James William Rudd was born in 1838 in Amsterdam, Botetourt County, Virginia, one of three children of William Tottington Rudd and Lydia Amanda Hutchings. He learned the art of cabinet making from his father and made it his business. In 1859, he married Sarah Catherine Sprinkle in Rockingham County, Virginia. They were the parents of four children: Charles William and John Wesley (twins); Amanda Jane who married James T. Barnett, and Ada Virginia who married John Dawson Ardis. Charles William died in 1882 of a gun-shot which accidentally discharged when the gn was removed from a load of lumber.
James William Rudd took his family and joined others from Botetourt County, Virginia in their move to Harrison County, Iowa, arriving there in June 1870. He established himself there as a cabinet maker and continued that business until 1881 when he sold his business and took up farming in Union Township of Harrison County, Iowa. He had traded a house and lot and his stock of furniture for the farm and then he bought the lumber and grain business which had belonged T. M. C. Logan.
Politcally, James William was supporter of the Democratic party. He and his family were Methodists. James was also a member of the Masonic fraternity Chrysolite Lodge No. 420 at Logan, Iowa as well as the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
James William Rudd died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California September 25, 1908.
James William Rudd took his family and joined others from Botetourt County, Virginia in their move to Harrison County, Iowa, arriving there in June 1870. He established himself there as a cabinet maker and continued that business until 1881 when he sold his business and took up farming in Union Township of Harrison County, Iowa. He had traded a house and lot and his stock of furniture for the farm and then he bought the lumber and grain business which had belonged T. M. C. Logan.
Politcally, James William was supporter of the Democratic party. He and his family were Methodists. James was also a member of the Masonic fraternity Chrysolite Lodge No. 420 at Logan, Iowa as well as the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
James William Rudd died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California September 25, 1908.
James William Rudd was born in 1838 in Amsterdam, Botetourt County, Virginia, one of three children of William Tottington Rudd and Lydia Amanda Hutchings. He learned the art of cabinet making from his father and made it his business. In 1859, he married Sarah Catherine Sprinkle in Rockingham County, Virginia. They were the parents of four children: Charles William and John Wesley (twins); Amanda Jane who married James T. Barnett, and Ada Virginia who married John Dawson Ardis. Charles William died in 1882 of a gun-shot which accidentally discharged when the gn was removed from a load of lumber.
James William Rudd took his family and joined others from Botetourt County, Virginia in their move to Harrison County, Iowa, arriving there in June 1870. He established himself there as a cabinet maker and continued that business until 1881 when he sold his business and took up farming in Union Township of Harrison County, Iowa. He had traded a house and lot and his stock of furniture for the farm and then he bought the lumber and grain business which had belonged T. M. C. Logan.
Politcally, James William was supporter of the Democratic party. He and his family were Methodists. James was also a member of the Masonic fraternity Chrysolite Lodge No. 420 at Logan, Iowa as well as the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
James William Rudd died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California September 25, 1908.
James William Rudd took his family and joined others from Botetourt County, Virginia in their move to Harrison County, Iowa, arriving there in June 1870. He established himself there as a cabinet maker and continued that business until 1881 when he sold his business and took up farming in Union Township of Harrison County, Iowa. He had traded a house and lot and his stock of furniture for the farm and then he bought the lumber and grain business which had belonged T. M. C. Logan.
Politcally, James William was supporter of the Democratic party. He and his family were Methodists. James was also a member of the Masonic fraternity Chrysolite Lodge No. 420 at Logan, Iowa as well as the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
James William Rudd died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California September 25, 1908.
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