1st spouse: James Turner Alexander married March 22, 1859
2nd spouse: Edward M Hudson
Death of Mrs. E M Hudson
Charming Daughter of Distinguished Ancestry
The death on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Alexandria, La., where she was visiting her sons, of Mrs. Fanny Ledyard Hudson, wife of Colonel E. M. Hudson, of this city, cast a shadow of sorrow over a large circle of friends in New Orleans.
She was the eldest child of William J Ledyard, of Mobile, and of his wife, Laura Erwin Ledyard, of Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Hudson came of distinguished ancestry. One of her paternal ancestors was that Colonel William Ledyard who defended Fort Griswold, Connecticut, in the War of the Revolution, and who after a gallant resistance, in which his small force was overpowered, was compelled to surrender, and who was murdered with his own sword by the British officer, Major Bromfield, to whom he handed it. When the British captors entered the fort Major Bromfield, their commander, inquired: "Who commands here?" Colonel Ledyard, handing his sword, said: "I did, sir, but you do now." Bromfield, seizing the sword, plunged it into Ledyard's body killing him on the spot. Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York was a cousin of her father, while she was a grandniece of the wife of United States Senator John Bell, of Tennessee, candidate of the Whig Party for president in 1860, in the campaign which elected Lincoln and brought on the Civil War.
In the War Between the States her youngest brother, William J Ledyard Jr., although a mere boy, had joined the Confederate army and was killed at Malvern Hill, Va., while her older brother, Erwin Ledyard, received wounds in the same battle which finally caused his death some years ago. He was at one time associate editor of the New Orleans Delta, and later was editor of the Mobile Register.
Mrs. Hudson resided in New Orleans a number of years, and was known for her intellectual culture and accomplishments for her kind and sympathetic nature and many charms of manner. She founded the Alexander Library in Algiers, and the Ladies; Geographic Club, of which Mrs. M. E. M. Davis was the first and until her death the only president.
Mrs. Hudson leaves two sons, James Wallace Alexander, hereditary member of the Revolutionary Society of the Cincinnati, of which General Washington was first president with membership confined to soldier of the Revolution and their lineal descendants, and Mark Leigh Alexander, issue of her first marriage, which was to James F Alexander (James Turner Alexander), of Virginia. They reside in Alexandria, La., and are well known in New Orleans. They are grandsons of Mark Alexander, of Mecklenberg County, Va., who represented his district in Congress for more than twenty years.
Mrs. Hudson had been in poor health for some months, but was visiting her sons and their families when she passed away, surrounded by her loved ones. The remains arrived in this city last night and this morning will be taken to Mobile to the interred in the family tomb there.
Besides her children and their families, she is survived by her husband, Colonel E. M. Hudson, and eminent member of the New Orleans bar, and distinguished Confederate veteran.
Dated: Thursday Oct 17, 1912
Paper: Times-Picayune
2nd spouse: Edward M Hudson
Death of Mrs. E M Hudson
Charming Daughter of Distinguished Ancestry
The death on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Alexandria, La., where she was visiting her sons, of Mrs. Fanny Ledyard Hudson, wife of Colonel E. M. Hudson, of this city, cast a shadow of sorrow over a large circle of friends in New Orleans.
She was the eldest child of William J Ledyard, of Mobile, and of his wife, Laura Erwin Ledyard, of Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Hudson came of distinguished ancestry. One of her paternal ancestors was that Colonel William Ledyard who defended Fort Griswold, Connecticut, in the War of the Revolution, and who after a gallant resistance, in which his small force was overpowered, was compelled to surrender, and who was murdered with his own sword by the British officer, Major Bromfield, to whom he handed it. When the British captors entered the fort Major Bromfield, their commander, inquired: "Who commands here?" Colonel Ledyard, handing his sword, said: "I did, sir, but you do now." Bromfield, seizing the sword, plunged it into Ledyard's body killing him on the spot. Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York was a cousin of her father, while she was a grandniece of the wife of United States Senator John Bell, of Tennessee, candidate of the Whig Party for president in 1860, in the campaign which elected Lincoln and brought on the Civil War.
In the War Between the States her youngest brother, William J Ledyard Jr., although a mere boy, had joined the Confederate army and was killed at Malvern Hill, Va., while her older brother, Erwin Ledyard, received wounds in the same battle which finally caused his death some years ago. He was at one time associate editor of the New Orleans Delta, and later was editor of the Mobile Register.
Mrs. Hudson resided in New Orleans a number of years, and was known for her intellectual culture and accomplishments for her kind and sympathetic nature and many charms of manner. She founded the Alexander Library in Algiers, and the Ladies; Geographic Club, of which Mrs. M. E. M. Davis was the first and until her death the only president.
Mrs. Hudson leaves two sons, James Wallace Alexander, hereditary member of the Revolutionary Society of the Cincinnati, of which General Washington was first president with membership confined to soldier of the Revolution and their lineal descendants, and Mark Leigh Alexander, issue of her first marriage, which was to James F Alexander (James Turner Alexander), of Virginia. They reside in Alexandria, La., and are well known in New Orleans. They are grandsons of Mark Alexander, of Mecklenberg County, Va., who represented his district in Congress for more than twenty years.
Mrs. Hudson had been in poor health for some months, but was visiting her sons and their families when she passed away, surrounded by her loved ones. The remains arrived in this city last night and this morning will be taken to Mobile to the interred in the family tomb there.
Besides her children and their families, she is survived by her husband, Colonel E. M. Hudson, and eminent member of the New Orleans bar, and distinguished Confederate veteran.
