When Hudson McDonald Shrode was born on 5 April 1817, in Boon Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States, his father, Francis Shrode, was 27 and his mother, Rebecca Marrit Hudson, was 19. He married Susannah Couts on 23 March 1837, in Warrick, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Campbell Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States in 1840. He died on 2 August 1849, in Warrick, Indiana, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Boonville, Boon Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States.