Notes for Nathaniel Carlos Hudson: Nathaniel Carlos Hudson
"Hudson, Hon. Nathaniel C., was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, October 9, 1828. After receiving a common school education, he entered Leland Seminary, Vermont and prepared for the Sophomore class in college, but went south for his health. In 1852 he took charge of Twiggs Academy in Georgia, where he proved a popular teacher. He studied law, came north, entered the National Law School at Poughkeepsie [New York], and graduated in 1855. He then removed to Iowa, and entered upon his profession at Sioux City. He removed to St. Louis in 1866. Mr. Hudson was elected to the [Missouri] State Legislature in 1874 from St. Louis and served on important committees. In 1876 he was elected a senator to the General Assembly of Missouri, and served on the committees of Ways and Means, Penitentiary, Bank and Corporations, Insurance, and Constitutional Amendments. He is courteous, frank, outspoken, cordial, and popular. His business relations are marked by integrity, and his church duties by fidelity. He is a member of the Second Baptist church of St. Louis."
(Hudson, Nathaniel C. [Biogr.], b. 9 Oct. 1828, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; see Cathcart, William, Baptist Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 554.)
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He was also Controller of St. Louis, per Aunt Elladora [Hudson] Furbush, Dec. 8, 1974.
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"Nathaniel C. and Helen R. (Joy) Hudson, [were] both natives of Athens, Vermont. [Helen Joy] was a sister of William L. Joy, who later became the law partner of Nathaniel C. Hudson, under the firm name of Hudson & Joy. N. C. Hudson lost his father when he was but a small child and the step-father not being acceptable to him, he ran away from home at the age of fourteen years. He worked in New York city for a number of years, during which time he practiced rigid economy, so that he was eventually able to take a course in law and also to bring his brothers to New York city and get them started in life. He studied in a law school in Poughkeepsie, New York, was admitted to the bar and in 1856, with William L. Joy, who later became his brother-in-law, and with his brother, Jerome Hudson, who later became a scout in General Sully's army, he came to Sioux City. Here Nathaniel Hudson and William L. Joy formed a law partnership, their office being in a log cabin at Fourth and Douglas streets. In 1858 Mr. Hudson returned to Vermont to marry his old schoolmate sweetheart, whom he brought to the frontier home. The mother became one of the incorporators of the Baptist church here, in whose welfare she was deeply interested. In 1866 Mr. Hudson, on account of the ill health of his wife, moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he engaged in the tobacco manufacturing business. Later he formed the St. Louis Beef Canning Company (now the Swift Packing Company), conducting the business until 1885, when he sold his St. Louis interests and moved to southern California, where he lived retired until his death, about 1910 [1897]. His widow survived him about three years, losing her life in an automobile accident [1909]. Mr. Hudson became an important factor in the commercial and industrial affairs of St. Louis and was active and influential in civic affairs. He served several years as city collector and represented that district in the Missouri state senate."
(Iowa History Project: Northwestern Iowa; Its History and Tradition, Vol. III, 1804-1926, http://iagenweb.org/history/ni/nibv3h.htm)
More About Nathaniel Carlos Hudson: Record Change: 04 Jun 2005
Children of Nathaniel Carlos Hudson and Helen Rosetta Joy are:
+Nathaniel Joy Hudson, b. 28 Dec 1870, St. Louis, Missouri, d. 28 Jun 1952, Pasadena, California.
Nathaniel Carlos Hudson (b. 09 Oct 1828, d. 09 May 1897)
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