History of Carroll County Ohio United States of America

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Joseph Kennedy Hudson, journalist, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, May 4, 1840; son of John and Rebecca (Rothacker) Hudson. His mother's family, the Rothackers, were Pennsylvania Dutch. His father, of English descent, was publisher of the Western Anti-Slavery Bugle, in Salem, Ohio, and in 1860 the son became a member of the "John Brown League" and in 1861 went to Kansas to join the brigade Of General Lane. When he reached Leavenworth he enlisted in the 3d Kansas volunteers and was successively promoted sergeant, second and first lieutenant in the company, and served as assistant adjutant-general of the 2d brigade and of the 1st division, Army of the Frontier. He subsequently served on the staffs of General Davies and General Schofield, was promoted major and assigned to the 1st Missouri colored infantry, serving until July, 1865. After the war he became an extensive farmer and stock raiser in Wyandotte county, Ken. He was appointed a regent of the Kansas State Agricultural college; was appointed secretary of the state board of agriculture in 1870; was a representative in the state legislature, 1871; received in January, 1874, twenty-four votes for U.S. senator in the election by the legislature for a successor to Senator Cold well, resigned; founded the Topeka Capital in 1879 and was editor-in-chief fur upwards of twenty years. He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, May 27, 1898, in the war with Spain, being attached to the 4th army corps and stationed at Tampa, Florida, and was honorably discharged, Oct. 31, 1898.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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