WI BIO - Dane Co - HUDSON, Charles
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol II, pp 355-356

Charles HUDSON, a prominent merchant of Westport, Dane County, WI, was born 
in Leicestershire, England, in 1833. His father, William HUDSON, a merchant 
of the same place, died when his son was a small child. The mother of our 
subject was Eliza TAYLOR, a native of the same place as her husband, and the 
daughter of William TAYLOR, also a merchant. After the death of her first 
husband, Mrs. HUDSON married again, and her second husband was James CLARKE, 
of Leicestershire. In 1856 Mrs. CLARKE came to America and settled in Dane 
County, WI, with her daughter, Mrs. Richard POINER, where she died in 1889, 
aged seventy years. By her first husband, Mrs. CLARKE had two children, 
Charles (our subject), and Mrs. POINER, whose Christian name was Rosanna. By 
her second marriage she had two sons, James and Alfred.

Charles HUDSON was reared to his father's business, and in May 1860 came 
directly to Dane County, WI, upon arrival in America. One year after arrival 
here he commenced a small business at Leicester post office, where he became 
the Postmaster in the course of three or four years, and continued to hold 
that position [p 356] for about twenty years, until another was put in his 
place early in the administration of Grover CLEVELAND. Charles HUDSON, with 
a partner, A. P. GOODCLAP, in 1879, built a store in Leicester, but in 1871 
or 1872 they removed it to this place [Westport, Dane County, WI], where they 
started the second store. Charles HUDSON dissolved partnership in 1873, and 
has since continued alone. His general merchandise business includes drugs 
and medicines.

When Charles HUDSON came to America, he was accompanied by his wife, formerly 
Sarah OSBORNE, daughter of John OSBORNE, and one child, Eliza, which 
afterward died, at the age of six years. Charles and Sarah (OSBORNE) HUDSON 
have two living children: Charles William, a single man at home in the 
store; and Fred O., who married Johanna STUFFEL, daughter of Joseph STUFFEL, 
and has one child, Harry, a bright pleasing little fellow of three years, the 
pet of his grandparents. Charles HUDSON served as Justice of the Peace for 
one term. He is a worthy, good citizen, and enjoys the respect and esteem of 
all who whom him.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly