Hansford Hudnall is the son of Riley Hudnall and Mary Catherine "Kitt" Hudnall. Hansford's parents are 1st cousins, once removed with Benjamin Hudnall and Nancy Riley their common ancestors.
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Hansford was married to:
• Dora Belle Fleshman - 1917 (Divorced 21 Jan 1930)
• Lillie Mae Patterson Sheppard - 1930
• Jessie Rose Bailey - 1946
• Bessie Lenora Bowe - 1947
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Raleigh County, West Virginia Marriage License, 1917, page 399
-Groom: Hansford Hudnall
-Age: 19
-Birthplace: Kanawha County, WVa
-Residence: Beckley, WVa

-Bride: Dora Fleshman
-Age: 20
-Birthplace: --
-Residence: Royal, WVa
-Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1917
-Marriage Place: Residence of Mr. Becker
-Officiator: A. H. Matheney, Minister of the M.E. Church
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In 1930, Hansford and Dora Hudnall divorced.

Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics, Divorce Certificate: 30-000180
-Defendant: Dora Hudnall
-Age: 33
-Birthplace: --
-Residence: Far Creek, W.Va.
-Occupation: Housewife

-Plaintiff: Hansford Hudnall
-Age: 32
-Birthplace: Kanawha County, W.Va.
-Residence: Warwick County, Virginia
-Occupation: --

-Case Contested: No
-Cause: Desertion
-Number of Children: N. R.
-Duration of Marriage: 13 Years
-Marriage Date: 4 Jul 1917
-Date of Decree: 21 Jan 1930
-Divorce Place: Warwick County, Virginia
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Hansford and Dora Hudnall are known to have 4 children:
• Lewis Davis Hudnall (1920-1920)
• Howard Wilburn "Dick" Hudnall * (1920-2008)
• Katherine Minerva Hudnall Seburn Adkins (1921-2003)
• Cecil Hudnall * (About 1928- ? )

* NOTE: Per the 1940 U.S. Census, Howard and Cecil were living with their Fleshman grandparents.
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West Virginia Select Marriages Index, 1785-1940
-Groom: Hansford Hudnall
-Marital Status: Divorced
-Age: 29
-Estimated Birth Date: 1901
-Birth Place: West Virginia
-Father: Riley Hudnall
-Mother: Katherine Hudnall
-Marriage Date: 29 Dec 1930

-Bride: Lillie May Sheppard
-Marital Status: Single
-Age: 35
-Estimated Birth Date: 1895
-Birth Place: North Caroline
-Father: Butler Patterson
-Mother: S.F. Tipton
-Marriage Place: Newport News, Virginia
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North Carolina Marriage Certificate: 3119
-Groom: Hansford Hudnall
-Age: 46
-Estimated Birth Year: 1900
-Father: Riley Hudnall
-Mother: Katherine Hudnall

-Bride: Jessey R Bailey
-Age: 18
-Estimated Birth Year: 1928
-Father: C W Bailey
-Mother: Florence Bailey
-Marriage Date: 16 Feb 1946
-Marriage Place: South Mills, Camden County, North Carolina
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Register of Marriages, Kanawha County Court, West Virginia, 1947, page 102, Line 2660
-Groom: Hansford Hudnall
-Age: 47
-Birth Place: Kanawha Co.
-Marital Status: Widowed
-Residence: Hilton

-Bride: Bessie Lenora Bowe
-Age: 51
-Birth Place: Kanawha Co.
-Marital Status: Single
-Residence: Ward
-Marriage Date: 6 Dec 1947
-Marriage Place: Glasgow
-Performed by: C. Glenn Bowling
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OBITUARY
Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia, Friday, 28 Dec 1973

Hansford Hudnall, 75, of Cedar Grove, died Thursday in Montgomery General Hospital after a short illness.

He was a retired miner with the Dexter Carpenter Coal Co., and a life long Cedar Grove resident.

Surviving daughter Mrs. Katherine Adkins, of Leyland, son Howard Hudnall, of Fayetteville, brother Mitchell Hudnall of Newport News, Va., sisters, Mrs. Julia Karnes and Mrs. Annie Roundy, both of Newport News.

Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Cooke Funeral Home in Cedar Grove, with Rev. D.W. Bowe officiating, burial in Ward Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

West Virginia Death Certificate: 73-019706
-Name: Hansford Hudnall
-Gender: Male
-Death Date: 27 Dec 1973
-Age: 75
-Birth Date: 1 Jan 1898
-Birth Place: WVa
-Marital Status: Widowed
-Occupation: Retired Coal Miner
-Informant: Katherine Adkins [daughter]
-Father: Riley Hudnall
-Mother: Cathrine Hudnall
-Burial Date: 10 Jan 1974
-Cemetery Name: Ward Cemetery
-Death Place: Montgomery, Fayette County, West Virginia
-Residence: Cedar Grove, Kanawha County, West Virginia