Henry was the fourth of eleven known children born to Nancy Feese and James Judd. In the late 1830s, his father moved the family from Indiana to Des Moines County, Iowa, where they became near neighbor to the Bolick family. Henry's older brother married a Bolick girl in 1854 and he married her sister, Rachel Bolick, in 1859.
The wife of Henry's brother died following the birth of her fifth child in 1862 and, for whatever reasons, