Age 57; son of Alanson Hudson; widowed father 5, per death certificate.
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Per the relevant portion of son Roberts Hudson's biography:
Roberts P. Hudson — Distinguished not only for the high standing he has achieved among the active and successful lawyers of the Upper Peninsula, but as a descendant on both sides of the house of honored pioneer families of Michigan, Roberts P. Hudson, of Sault Ste. Marie, is eminently deserving of special mention in a work of this character. A son of Edwin Hudson, he was born in Howell, Livingston county, Michigan, September 9, A. D. 1872. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Alanson Hudson, located at Farmington, Oakland county, Michigan, in pioneer times, was there engaged in the practice of medicine many years, and was one of the most prominent of the older physicians in the vicinity of Detroit and Wayne county. He subsequently moved to Lansing, Michigan, where his last days were spent.
Edwin Hudson was born December 19, A. D. 1850, in Farmington, Michigan, and after leaving the public schools began studying medicine with his father. During the progress of the Civil War, although but a boy, he enlisted in the Twentieth Volunteer Infantry, and on October 20th, A. D. 1864, was commissioned by Governor Henry H. Crapo, first lieutenant of his company. He served until the close of the war, but his brother Herbert, a soldier in the same regiment, was stricken with fever while in the army, and died in the service. Returning to Lansing, Michigan, where his parents had in the meantime located, Edwin Hudson embarked in mercantile pursuits. Subsequently taking up his
residence in Howell, Livingston county, he carried on a substantial business as a general merchant and a grain dealer until 1880, removing then to Flint, Michigan, he was the first Secretary of the United Commercial Travelers of America, and from that time until his death, April 2, A. D. 1898, he traveled for Scotten & Company, a wholesale tobacco firm of Detroit. He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and belonged to Howell Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and to Howell Commandery, K. T.
Edwin Hudson married Frances Martha Griswold, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Flint, Michigan, in 1889, leaving five children, as follows: Roberts P., the special subject of this sketch; Mary C, wife of George B. Church, of Reno, Nevada ; Alanson, of San Antonio, Texas; Sarah, wife of Charles Angel, of Los Angeles, California, and Frances, wife of C. L. Miner, of Rochester, New York. Her
father, Hon. George R. Griswold, represented the First district of Wayne county, Michigan, in the state legislature in 1848 and 1849, and again in 1853 and 1854, while her uncle, Elisha Roberts, was the first person appointed prosecuting attorney of Chippewa county, receiving his appointment when the county extended into the Copper region, his headquarters having: been at Houghton, Michigan.
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A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, by Alvah L. Sawyer, 1911, pp 1273-75
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Per the relevant portion of son Roberts Hudson's biography:
Roberts P. Hudson — Distinguished not only for the high standing he has achieved among the active and successful lawyers of the Upper Peninsula, but as a descendant on both sides of the house of honored pioneer families of Michigan, Roberts P. Hudson, of Sault Ste. Marie, is eminently deserving of special mention in a work of this character. A son of Edwin Hudson, he was born in Howell, Livingston county, Michigan, September 9, A. D. 1872. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Alanson Hudson, located at Farmington, Oakland county, Michigan, in pioneer times, was there engaged in the practice of medicine many years, and was one of the most prominent of the older physicians in the vicinity of Detroit and Wayne county. He subsequently moved to Lansing, Michigan, where his last days were spent.
Edwin Hudson was born December 19, A. D. 1850, in Farmington, Michigan, and after leaving the public schools began studying medicine with his father. During the progress of the Civil War, although but a boy, he enlisted in the Twentieth Volunteer Infantry, and on October 20th, A. D. 1864, was commissioned by Governor Henry H. Crapo, first lieutenant of his company. He served until the close of the war, but his brother Herbert, a soldier in the same regiment, was stricken with fever while in the army, and died in the service. Returning to Lansing, Michigan, where his parents had in the meantime located, Edwin Hudson embarked in mercantile pursuits. Subsequently taking up his
residence in Howell, Livingston county, he carried on a substantial business as a general merchant and a grain dealer until 1880, removing then to Flint, Michigan, he was the first Secretary of the United Commercial Travelers of America, and from that time until his death, April 2, A. D. 1898, he traveled for Scotten & Company, a wholesale tobacco firm of Detroit. He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and belonged to Howell Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and to Howell Commandery, K. T.
Edwin Hudson married Frances Martha Griswold, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Flint, Michigan, in 1889, leaving five children, as follows: Roberts P., the special subject of this sketch; Mary C, wife of George B. Church, of Reno, Nevada ; Alanson, of San Antonio, Texas; Sarah, wife of Charles Angel, of Los Angeles, California, and Frances, wife of C. L. Miner, of Rochester, New York. Her
father, Hon. George R. Griswold, represented the First district of Wayne county, Michigan, in the state legislature in 1848 and 1849, and again in 1853 and 1854, while her uncle, Elisha Roberts, was the first person appointed prosecuting attorney of Chippewa county, receiving his appointment when the county extended into the Copper region, his headquarters having: been at Houghton, Michigan.
