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 « 768 THE CITY OF PORTLAND left a daughter. Harriet M. became the wife of Henry B. Morse and her living children are Dr. Edwin W. Morse, Miss Eugenia Morse, Mrs. Emma Riddell and Mrs. Harriet Lockwood. Mary L. Millard became the wife of Henry L. Hoyt and her living children are Ralph W. Hoyt and Mrs. Louise Cook. The youngest of the Millard family was Emma E. Millard. All of the children have passed away, the last survivor having been Mrs. Morse, who died in March, 1904. The grandchildren mentioned are the descendants of Dr. Justin Millard now living and to them as a priceless heritage the grandfather left an untarnished name and a record of a noble and upright life.

ROBERT M. HUDSON. Robert M. Hudson, now deceased, was through the period of his residence in Portland connected with the lumber interests of the northwest, which so largely center in this city, making Portland the chief lumber port of the Pacific coast. He came to the west in 1885. His birth occurred in Grant county, Wisconsin, August 29, 1858, his parents being John G. and Nancy (McDaniel) Hudson. His father was a Methodist minister and school teacher, and came of English descent. Both he and his wife died in Wisconsin, their remains being interred in a cemetery near Platteville, but in the meantime the father had for a period engaged in preaching the gospel in this section of the country. Several sons of the family have become identified with the northwest, the Rev. James D. Hudson being now a minister of Washington, while T. Edgar is a resident of Portland ; John, of Troutdale ; and Walter, also of Portland. The latter was twice elected to represent Multnomah county in the state legislature and is engaged in the sawmill business in Portland.

Robert M. Hudson was reared and educated in his native state, attending the district schools in Lima township. Grant county, Wisconsin, near Platteville, after which he followed farming for a time. In 1883 he removed to Traverse City, Michigan, where he secured a position in a chair factory. Through the influence of his brothers he came to Portland in 1885 and here took up sawmill work, being first connected with the North Pacific mills, while later he was with the Inman and other mills. He was a fine planer and occupied positions as fore-man in the planing departments, continuing in that business connection up to the time of his death.

It was on the 26th of December, 1881, that Mr. Hudson was united in marriage in Platteville, Wisconsin, to Miss Emma M. Johnson, who was born in Traverse City, Michigan, where her parents, Peter N. and Anna Johnson, were early settlers, her father residing there for forty-one years. He was a farmer of that locality and Mrs. Hudson owns eighty acres of land there which she inherited from her father, possessing a deed to the property signed by President Buchanan. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hudson have been born five children : Peter A., who is head filer for the Dee Lumber Company, married Tessie Lancaster and resides in Dee, Oregon. Robert A., who is a graduate of the public schools and the Portland Business College, was for five years in the employ of Wadhams & Kerr Brothers as head city salesman and is now in the wholesale grocery business as president and manager of Hudson, Gram & Company at Front and Oak streets, Portland. He maried Maud Flood and has one child, Doris. Edgar I., of Salem, Oregon, married Hazel Robertson. Farnam died at the age of two years. Florence is at home with her mother.

The death of Mr. Hudson occurred on the 17th of May, 1910, and his remains were interred in Lone Fir cemetery. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and passed through all the chairs in the local lodge. He also belonged to the Woodmen of the World and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His political allegiance was given to the democracy but