Sorting The Hudson's of Vanderburgh County, Indiana

 Searching through the city directories of Evansville, Ind it becomes clear that those named HUDSON and HODSON (names that indicate two different groups but are sometimes spelled the same) appear in at three distinct regions in the greater Evansville area.

The area of LAMASCO

Lamasco is a former town, and current district, in Evansville, Indiana originally bounded by the present day streets of St. Joseph Avenue on the west, First Avenue on the east, Maryland on the north and the Ohio River on the south to Fulton (meaning Pennsylvania east of Fulton).

Directory Listings

1865 - Wm Hudson, Lamasco,

1865 - Wm T Hudson - US Army, High and Lamasco

1866 - Wm Hudson, lab, Lamasco

1877- Wm T. Hudson, dray, Lamasco

1866 Wm. T Hudson, dray, Lamasco

1872 - Wm T. Hudson, dray, Lamasco

1878- Wm T Hudson, dray, Lamsco

The area of JACOBSVILLE

From the city's master plan, found on a city page, "The neighborhood of Jacobsville was first shown on the city directory in 1863 but was officially annexed around 1868. Originally, it was slated to be a city of its own but downtown Evansville grew at an exceptional rate and quickly approached the neighborhood. Early on the neighborhood became home.   To many blue collar workers, it was very dense with modest housing. The neighborhood was named after Hannah Jacobs, who had a farmhouse located on Maryland Street. The home was built around 1860 and was razed in 2003 to make way for more modern housing for the neighborhood.  Jacobsville is also home to Indiana’s oldest public library, Willard Library, which opened in 1885." 

Directory Listings

1865 - Wm Hudson, Butcher, Lechner's

1868-  Wm Hudson, Dray, John Tohill's

1870 - Wm Hudson, Lab, John Tohill's

The area of EVANSVILLE (designated by city street or landmarks)

1870 - John Hudson, Dray, farmer, Pine

1877 - Wm T. Hudson - 117 Clerk,

WILLIAM T. HUDSON OR HODSON OR HEDSON (APPEARS ALL WAYS ON SEVERAL CENSUS RECORDS) - The William T. Hudson was born ca 1847 in Indiana to English born parents. He is listed on the 1850 in Pigeon Twp in residence #35 with Wm Hodson, a laborer, Sarah, (husband and wife)  and probable son  John W. and Jane Hudson, also English born. John is listed as a Drayman and with them is an Irish msn, woman and child (Dennis Mayher, Mary J Paugh, Alice Paugh) then several children: Mary Hodson, Elizabeth, Wm T, Sarah, John, Richard, James, Mary (both born NC). William T, died in 1892 and is buried in Evansville.