Wayne County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Hudson, J. L. (Joseph Lowthian) 
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Cemetery:           Woodlawn Cemetery
Name:               J. L. (Joseph Lowthian) Hudson

Date Of Photograph: September 7, 2012
Photo can be seen at:
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       Monument reads:

         H U D S O N



     Located in Section 10 of the cemetery
     see below - 
   

Additional Comments:
Born 17 Oct 1846 Newcastle-on-Tyne England ~ Died 5 Jul 1912 Unknown, England 
or France while on a trip.  Joseph Lowthian Hudson aka J.L. Hudson was the 
merchant who founded the Hudson's Department Store in Detroit Michigan. While 
he began his career in merchandising with family members and other outside 
partners, he founded what would be the basis for Hudson's Department Stores in 
1881 inside a shop in the Detroit Opera House. Hudson incorporated his venture 
in 1891 as the J.L. Hudson Company. Supplying seed capital in 1909 to Roy D. 
Chapin's automotive venture, Chapin named the Hudson Motor Car in honor of 
J.L. Hudson.  Hudson never married but was engaged at the time of his death.

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