OSCAR HUDSON, Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
It is upon the efficiency of her employes that the Erie bases her claim to being one of the foremost railroads of the world, and when one scans the list of highly competent engineers the name of Oscar Hudson is one of those which appears close up to the top. His father is George Hudson, foreman of the Hendricks' Manufacturing Company of Carbondale, and Oscar was born in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1864. Diligent application to his studies procured him a good education by the time he was 14 years of age, and for the next two years he worked on a farm. In 1880, he was employed in the car repair shops of the Erie, and after two years he was advanced to fireman. In this capacity he served for the ensuing five years, establishing a record of which he has occasion to be proud. He received promotion to engineer in 1887, and since that time has run on freight on the Jefferson Division; in fact his entire railroad career has been on this division. There is perhaps no one on the entire division who is more widely known and generally respected than he, and as a member of the B. of L. E., Division 468. he has been honored thrice with the office of Chief Engineer, and is the present incumbent of that office.

Mr. Hudson was united in marriage October 22, 1885, to Miss Jennie Andrews, daughter of John Andrews of Jermyn, Pennsylvania. They have one daughter, Lena, a bright young miss of 12, who is attending school. Mrs. Hudson is a prominent member of the Auxiliary Lodge to the B. of L. E. and is the insurance agent for that order. Mr. Hudson is also affiliated with the Sons of Veterans and possesses fine property interests in the city. Both he and Mrs. Hudson are possessors of fine social qualities and are favorites in polite circles of the city.


Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.