When David Parker Hudson was born in October 1805, in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States, his father, Grief H. Hudson, was 32 and his mother, Obedience Owen, was 30. He married Mary P Owen in 1831. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Banister, Halifax, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1954. He died on 2 October 1866, in Halifax, Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Crystal Hill, Halifax, Virginia, United States.