Jane Catherine "Jennie" Hudson Phelps

Birth 22 Nov 1838 in Warren Co Kentucky
Death 18 Jan 1929 in Hawthorne Township, White Co, Illinois

Daughter of John Irby Hudson(1792 – 1844) of North Carolina and Catherine M "Kitty" Lanier Hudson Patterson
(1794 – ?)--her 2nd husband was Francis G Patterson

1850 U S Census
Name: Jane Hudson
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1850: District 2, Warren, Kentucky
Gender: Female
Family Number: 77
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Patterson 32 step father
Kitty M Patterson 42 mother
Sarah Patterson 35 his old maid sister
P R Hudson 16 sibling
Mary Hudson 15 sibling
John Hudson 13 sibling
Jane Hudson 11
Eliza Hudson 9 sibling
Elizabeth Hudson 7 sibling
Frank Hudson 86 probably grandfather


1860 U S Census
Name: Jane Hudson
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1839
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kentucky
Home in 1860: District 1, Logan, Kentucky
Post Office: Black Lick
Family Number: 697
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
F G Patterson 41 step father
C M Patterson 53 mother
S A Patterson 45 his old maid sister
John Hudson 23 sibling
Jane Hudson 21
E E Hudson 17 sibling


1870 U S Census
Name: Jane Hudson
Age in 1870: 26
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1870: Patter, Warren, Kentucky
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Rich Pond
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
C M Phelps 32 brother-in-law
Elizabeth Phelps 24 sister
John Phelps 8 Nephew
Jas Phelps 6 Nephew
Erasmus Phelps 3 Nephew
Mary Phelps 1/12 niece
Jane Hudson 26


Kentucky Death Record
Name: Elizabeth Phelps her sister died
[Elizabeth Hudson]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1850
Birth Place: Warren
Death Date: 15 Aug 1878
Death Place: Warren, Kentucky
Residence Place: Warren
Father: Irby Hudson
Mother: Minerva Hudson
spouse Columbus Marion Phelps*****

Jane married Columbus Marion Phelps about 1879 probably to help raise her sister's children


1880 U S Census
Name: Jane C. Phelps
Age: 41
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1880: Rich Pond, Warren, Kentucky
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: C. M. Phelps
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Name Age
C. M. Phelps 42 husband (was brother-in-law)
Jane C. Phelps 41
John F. Phelps 18 nephew
Rasmus F. Phelps 11 nephew
Josephine Phelps 10 Niece
Warren Phelps 2 nephew born July 1878
Ellen Phelps 5m Jane's first baby
J. E. Hudson (Phelps) 18 Nephew
Victory Hudson (Phelps) 6 niece


Jane's 2 children by Columbus Marion Phelps
1 Ellen Phelps Cox 1880–1978
2 Lillie Louise Phelps Sanders 1881–1960


Columbus Marion Phelps trying to protect son Ras Phelps killed his half brother Henry Phelps who was going to prosecute Ras for stealing his horse. Columbus Marion Phelps barely missed the hangman's noose except for a petition from the citizens of Warren Co., Ky saved his life and he was given a life term to be served in Eddyville Prison in Lyon County, Kentucky where he was buried.

This probably prompted Jane and family to move to Indiana then Illinois.