working as a grocer. The Hudson family also had a servant named Edna M. Powell, she was 13 years old. She had a family which lived in Jackson Township.
By 1910, the family had moved to the country in Jackson Township. Edward took on the role as a farmer. The kids were in school. Virgil’s sister Edna, married a fella named Franklin Clifford Schreiner on October 18, 1916 in Jackson, Michigan. On September 12, 1918, Virgil had registered for the draft…