History of Windham, (Portage County) Ohio United States of America

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Thomson Jay Hudson, author and lecturer, was born in Windham, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1834; son of John and RuSh (Pulsifer) Hudson and grandson of Matthew and Sarah (Cook) Hudson and of Jenathan and Susanna (Bradford) Pulsifer. He descended on his father's side from Edward Hudson, who emigrated to America, and settled at Jamestown, Va., with Capt. John Smith; and on his motber's side from Gov. William Bradford, who came over in the Mayflower. Thomson attended the public schools of Windham, and took a college course of training under private tutors, but never entered college. He studied law, was admitted to the bar at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1857, and practised in Mansfield, Ohio, 1857-60, when he removed to Michigan and was admitted to practice in that state, but soon after entered upon a journalistic career. He was editor of the Port Huron Commercial; removed to Detroit and became editor-in-chief of the Daily Union, and when that paper was merged with the Evening News he accepted a position on the editorial staff of the latter paper? He was sent to Washington, D.C., to represent the Scripps syndicate of papers as correspondent. In 1880 he abandoned his editorial career, and entered the U.S. patent office. He was rapidly promoted, and in 1886 was appointed principal examiner, serving until 1893, when he resigned and devoted himself to the study of experimental psychology. The honorary degree of LL.D. was given him by St. John's college, Annapolis, in 1896. He was married, May 28, 1861, to Emma, daughter of Charles and Maria (Armstrong) Little. He is the author of: The Law of Psychic Phenomena (1893); A Scientific Demonstration of the Future Life (1895); The Divine Pedigree of Man (1899), and numerous contributions to periodicals.

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

History of Windham, (Portage County) Ohio

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