Hudson Preston Girton ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   Cause of his death was Cancer of the stomach.⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1870 US Census, 5 July 1870, Perry Township, Wood, Ohio, United States. ⁵ 1870 US Census
Page 10, Dwelling 74, Family 76
Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
Hudson Girton..17..OH..Farm Laborer
(Living with widowed mother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 1 Apr 1856, then his age should have been 14 instead of 17. I believe that a simple answer to the incorrect age can probably be explained by the enumerator mixing up the ages for David and Hudson.

2. 1880 US Census, 4 June 1880, North Star Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 570C, District 99, Dwelling 63, Family 71, Roll 580
North Star Township, Gratiot County, Michigan
Hudson Girton..Head..24..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and son.)

3. 1900 US Census, 16 June 1900, Jackson Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 57, Dwelling 207, Family 211
Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio
farm owned with mortgage
married 21 years
Hudson Girton..Head..Apr 1856..44..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 2 children.)

4. Cemetery: Fountain Cemetery, 14 October 1935, Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio, United States. ⁶ Find A Grave Memorial #50387958

Hudson married Hattie Swope, daughter of Eli Swope and Lydia Fiant, about 1879.^{1 2} (Hattie Swope was born on 22 September 1861 in Wood, Ohio, United States,^{2 7 8} died on 30 May 1939 in Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio, United States ^{7 8} and was buried on 1 June 1939 in Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio, United States ^{7 8}.). The cause of her death was Kidney stones (renal lithiasis).⁴

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, 4 June 1880, North Star Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 570C, District 99, Dwelling 63, Family 71, Roll 580
North Star Township, Gratiot County, Michigan
Hudson Girton..Head..24..OH..Farmer
Hattie Girton..Wife..21..OH..Keeping House
Not Named Girton..Son..10m..OH

2. 1900 US Census, 16 June 1900, Jackson Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 57, Dwelling 207, Family 211
Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio
farm owned with mortgage
married 21 years
Hudson Girton..Head..Apr 1856..44..OH..Farmer
Hattie Girton..Wife..Sep 1861..38..OH..3/3
Arthur S. Girton..Son..Aug 1879..20..OH..Farm Laborer
Allie E. Girton..Dau..Jan 1882..18..MO

  Marriage Notes:

Hudson and Hattie were both born in Ohio. I don't know the exact marriage location in about 1879 but they appeared in the 1880 US Census in Gratiot County, Michigan. They then moved to Johnson County, Missouri for a few years after 1880 where their daughter, Allie, was born in 1882. By June of 1900, they had moved to Paulding County, Ohio were they appeared once again in the census. By the time of their deaths, they were living in Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio.
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