Hudspeth, Joel Rufus

Other Events:

• Military Servic: Company A, 6th Missouri Calvary

Notes:

Census Place: Lake City, Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri
Source: FHL Film 1254693 National Archives Film T9-0693 Page100D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Joel R. HUDSPETH Self M M W 40 MO
Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: MD
Sarah A. HUDSPETH Wife F M W 33 MO
Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY
Joseph HUDSPETH Son M S W 12 MO
Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO
May A. HUDSPETH Dau F S W 10 MO
Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO
Elvira B. HUDSPETH Dau F S W 8 MO
Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO
Charles B. HUDSPETH Son M S W 4 MO
Fa: MO Mo: MO
Delilah HAWKINS Other F S B 21 MO
Occ: Cook Fa: MO Mo: MO

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From "The History of Jackson County, Missouri", 1881, pg.904
"Farmer and stock raiser, section 25, post-office Lake City, was born November 21, 1839, in this township, and has
been reared here as a farmer. He owns a fine farm of 440 acres, well improved with a good orchard, and has a 100
head of cattle, mostly graded. His residence is situated on an elevation which gives him a view of a vast scope of
country and a sight of the towns of Independence, Lake City, and Buckner Hills. He has filled the position of school
director six years. During the late War he joined General Shelby's command and served four years taking part in the
battles of Prairie Grove, Helena, Little Rock, Lone Jack, and many minor engagements. August 15, 1866, he married
Miss S. A. Franklin, a native of Jackson County."

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Friday, June 28, 2002
Battle of Lone Jack

Battle of Lone Jack
Aug. 16, 1862
And Efforts to Preserve
The Site
By Judy Johnson

Confederates and Union forces clashed in this battle on a blistering hot day, neither suspecting the size of the
opposing force. The fighting took place in the streets of the town and the surrounding farmland. Under a cloudless
sky and merciless sun, the cannon, eventually spiked and abandoned by Union forces, changed hands four times
during the five-hour battle of hand-to-hand combat. The victorious Confederates took over the town site at midday
and began a humanitarian effort for the wounded and dead of both sides. Capt. Caleb Winfrey, a Lone Jack resident
who had led a charge on his own house, exchanged his saber for his scalpel and once again became Dr. Caleb
Winfrey. He was joined by Dr. Edward Ragsdale. Losses from both sides were heavy. The exact figures will
probably never be known, but the generally accepted estimate places the losses on both sides as more or less equal,
with a total of 200-250 killed. Local citizens and able-bodied prisoners of war buried the fallen soldiers in two
trenches - one for gray and one for blue. The following day Federal reinforcements arrived and the Confederates
were forced to retreat.
Frances Moore (1841-1922) helped with the wounded. Her husband, Ezra Moore, was killed in the battle. She later
married Henry Kabrick. A descendant, June, and her husband, John Ferguson, live west of Fort Osage High School.
Bartlett B. Cave (1832-1910) and his wife, Lucinda (Roland) owned the hotel, which was burned, at Lone Jack. She
fled the burning building with her children and was accidentally shot. She died five weeks later. Bartlett’s second
marriage was to Amelia Satterfield. A daughter, Lutie, taught at Union School. She married Charles Jones and their
descendants include Jerry and Lisa Lampher, Karen Owen (Mrs. James Johnston), former Buckner residents, and
her sister, Jacqueline Owen (Mrs. George Wilcoxin).
Local Soldiers
Some of the Confederate soldiers were from the Fort Osage Township area and included Charles Brown, William N.
Gray, James Hambright, Samuel W. Hudson, Joel Rufus Hudspeth, James W. Kimsey, brothers William C. and/or
Marion McFarland, Hewitt Preston Webb and Curren DeCalb Webb.
Charles Brown, son of John and Lucinda Brown, who lived near Buckner, is believed to have been killed during the
battle. Two other brothers, James and Granville, also died during the Civil War. Robert S. Brown, another brother,
helped survey the town of Buckner in 1875. Mary Ida Sullivan is his granddaughter.
William N. Gray was the son of James Gray who served as Jackson County Judge in 1844. William married Margy
Hightower in 1867 and owned a drugstore in Levasy from 1878-1881. They moved to Denton County, Texas. His
sister, Elizabeth, married Martin O. Jones. They became the owners of the Gray property, part of which was at Bone
Hill, with other acreage at what is known today as Sundown Valley.
James W. Hambright (1838-1920) was the son of John and Missouri Ann (Hudspeth) Hambright. They owned the
old stage station on Reber Rd. north of Buckner. In later years, James, who was a bachelor and is buried at Sibley,
lived with his sister, Cynthia Susan Elliston, in Buckner. A relative, Dora (Hudspeth) Slaughter, now resides in the
home. It was built before 1885, replacing an earlier log cabin east of the present home.
Samuel W. Hudson (1842-1908) was one of the few survivors of Col. Bealle James Company at the battle. The main
street of Buckner is named in his honor. He served as Judge of the Eastern District of Jackson County from 1889-
1893. His first wife, Mary (Gilbert) is buried at Sibley. He and his second wife, Emma (Walker), were the parents of
Martha, Samuel, Newton Walker, Mary Alice and John White Hudson II. All except Mary Alice, who lived in Texas,
are buried at the Buckner Hill Cemetery.
Joel Rufus Hudspeth (1839-1895) was with Quantrill and General Jo Shelby. After the War, he built a large home
overlooking Lake City. He married Sarah Franklin and their children were Joseph, Mary (Mrs. Robert Elsea), Elvira
(Mrs. Franklin Perrin Chiles), and Charles Hudspeth. Joseph married Bertha Gallagher and Charles wed Mary
Bostain. Joel is buried at the Hudspeth Cemetery west of Buckner. Robert and Mary Elsea’s descendants include
James and Joe Elsea, now living in Arizona, John Elsea, and Nancy Bostwick. Elvira and Franklin Chiles