Dated: Thursday Oct 17, 1912
Paper: Times-Picayune
1st spouse: James Turner Alexander married March 22, 1859
2nd spouse: Edward M Hudson
Death of Mrs. E M Hudson
Charming Daughter of Distinguished Ancestry
The death on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Alexandria, La., where she was visiting her sons, of Mrs. Fanny Ledyard Hudson, wife of Colonel E. M. Hudson, of this city, cast a shadow of sorrow over a large circle of friends in New Orleans.
She was the eldest child of William J Ledyard, of Mobile, and of his wife, Laura Erwin Ledyard, of Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Hudson came of distinguished ancestry. One of her paternal ancestors was that Colonel William Ledyard who defended Fort Griswold, Connecticut, in the War of the Revolution, and who after a gallant resistance, in which his small force was overpowered, was compelled to surrender, and who was murdered with his own sword by the British officer, Major Bromfield, to whom he handed it. When the British captors entered the fort Major Bromfield, their commander, inquired: "Who commands here?" Colonel Ledyard, handing his sword, said: "I did, sir, but you do now." Bromfield, seizing the sword, plunged it into Ledyard's body killing him on the spot. Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York was a cousin of her father, while she was a grandniece of the wife of United States Senator John Bell, of Tennessee, candidate of the Whig Party for president in 1860, in the campaign which elected Lincoln and brought on the Civil War.
In the War Between the States her youngest brother, William J Ledyard Jr., although a mere boy, had joined the Confederate army and was killed at Malvern Hill, Va., while her older brother, Erwin Ledyard, received wounds in the same battle which finally caused his death some years ago. He was at one time associate editor of the New Orleans Delta, and later was editor of the Mobile Register.
Mrs. Hudson resided in New Orleans a number of years, and was known for her intellectual culture and accomplishments for her kind and sympathetic nature and many charms of manner. She founded the Alexander Library in Algiers, and the Ladies; Geographic Club, of which Mrs. M. E. M. Davis was the first and until her death the only president.
Mrs. Hudson leaves two sons, James Wallace Alexander, hereditary member of the Revolutionary Society of the Cincinnati, of which General Washington was first president with membership confined to soldier of the Revolution and their lineal descendants, and Mark Leigh Alexander, issue of her first marriage, which was to James F Alexander (James Turner Alexander), of Virginia. They reside in Alexandria, La., and are well known in New Orleans. They are grandsons of Mark Alexander, of Mecklenberg County, Va., who represented his district in Congress for more than twenty years.
Mrs. Hudson had been in poor health for some months, but was visiting her sons and their families when she passed away, surrounded by her loved ones. The remains arrived in this city last night and this morning will be taken to Mobile to the interred in the family tomb there.
Besides her children and their families, she is survived by her husband, Colonel E. M. Hudson, and eminent member of the New Orleans bar, and distinguished Confederate veteran.
Dated: Thursday Oct 17, 1912
Paper: Times-Picayune
2nd spouse: Edward M Hudson
Death of Mrs. E M Hudson
Charming Daughter of Distinguished Ancestry
The death on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Alexandria, La., where she was visiting her sons, of Mrs. Fanny Ledyard Hudson, wife of Colonel E. M. Hudson, of this city, cast a shadow of sorrow over a large circle of friends in New Orleans.
She was the eldest child of William J Ledyard, of Mobile, and of his wife, Laura Erwin Ledyard, of Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Hudson came of distinguished ancestry. One of her paternal ancestors was that Colonel William Ledyard who defended Fort Griswold, Connecticut, in the War of the Revolution, and who after a gallant resistance, in which his small force was overpowered, was compelled to surrender, and who was murdered with his own sword by the British officer, Major Bromfield, to whom he handed it. When the British captors entered the fort Major Bromfield, their commander, inquired: "Who commands here?" Colonel Ledyard, handing his sword, said: "I did, sir, but you do now." Bromfield, seizing the sword, plunged it into Ledyard's body killing him on the spot. Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York was a cousin of her father, while she was a grandniece of the wife of United States Senator John Bell, of Tennessee, candidate of the Whig Party for president in 1860, in the campaign which elected Lincoln and brought on the Civil War.
In the War Between the States her youngest brother, William J Ledyard Jr., although a mere boy, had joined the Confederate army and was killed at Malvern Hill, Va., while her older brother, Erwin Ledyard, received wounds in the same battle which finally caused his death some years ago. He was at one time associate editor of the New Orleans Delta, and later was editor of the Mobile Register.
Mrs. Hudson resided in New Orleans a number of years, and was known for her intellectual culture and accomplishments for her kind and sympathetic nature and many charms of manner. She founded the Alexander Library in Algiers, and the Ladies; Geographic Club, of which Mrs. M. E. M. Davis was the first and until her death the only president.
Mrs. Hudson leaves two sons, James Wallace Alexander, hereditary member of the Revolutionary Society of the Cincinnati, of which General Washington was first president with membership confined to soldier of the Revolution and their lineal descendants, and Mark Leigh Alexander, issue of her first marriage, which was to James F Alexander (James Turner Alexander), of Virginia. They reside in Alexandria, La., and are well known in New Orleans. They are grandsons of Mark Alexander, of Mecklenberg County, Va., who represented his district in Congress for more than twenty years.
Mrs. Hudson had been in poor health for some months, but was visiting her sons and their families when she passed away, surrounded by her loved ones. The remains arrived in this city last night and this morning will be taken to Mobile to the interred in the family tomb there.
Besides her children and their families, she is survived by her husband, Colonel E. M. Hudson, and eminent member of the New Orleans bar, and distinguished Confederate veteran.
Dated: Thursday Oct 17, 1912
Paper: Times-Picayune
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