When Naomi Josephine Talley was born on 12 January 1880, in Oconee, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Lafayette Talley, was 30 and her mother, Naomi Elizabeth Davis, was 23. She married Rev. Reuben Alexander Hudson about 1900, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Keowee, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and Township 4 Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 30 September 1966, in Oconee, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 86.