descendants include Frank Chiles (he and his wife, Virginia, live on Blue Mills Road), Joanne Eakin, noted
historical researcher and compiler of many books, Patricia Taylor and son, John, who married Kathy Hamilton,
Nancy Stevens (Mrs. William Eugene Stevens) and Deborah Lee George.

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Carlene P. Brown's 1997 descendancy list, Vol. 2, pp 106-108:
Joel & Sarah's birth, marriage dates & places; death dates; their four
children; descendants (not listing them at this time).

He was listed as Rufus, age 11, on 1850 Jackson Co. MO census.

"BRANDED AS REBELS" compiled 1993 by Joanne Chiles Eakin & Donald R. Hale:
(Joanne is a great granddaughter of Joel R. and Amanda Hudspeth.)
Repeats the data from Carlene Brown.
Describes Joel as a southern sympathizer in the Civil War. In 1862 he took his slaves and mules to Texas; from
there he joined Generals Shelby and Price, serving for four years. After the war he returned to Jackson County, MO,
where he was disenfranchized in 1866 for that activity. After the war
he went with Quantrill and the Partisan Rangers.
His two-story, eight-room home, built in 1866 is on a high hill overlooking the Lake City Bottoms.
He was one of the persons sent to St. Joseph, MO to identify the body of Jesse James.
He died of cancer on 27 Feb 1895 and was buried in the Hudspeth Cemetery in Jackson Co.

1860 census, Fort Osage Twp., Jackson Co., MO enumerated 20 July 1860
HUDSPETH, Louise 32 MO Property value RE 1200 PP 5200
BROWN, Michael 9 MO Louise's son from her first marriage
HUDSPETH Rufus 21 MO From Joseph's first marriage RE 1200 PP 7600
Wm. N. 18 MO " RE 1200 PP 5200 Joseph L. 2 MO From Joseph & Louise RE 1200 PP 5200
I don't know why Joseph is missing. Was he, perhaps, in California?

1880 census for Lake City, Fort Osage, Jackson Co., MO, page 100D
All born in Missouri
Living near Joseph L. Joel. E., Robert N., Napoleon B., Cynthia, George W., & William.
HUDSPETH Joel R. head age 40
Sarah A wife 33
Joseph son 12
May A. dau 10
Elvira B. dau 8
Charles B. son 4
HAWKINS Delilah black 21

See wife, Sarah, for 1900 census

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Joel and Sarah had the following children:

+ 2 M i. Joseph Rufus Hudspeth was born on 26 Jul 1864 and died on 24 Nov 1949.

+ 3 F ii. Mary Amanda Hudspeth was born on 20 Oct 1869 and died on 14 Feb 1957.

+ 4 F iii. Elvira Beall Hudspeth was born on 17 Aug 1871 and died on 16 May 1948.

+ 5 M iv. Charles Rice Hudspeth was born on 22 Aug 1875 and died on 6 Jan 1937.

Joel married Franklin, Sarah A. on 15 Aug 1866 in Fort Osage Twp, Jackson, Missouri. Sarah (daughter of Franklin, Benjamin P. and Rice, Mary Ann) was born on 24 Dec 1846 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri; died after 1880 in , Jackson, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]