BIO: Elmer Alexander HUDSON, M.D., Lemaster, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 317
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ELMER ALEXANDER HUDSON, M. D.

 E. A. Hudson was born August 7, 1861, at Shade Gap, Pa., a son of Joseph C. and 
Anne Eliza (Neely) Hudson.  He received his early education in the common 
schools.  He began the study of medicine and entered Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, Pa., and received his M. D. in 1888 from this school.

  Dr. Hudson was located for a short time at Fannettsburg.  In 1891 he removed 
to Mercersburg where he practiced for six years, then in 1897 he located in 
Carlisle, Pa., where he remained until 1921 when he removed to Hampton, Pa., and 
practiced until 1927.  Early in the year 1928 Dr. Hudson located at Lemaster, 
this county, where he now resides.

  Dr. Hudson was commissioned First Lieutenant Medical Corps, U. S. A., in 1917 
and was honorably discharged February 20, 1919.  He was a member of the Medical 
Society in 1892 when in Mercersburg and now again is a member, since 1928.  
While in Carlisle he was a member of the Cumberland County Society.

  The doctor is a Presbyterian by faith and a Republican in politics.  He 
married Charlotte R. Swan.