Thomas S. Hudson, D. D. S., with rooms Nos. 72 and 73, in "The Gilbert," Grand Rapids, Mich., is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was born April 19, 1867, and is a son of

Asa and Nancy (Hendershott) Hudson, also natives of Cleveland and the parents of eleven children, viz: Kallon; Herbert; Robert; Anderson; Vila; Thomas S; Clarence; Howard; Clauncey; Delphia; Gertrude and Florence, all of whom have reached maturity, and with the exception of subject, reside in Cleveland. Of the sons, Herbert and Howard are also dentists; Chauncey and Robert are physicians, and of the daughters one is married.

The Hudson Family is of English origin and was estabkished in New England prior to the Revolutionary war, in which Elias Hudson, great-grandfather of the doctor served in the war of 1812, and the father in the war for the suppression of the Rebellion.

Asa Hudson, father of the doctor, was in his earlier years a contractor and builder, but is now living in retirement with his wife on a farm near Cleveland. At the opening of the Civil war he enlisted at Grand Rapids, Mich., in the First regiment, Michigan engineers and mechanics, served faithfully until the close, and was honorably discharged with the rank of first sergeant, after which he returned to his old home at Cleveland.

Dr. Thomas S. Hudson was preliminarily educated in the public schools of his native city, and later graduated from the high school at Chardon, Ohio. He received his professional education under the tutorship of several practical dentists of eminence and at a dental college. In 1891 he came to Grand Rapids, where he has risen to distinction in his profession and has been favored with a lucrative patronage up to the present time.

Dr. Hudson was united in marriage at Chardon, Ohio, in 1886, with Miss Sallie Hastings, a native of Chardon, where she was educated, and a daughter of Edwin Hastings, a merchant, but now deceased. To the doctor and wife have been born four children—Burleigh; Kenneth; Clare and Amy—ranging from two to eleven years of age. The doctor and his family affiliate with the Church of Christ, and fraternally the doctor is a member of several insurance societies. In politics he is independent, but is of republican proclivities, and individually he is held in the highest esteem by his fellow professionals as well as by society at large.