City: Dayton
HUDSON, John Wesley, President and Mgr. Dayton Milling Co.; born Anderson Co., Tenn., Aug. 19, 1861; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Elijah B. and Nancy Ann (Reader) HUDSON; father’s occupation, contractor; paternal grandfather John William HUDSON, paternal grandmother Nancy Ann (Davis) HUDSON, maternal grandfather Harrison READER, maternal grandmother Rachel (Wheeler) READER; married Florence Lefa HENDERSON 1884; former Election Commissioner of Rhea Co., Tenn., Mayor of the City of Dayton, Tenn.; began business career driving delivery wagon for grocery firm in Chattanooga, Tenn.; entered the grocery business in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1881, with $200.00 capital; moved to Dayton, Tenn., in 1886 and entered the mercantile business; in 1900 was elected president and mgr. of the Dayton Milling Co., a corporation manufacturing flour, meal and feed.