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A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, by Alvah L. Sawyer, 1911, pp 1273-75
Age 57; son of Alanson Hudson; widowed father 5, per death certificate.
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Per the relevant portion of son Roberts Hudson's biography:
Roberts P. Hudson — Distinguished not only for the high standing he has achieved among the active and successful lawyers of the Upper Peninsula, but as a descendant on both sides of the house of honored pioneer families of Michigan, Roberts P. Hudson, of Sault Ste. Marie, is eminently deserving of special mention in a work of this character. A son of Edwin Hudson, he was born in Howell, Livingston county, Michigan, September 9, A. D. 1872. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Alanson Hudson, located at Farmington, Oakland county, Michigan, in pioneer times, was there engaged in the practice of medicine many years, and was one of the most prominent of the older physicians in the vicinity of Detroit and Wayne county. He subsequently moved to Lansing, Michigan, where his last days were spent.
Edwin Hudson was born December 19, A. D. 1850, in Farmington, Michigan, and after leaving the public schools began studying medicine with his father. During the progress of the Civil War, although but a boy, he enlisted in the Twentieth Volunteer Infantry, and on October 20th, A. D. 1864, was commissioned by Governor Henry H. Crapo, first lieutenant of his company. He served until the close of the war, but his brother Herbert, a soldier in the same regiment, was stricken with fever while in the army, and died in the service. Returning to Lansing, Michigan, where his parents had in the meantime located, Edwin Hudson embarked in mercantile pursuits. Subsequently taking up his
residence in Howell, Livingston county, he carried on a substantial business as a general merchant and a grain dealer until 1880, removing then to Flint, Michigan, he was the first Secretary of the United Commercial Travelers of America, and from that time until his death, April 2, A. D. 1898, he traveled for Scotten & Company, a wholesale tobacco firm of Detroit. He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and belonged to Howell Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and to Howell Commandery, K. T.
Edwin Hudson married Frances Martha Griswold, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Flint, Michigan, in 1889, leaving five children, as follows: Roberts P., the special subject of this sketch; Mary C, wife of George B. Church, of Reno, Nevada ; Alanson, of San Antonio, Texas; Sarah, wife of Charles Angel, of Los Angeles, California, and Frances, wife of C. L. Miner, of Rochester, New York. Her
father, Hon. George R. Griswold, represented the First district of Wayne county, Michigan, in the state legislature in 1848 and 1849, and again in 1853 and 1854, while her uncle, Elisha Roberts, was the first person appointed prosecuting attorney of Chippewa county, receiving his appointment when the county extended into the Copper region, his headquarters having: been at Houghton, Michigan.
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A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, by Alvah L. Sawyer, 1911, pp 1273-75
***
Per the relevant portion of son Roberts Hudson's biography:
Roberts P. Hudson — Distinguished not only for the high standing he has achieved among the active and successful lawyers of the Upper Peninsula, but as a descendant on both sides of the house of honored pioneer families of Michigan, Roberts P. Hudson, of Sault Ste. Marie, is eminently deserving of special mention in a work of this character. A son of Edwin Hudson, he was born in Howell, Livingston county, Michigan, September 9, A. D. 1872. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Alanson Hudson, located at Farmington, Oakland county, Michigan, in pioneer times, was there engaged in the practice of medicine many years, and was one of the most prominent of the older physicians in the vicinity of Detroit and Wayne county. He subsequently moved to Lansing, Michigan, where his last days were spent.
Edwin Hudson was born December 19, A. D. 1850, in Farmington, Michigan, and after leaving the public schools began studying medicine with his father. During the progress of the Civil War, although but a boy, he enlisted in the Twentieth Volunteer Infantry, and on October 20th, A. D. 1864, was commissioned by Governor Henry H. Crapo, first lieutenant of his company. He served until the close of the war, but his brother Herbert, a soldier in the same regiment, was stricken with fever while in the army, and died in the service. Returning to Lansing, Michigan, where his parents had in the meantime located, Edwin Hudson embarked in mercantile pursuits. Subsequently taking up his
residence in Howell, Livingston county, he carried on a substantial business as a general merchant and a grain dealer until 1880, removing then to Flint, Michigan, he was the first Secretary of the United Commercial Travelers of America, and from that time until his death, April 2, A. D. 1898, he traveled for Scotten & Company, a wholesale tobacco firm of Detroit. He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and belonged to Howell Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and to Howell Commandery, K. T.
Edwin Hudson married Frances Martha Griswold, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Flint, Michigan, in 1889, leaving five children, as follows: Roberts P., the special subject of this sketch; Mary C, wife of George B. Church, of Reno, Nevada ; Alanson, of San Antonio, Texas; Sarah, wife of Charles Angel, of Los Angeles, California, and Frances, wife of C. L. Miner, of Rochester, New York. Her
father, Hon. George R. Griswold, represented the First district of Wayne county, Michigan, in the state legislature in 1848 and 1849, and again in 1853 and 1854, while her uncle, Elisha Roberts, was the first person appointed prosecuting attorney of Chippewa county, receiving his appointment when the county extended into the Copper region, his headquarters having: been at Houghton, Michigan.
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A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, by Alvah L. Sawyer, 1911, pp 1273-75
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