U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fidler, Hudson Vauter (1861-1940) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 449 HUDSON VAUTER FIDLER, was born December 9, 1861. Was married November 26, 1889, to Eliza Jane (Cunningham) Fidler, who was born April 17, 1861, daughter of Andrew and Frances (Clarkson) Cunningham. Andrew Cunningham was the son of Thomas Cunningham. Children: Jared French, Russell Hudson, Henry Allen, Glenn, Jane. Mrs. Eliza Fidler died March 11, 1898. Mr. Hudson Fidler on the 9th day of August, 1900, married for his second wife, Etta Libbie Marley, who was born August 1, 1874. Children: Bryan Americus and William Edward. Etta Libbie Fidler is a daughter of Charles S. and Sarah E. (Andrew) Marley. Charles S. was a son of Samuel Marley of "Painter Fork." Hudson V. Fidler is a son of Wm. M. Fidler and Mary (Hudson) Fidler. William M. was a son of William Fidler who emigrated from Fluvanna County, Va., in 1847, with his family, whose wife was Eliza (Clark) Fidler. Their children were: V. J. Fidler, William M. and Eliza, who married Thomas Desper. William Fidler the grandfather of the subject of this sketch served six months in the war of 1812. He then took up the mill wright trade and followed that business until his death, which was more than fifty years afterwards. He emigrated from Virginia, settling at Arlington and buying a farm of 200 acres of land. Hudson V. Fidler is a machinist and a farmer. Belongs to the Missionary Baptist Church and is in politics a Democrat. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #7419 FULL-NAME: Hudson V. Fidler BIRTH-DATE: December 9, 1861 BIRTH-PLACE: Arlington, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: May 7, 1940 at age 78y-4m-28d DEATH-PLACE: Arlington, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Etta Marley Fidler) OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: William Fidler (born in Va.) MOTHER: Mary Hudson (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Pneumonia / Senility INFORMANT: Bryan Fidler (or Arlington, W.Va.) BURIAL: Arlington ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------