Detroit by train accompanied by members of his family. Services were held July 19, 1912, at Central Methodist Church before interrment at Woodlawn Cemetery. According to biographer Edward L. Lack Jr., Hudson left no personal papers, and the details outside of his public life are few and mostly unknown. Hudson's niece Eleanor Lowthian Clay (1896–1976) was the wife of Edsel Ford. References Further reading Betz, Paul; and Carnes, Mark C., editors. American National Biography. (First supplement). New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Lach, Edward L. Jr. "Hudson, J. L."; American National Biography Online, January 2001 Update. External links How J.L. Hudson changed the way we shop Hudson's hundredth 1881-1981 (booklet) 1846 births 1912 deaths American businesspeople in retailing English emigrants to the United States Businesspeople from Detroit Businesspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne People in the automobile industry Hudson Motor Car Company American company founders Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) 19th-century American businesspeople