JAMES ERVIN RUDD[1]




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Name JAMES ERVIN RUDD Born 4 Dec 1835 GEORGIA Christened - MISSIONARY BAPTIST
Gender Male Died 19 Feb 1902 SAND FLATS, VANZANDT, TEXAS Age 66 years Buried Abt 21 Feb 1902 SAND FLATS, VANZANDT, TEXAS - SAND FLATS CEMETARY
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Person ID I1133 Caudle Descendants Last Modified 29 Dec 2004
Father WESLEY RUDD, b. 22 Mar 1815, SOUTH CAROLINA
, d. Yes, date unknown
Mother LUCRETIA CHANGAN WILLIAMSON, b. 11 May 1818, d. Yes, date unknown
Married 20 Jan 1835 Family ID F484 Group Sheet
Family 1 NANCY MATILDA WORRELL, b. Abt 1840, d. 8 Nov 1880, PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS
Age: ~ 40 years
Married Abt 1856 Children 1. MARY JAIN RUDD, b. 23 Nov 1859, d. MINEOLA, TEXAS 2. F. MARION RUDD, b. 8 May 1866, d. Yes, date unknown 3. NANCY ANNE SALONIE RUDD, b. 29 Aug 1867, d. Yes, date unknown 4. TALIA SARAH FRANZINA RUDD, b. 13 Jan 1870, DALE COUNTY, ALABAMA , d. 17 Nov 1909, SAND FLATS, VANZANDT, TEXAS
Age: 39 years
5. WADE HAMPTON RUDD, SR. 2x , b. 21 Mar 1872, PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS
, d. 11 Nov 1936 Age: 64 years
6. THOMAS JEFFERSON RUDD, SR., b. 20 Jun 1875, PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS , d. 16 Aug 1955, TYLER, SMITH, TEXAS
Age: 80 years
7. SUSAN CATHERINE RUDD, b. 25 Dec 1877, PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS , d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID F491 Group Sheet
Family 2 SUSANNAH S. WORRELL, b. Jan 1845, GEORGIA
, d. Mar 1912, LUFKIN, PANOLA, TEXAS
Age: ~ 67 years
Married 4 Jul 1881 PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS [2]
Married 4 Jul 1881 PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS [2]
- MARRIED BY A. A. KING, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL.
Children 1. ANNA LUCRETIA ("LUE, & LULU") RUDD 2x , b. 20 Aug 1882, PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS
, d. 12 Jun 1967, FLORENCE, PINAL, ARIZONA
Age: 84 years
2. JAMES ELIAS RUDD, b. 27 Apr 1885, SAND FLATS, VANZANDT, TEXAS , d. 28 Mar 1932, TEXAS
Age: 46 years
3. FANNIE ELIZABETH RUDD, b. 2 Jul 1887, SAND FLATS, VANZANDT, TEXAS , d. Abt 1929, LUFKIN, PANOLA, TEXAS
Age: 41 years
Family ID F397 Group Sheet
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Notes - REFERENCES: CAUDLE(2), PRESTON M., UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH ON JAMES ERVIN
RUDD'S FAMILY, 2326 KENT COURT, WALDORF, MARYLAND, 20602-2212, 1968-76.
FARMER. HE IS BURIED IN THE NE CORNER OF SAND FLATS CEMETARY. HIS
GRAVE IS MARKED WITH A CIVAL WAR TOMBSTONE FOR HIS SERVICE IN THE
CONFEDERACY. BESIDE HIS GRAVE, THERE'S A TOMBSTONE FOR NANCY, HIS FIRST
WIFE, BUT SHE IS BURIED AT MT. BETHEL, IN PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS.
HE WAS IN ALL THE MAJOR BATTLES UNTIL GETTYSBURG. BEFORE THAT BATTLE,
HE WENT HOME TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE WHO HAD SMALL POX. SHE LIVED BUT HE
GOT IT TOO AND MISSED THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. THE POX PROBABLY SAVED HIS
LIFE. IN ONE OF THE BATTLES (PROBABLY THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS) HE
MARCHED BY HIS DYING BROTHER, MARION, WHO FOUGHT FOR THE UNION. HE HAD
BEEN SHOT (IN THE HEAD, I THINK). HE STOPPED LONG ENOUGH TO PUT HIS
NECKERCHEF UNDER HIS BROTHER'S HEAD BEFORE MARCHING ON.
