Joseph Kennedy Hudson papers, 1861 - 1909

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Joseph Kennedy Hudson papers, 1861 - 1909

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/732621862

The collection consists of correspondence to and from Joseph Hudson and his wife Mary; copies of lectures and addresses given by Hudson; military papers and correspondence mostly from the Civil War; a petition to Governor Humphrey from the women of Topeka requesting that Hudson take the place of Preston Plumb in the United States Senate after Plumb died; certificates; personal papers, including wedding and birth announcements, sympathy letters and some other materials related to Hudson's death; and other related materials.

.5 cubic feet (1 box) + 1 oversize volume.

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8103063

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Hudson, Joseph Kennedy, 1840-1907

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Joseph Kennedy Hudson was born 4 May 1840 in Carroll County, Ohio to John and Rebecca Hudson. He grew up in Salem, Ohio (a Quaker community), and his father published the Western Anti-Slavery Bugle. In 1861 with the outbreak of war, Joseph enlisted in General Lane's frontier brigade in Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1863 in Wyandotte he married Mary W. Smith, also of Salem, Ohio. They had four children. After the war, Hudson worked as farmer and stock raiser in Wyandotte County, Kansas; in 1879, he fou...

Hudson, Mary W. (Mary Worrell), b. 1840

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Topeka Daily Capital.

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Republican Party (Kan.)

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