E. E. Hudson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1855-1856 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	E. E. HUDSON, of Yankton, is a native of Trumbull county, Ohio, 
and spent the first eight years of his life in that county. In 1846 he 
accompanied his parents upon their removal to Illinois. In his youth he 
attended the public schools, later pursued his studies for some time in 
one of the ward schools of Chicago, and at the early age of fourteen 
acquired his first practical experience in life as a clerk in a general 
store at Wilmington. He continued as a salesman in different mercantile 
establishments until he responded to the President's call for 
volunteers by enlisting at Chicago in what was known as the Mercantile 
Battery of that city, with which he served with an honorable record 
until July, 1865. Following his discharge Mr. Hudson came to South 
Dakota, and for some time thereafter was engaged in trading and 
distributing government supplies among the Indians, at Fort Thompson, 
at which he was stationed for a period of thirteen years, and of which 
he was also postmaster. Subsequently he came to Yankton, where he 
became associated with Governor Edmunds in the banking business, the 
subject severing his connection with the institution in 1886. Since 
then Mr. Hudson has devoted his attention to the brokerage, real-estate 
and insurance and general loan business, being at this time not only 
the leader in these lines at Yankton, but having perhaps the largest 
and most extensive patronage of any man in the state, similarly 
engaged. Since becoming a citizen of South Dakota he has been untiring 
in his endeavors to promote the state's interests, materially and 
otherwise. For the past eighten years he has been a member of the 
Yankton school board, and since 1898 has presided over that body.

	Mr. Hudson is one of the Republican standard bearers in South 
Dakota, and as such has been instrumental in leading the party to 
success in a number of local, state and national contests. With a 
strong belief in revealed religion and a profound reverence. for the 
Bible, his life measures according to the high standard of excellence 
as set forth within the Gospel and affords a commendable example of 
practical Christianity. Many years ago he united with the Episcopal 
church, and for more than a quarter of a century he has held the 
position of vestryman in the different congregations with which 
identified. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. 
Hudson entered the marriage relation with Miss Clara E. Warren, of 
Rockford, Illinois, a lady of intelligence, refined tastes and varied 
culture.