MY MOM TOLD ME THIS STORY WHEN I WAS IN THE FIFTH GRADE AND WAS
STUDYING ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. SHE TOLD ME THAT HER GRANDFATHER FOUGHT ON
THE SIDE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA AND THAT HIS BROTHER FOUGHT
FOR THE NORTH. IT TOUCHED MY SOUL VERY DEEPLY WHEN SHE TOLD IT. SEVERAL
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY TOLD ME THE SAME STORY THUS CONFIRMING IT WITHOUT MY
PROMPTING.
SHE TOLD ME THAT AFTER THE WAR HER GRANDFATHER MOVED TO TEXAS. ONE
TIME HE CAME TO A BRIDGE AND THE OCCUPATION ARMY WAS TRYING TO CROSS IT
BEFORE HIM. HE GOT DOWN OUT OF THE WAGON, REACHED IN HIS BACK POCKET,
PULLED OUT A TWIST OF CHEWING TOBACCO, AND TOLD THEM "BY YASE I WAS ON THIS
BRIDGE FIRST, BACK OFF." THEY DID AND HE WENT ON HIS WAY.
WHEN HIS FIRST WIFE DIED, JAMES SENT FOR HER SISTER, SUSANNAH, TO HELP
HIM TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS. SHE CAME AND THEY WERE MARRIED BEFORE SHE
MOVED IN.
THE GRAVES IN HIS PLOT IN SAND FLATS CEMETARY ARE ARRANGED AS FOLLOWS:
JAMES ERVIN RUDD; VACANT GRAVE; MARKER FOR NANCY HIS FIRST WIFE BUT SHE
IS BURIED AT MT. BETHEL IN PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS; LUNA GILLENTINE; ERVIN
GILLENTINE. GRANMA PLANTED AN EVERGREEN TREE AT THE HEAD OF HIS GRAVE.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
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"J. E. RUDD TO SUSANAH S. WORNELL SS.: 'BE IT REMEMBERED, THAT ON' (IN
LARGE, BOLD, BLACK LETTERS) THIS 4TH DAY OF JULY A.D. 18'81' (TYPED OVER
'187..'), THE FOLLOWING MARRIAGE LICENSE WAS ISSUED, TO-WIT: 'TEXAS,
TO-WIT: PANOLA COUNTY, SS.' (IN LARGE, BOLD, BLACK LETTERS--LARGER THAN
'BE IT REMEMBERED, THAT ON') TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:
KNOW YE, THAT ANY PERSON LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO CELEBRATE THE RITES OF
MATRIMONY, IS HEREBY LICENSED TO JOIN IN MARRIAGE, AS HUSBAND AND WIFE,
J. E. RUDD AND SUSANAH S. WARNELL AND FOR SO DOING THIS SHALL BE HIS
SUFFICIENT AUTHORITY. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, H. POLLARD, CLERK OF THE
PANOLA COUNTY COURT, HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBE MY NAME AND AFFIX THE SEAL OF
SAID COURT, THIS 4 DAY JULY A.D.1881, (L.S.), H. POLLARD, CLERK.
'TEXAS, TO-WIT; PANOLA COUNTY.' (IN LARGE, BOLD, BLACK LETTERING): THIS
CERTIFIES, THAT I JOINED IN MARRIAGE, AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, J. E. RUDD AND
SUSANAH S. WORNELL ON THE 4 DAY OF JULY A.D.1881, A.A. KING, M.G.
[MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL].
THE ABOVE CERTIFICATE MUST BE RETURNED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE WITHIN SIXTY
DAYS, WITH THE BLANKS FILLED WITH THE NAMES AND DATES, AND SIGNED BY THE
PERSON SOLEMNIZING THE MARRIAGE."
"THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF PANOLA: I, ROY CADENHEAD, JR., CLERK OF
COURT IN AND FOR PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE
FOREGOING IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL ON FILE IN THIS
OFFICE IN VOLUME: D, PAGE: 359, MARRIAGE RECORD FOR SAID COUNTY.
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL THIS 16TH DAY OF OCT., A.D., 1969. ROY
CADENHEAD, JR., COUNTY CLERK, BY JENNIE BALLARD, DEPUTY."
NOTE: SUSANAH S. WARNELL'S SURNAME IS REALLY WORRELL (NOW PRONOUNCED
WORR'ELL TO DISTINGUISH IT). I GUESS THE DOUBLE R LOOKED LIKE AN N IS
WHY THE COUNTY CLERK SPELLED IT WARNELL.
- REFERENCES: CAUDLE(2), PRESTON M., UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH ON JAMES ERVIN
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