Thanks Nancy - this is great info! Celia >The following Rudds are on the [Unable to display image] >National Biography Bin http://www.genexchange.org/biobin.cfm >Who is Anne Allen? >Nancy >Montagure, MI > >Rudd, Rositer > >Submitted by: Anne Allen >Rositer Rudd, farmer, Sec. 24, P.O. Joliet; was born in Lafayette, IN, Nov. >3, 1840; removed with his father's family to Joliet Township, Will Co., IL, >when 1 year old; he worked upon his father's farm until 24 years of age, when >his father died and Mr. Rudd became the possessor of his present farm, which >consists of sixty acres of well-improved land, valued at $50 per acre. >Married Aug. 15, 1860 to Miss Jane Gregg; who was a native of Canada; they >are the parents of five children - Luly, Fayty, Harriet, Freeman and >Mansfield, all living; Mr. Rudd has filled the office of School Director for >six years with entire satisfaction >Source: >Will County History - 1878, reprinted by The Will County Bicentennial >Committee, 1973 > > >Rudd, Ernest >Submitted by: Anne AllenErnest Rudd, farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Joliet; born in >Will Co., Ill., Aug. 24, 1854, where he has always lived, and followed the >occupation of farming upon the place where he now resides; he owns 50 acres >of land, two and one- half miles from Joliet, valued at $60 per acre. Married >Martha M. Miller, May 21, 1875; she was born in Niagara Co., NY, March 20, >1853; they have two children - George Sanford, born Dec. 12, 1876; David >Clarence, born Aug. 11, 1878 >Source: >Will County History - 1878, reprinted by The Will County Bicentennial >Committee, 1973 > > >RUDD, John >Submitted by: Cathy KublyFarmer, Section 7; P. O. Randolph; is a native of >Westmoreland County, England; born in April 1822; is the son of Anthony and >Ann RUDD; at the age of 16, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the >blacksmith's trade, in his native county; at 21, he removed to Manchester, >England, and continued his trade till 1859. Here, in 1852, he married Miss >Lucy [BENNETT], daughter of Nathaniel and Mary BENNETT, and in spring of >1859, they emigrated to America, and settled in the village of Randolph, >Dodge County, Wisconsin, where he followed his trade for six years; in 1865, >on account of poor health he gave up the trade, and bought a farm of eighty >acres, in Section 7, town of Westford, where he has since devoted his time to >the life of a farmer; they have had three children: John and Mary A., both of >whom died in England, and Lucy E.; the family is connected with the >Congregational Church. >Source: >The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, >1880, p 694 > > >RUDD, John >Submitted by: Cathy KublyFarmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Etna; born 27 March 1839 in >Westmoreland, England; when about two years old he came with his parents to >America; in about 1845 they came to La Fayette County; he owns about 111 >acres of land; followed mining till about 1856; since then he has been >farming; his father died 14 March 1858, aged 43 years; has been Justice of >the Peace; for the past six years District School Clerk; has been Chairman of >the Town Board; is Chairman of the Republican Central Committee. He enlisted >in 1862 in Company C, 33rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; was discharged in >July 1863, on account of physical disability. >Source: >History of La Fayette County, WI - 1881 - Chicago: Western Historical Co., p >744 > > >Rudd, William Platt >Submitted by: SL WilligWilliam Platt Rudd, lawyer, was born in Albany, June >9, 1851. He was graduated from Union College in 1873, taking the Clark Essay & > Phi Beta Kappa honors. He was admitted to the bar in 1875. In the same year >the law department of Union University conferred upon him the degree of LL.B. >and Union College in 1876, that of A.M. In 1877 he associated with Hamilton >and Frederick Harris in the firm of Harris & Rudd, which continued until >1900; he is now associated with William L. Visscher. Mr. Rudd was captain of >the Olympic Boat Club of Albany, and was prominent as an oarsman and coach. >He was a member of the Board of Public Instruction and president of the board >in 1893. In 1894 he was Corporation Counsel of Albany. He is a trustee of the >Young Men's Association, and he was the organizer of the Albany County Bar >Association, being elected its president five times. He is Regent of Philip >Livingston Chapter, Sons of the Revolution; trustee of the Historical >Society, trustee of the Albany County Savings Bank, member of the Fort >Orange, the Country and the University Clubs, Albany; the Republican, the >Alpha Delta Phi and the Transportation Clubs, New York City; trustee Albany >Chamber of Commerce, inspector of election N.Y.C. railroads and other >corporations constituting the Vanderbilt system. In 1883 Mr. Rudd married >Aimee Pierson Allen of Albany. Their son is Tracey Allen Rudd. Mr. Rudd's >address is 373 State Street, Albany. >Source: >NEW YORK STATE MEN, BIOGRAPHIC STUDIES AND CHARACTER PORTRAITS, by Frederick >S. Hills. The Argus Company, Albany, N.Y. 1910 p. 28 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > </HTML>