"Hudson, Joseph Lowthian, of Ionia, Michigan, was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, October 17, 1846. His parents, Richard and Elizabeth (Lowthian) Hudson, emigrated to America in 1855. They spent five years in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and then removed to Michigan. They lived for a short time at Grand Rapids and at Pontiac, and finally settled in Ionia, where Mr. Hudson entered into partnership with C. R. Mabley, now of Detroit…In 1866, in his twentieth year, he purchased Mr. Mabley's interest in the branch store at Ionia, and formed a partnership with his father, under the name of R. Hudson & Son. This firm is now a leading one in Ionia. On the death of his father, which occurred in 1873, he carried on the business in company with his brothers and sisters for three years."– Excerpt from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Michigan, Volume," published by Western Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O., 1878.
"Hudson, Joseph Lowthian, of Ionia, Michigan, was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, October 17, 1846. His parents, Richard and Elizabeth (Lowthian) Hudson, emigrated to America in 1855. They spent five years in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and then removed to Michigan. They lived for a short time at Grand Rapids and at Pontiac, and finally settled in Ionia, where Mr. Hudson entered into partnership with C. R. Mabley, now of Detroit…In 1866, in his twentieth year, he purchased Mr. Mabley's interest in the branch store at Ionia, and formed a partnership with his father, under the name of R. Hudson & Son. This firm is now a leading one in Ionia. On the death of his father, which occurred in 1873, he carried on the business in company with his brothers and sisters for three years."– Excerpt from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Michigan, Volume," published by Western Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O., 1878.
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