Albert Henry Dudney Family Group Sheet submitter: Ellen Nelson email: hnelsonn@cox-internet.com Husband: Albert Henry DUDNEY Born: April 24, 1880 Location: Etowah County, Alabama Married: November 24, 1901 Location: Etowah County, Alabama Died: March 14, 1968 Location: Winnsboro, Texas Cemetery: Piney Grove Cemetery Location: Camp County, Texas Father: John L. DUDNEY Mother: Florence M. ROBERTSON Other Spouses: Wife: Lucy Lurella SIZEMORE Born: April 06, 1886 Location: Sand Mountain, Etowah County, Alabama Died: December 14, 1952 Location: Piney Grove Community, Camp County, Texas Cemetery: Piney Grove Cemetery Location: Piney Grove Community, Camp County, Texas Father: Richard L. SIZEMORE Mother: Martha Angenette (Mattey) PRESTWOOD Other Spouses: Children Name: John L. DUDNEY Born: September 28, 1902 Location: Etowah County, Alabama Died: August 23, 1903 Location: Etowah County, Alabama Cemetery: Location: Spouse 1: Married: Location: Spouse 2: Married: Location: Name: Velma DUDNEY Born: May 12, 1904 Location: Etowah County, Alabama Died: July 16, 1996 Location: Killeen, Bell County, Texas Cemetery: Location: Spouse 1: Jim RAYBORN Married: Location: Spouse 2: Married: Location: Name: Evie Lena DUDNEY Born: October 28, 1905 Location: Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama Died: December 15, 1990 Location: Bryan, Brazos County, Texas Cemetery: Piney Grove Cemetery Location: Piney Grove Cemetery, Upshur County, Texas Spouse 1: Clifton Elwood NELSON Married: April 19, 1925 Location: Piney Grove, Camp County, Texas Spouse 2: Married: Location: Comments: Albert Henry Dudney's ancestors in the United States lived in Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia,and Texas. He worked as a coal miner, a railroad worker, and a farmer. He was lean, small in stature; and though he had no formal education, he could "cipher". He loved Prince Albert tobacco which often could be traced from room to room. It was not uncommon for his pipe to set his pockets on fire. His grandson who enjoyed fishing with him relates this story: "If you are from East Texas the trotline may be substituted for throw lines, jug lines or sethooks, (short heavy lines on hand cut willow poles set into the bank of a creek). If you were with Grandpa Dudney you first had to go seine your bait, preferably hand size live perch to put on the lines then camp out on the creek bank under a mule drawn wagon. You had to get up about ever two hours and run the sethooks (check for catfish on the lines) go back to the camp and drink coffee made in a syrup bucket over the fire. No filters, but he did lay a small green limb across the bucket to keep it from boiling over. I didn't much like having to strain the grounds through my teeth, having millions of red bugs (chiggers) covering my body, going without sleep at such a young age or wading muddy water up to my chest seining bait; but I was told it was enjoyable. The pay off was several large Opelousas or yellow cats (flathead catfish) and a community fish fry when we returned back to Grandpa's house. Also Grandma's home made light bread yeast rolls baked in a wood cook stove with fresh churned butter and dewberry jelly weren't bad either." Sources: CENSUS RECORDS: 1910 Etowah Co., AL census-E.D. 65, sheet 15 District 29-Hollis township page 29 online ancesty.com /Location is Etowah Mining Road. also on list as neighbors were Harrells and 2 Rayborn families-- --Velma would marry a Rayborn in Texas. Henry-head-white-male-32 yrs-1st marriage-married 8 yrs-born in Alabama-miner-iron mines Lucy-wife-female-24-1st marriages-has 3 children with 2 living Velma-daughter-female-6-b. AL Evie-daughter-female-4-b. AL (missing child was John L. Dudney born in 1902, who died when he was 11 months, named after Henry's father) ==================================== Dudney, Henry A Age: 42 Year: 1920 Birthplace: Alabama Roll: T625_214 Race: White Page: 9B State: Florida ED: 4 County: Alachua Image: 86 Township: Alachua 1920 Florida Census Alachua County and township page 9B Alachua township Dudney, Henry A 42 AL AL AL farmer, general farming Luci L 33 AL GA AL Velma 15 AL AL AL Evie 14 AL AL AL ============= Etowah County Probate Records =============