WI BIO - Green Lake Co - RUDDOCK, A. D.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol I, p 357

A. D. RUDDOCK, farmer, Section 1, Town of Berlin [Green Lake County, 
Wisconsin], was born in 1822 in Massachusetts, a son of Justice and Rhody 
(BOMON) RUDDOCK. Their ancestors were among the earliest settlers of New 
England. His [A. D. RUDDOCK's] grandfather was a sea captain, and lived and 
died in Boston [Suffolk County, Massachusetts]. His [A. D. RUDDOCK's] 
brother made the world-renowned trip, in an early day, of starting at the 
Atlantic coast and going to the Pacific and California, and discovered gold.

In 1832 Mr. [A. D.] RUDDOCK, with his parents, located in the State of New 
York, where they engaged in farming. He came to this State [Wisconsin, then 
still in the Territory of Wisconsin] in the spring of 1844, and located in 
Kenosha County [then still part of Racine County; Kenosha County created from 
the southern part of Racine County on 26 January 1850], where he engaged in 
farming, remaining there four years, when he came to this town [Berlin, now 
in Green Lake County, Wisconsin; Marquette divided and Green Lake County 
created in 1858], and engaged in making pumps and windmills.

In 1847 in Lake County, Illinois [which now borders on Kenosha County 
Wisconsin] he [A. D. RUDDOCK] was married to Miss Julia De FORRES, a native 
of Erie County, New York. He has been Supervisor and Assessor, and for many 
years Roadmaster.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly