WI BIO - Dodge Co - RUDD, John

History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1880, p 694

John RUDD, farmer, Section 7 [Westford Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin], P. 
O. Randolph, was born in April 1822 in Westmoreland County, England, the son 
of Anthony and Ann RUDD. At the age of sixteen, he [John RUDD] entered upon 
an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade in his native county. At age 
twenty-one he removed to Manchester, England, and continued his trade until 
1859.

In 1852 in Manchester, England, he [John RUDD] married Miss Lucy, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Mary BENNETT, They [John and Lucy (BENNETT) RUDD] have had 
three children: (1) John, who died in England; (2) Mary A., who also died 
in England; and (3) Lucy E.

In the spring of 1859 they [John and Lucy (BENNETT) RUDD] emigrated to 
America and settled in the village of Randolph, Dodge County, Wisconsin 
[Randolph being a border community in both Westford Township, Dodge County, 
and Courtland Township, Columbia County, and located on the rail line of the 
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad], 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 
farmed. The family is connected with the Congregational Church.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly