
Samuel Rideout
Civil War Veteran
The Hudson Library & Historical Society maintains the only comprehensive manuscript, genealogy, and artifact collection that documents Hudson, Ohio’s founding, history, and ongoing activities and functions.

One of the nation’s largest research collections on abolitionist John Brown and the Brown family.

Extensive manuscript holdings, newspapers, books, photographs, and artifacts documenting Hudson.

Vast collection of genealogy materials with an emphasis on sources for the Eastern U.S. and especially Ohio.

Civil War Veteran

1851 Portrait of Lucy Baldwin, granddaughter of David Hudson.

Advocate for Women
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