History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 440, Astoria Township
William T. Hudnall, farmer, sec. 24; P. O., Astoria; born June
21, 1801, in Virginia, and removed from there to Tennessee, then to
Kentucky, where he was married to Miss Sarah Ann Miller. In 1848
he settled in Fulton Co., Ill., and in 1852 went to California, where
he remained 6 years. Not meeting with success, he returned to his
old home in this county. When the late war occurred between the
States he enlisted in the 11th Ill. Cav. and served 18 months; since
then he and his estimable wife have resided in this county. Their
children are Samuel A., Melvina, Merrill, Sarah, Susannah, Margaret,
William C. and J. Walter.
