Dr. J. A. HUDSON, Homeopathic physician, Lenox. Prominent among the many physicians of that school in this State, is the subject of the sketch. He is a native of the Keystone State, was born June 4, 1847. When but a child his parents moved to Ohio, where he resided several years and then returned to Pennsylvania. Soon after his return he was married to Miss Maria BALL, of Philadelphia. They are the parents of two children, Marie and Dollie. Dr. H. commenced the practice of medicine in Illinois in 1870. Two years later he became a resident of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, where he did a successful practice for two years. He then came to Iowa and located at Mount Ayr, where he remained until coming to this county [Taylor] in 1879. Since locating in Lenox the doctor has built up a splendid practice. He is gentlemanly and courteous on the streets as well as in the sick room and is said to be one of the finest scholars in southwestern Iowa. No better evidence of his skill as a physician could be adduced than the fact that his practice (already large) is steadily increasing as he becomes more widely known. He is thoroughly a self-made man and possessed of considerable power of oratory.

SOURCE:
Mormontown Centennial
EVANS, Lyman. "Platte Township" History of Taylor County Iowa p. 771. 1881.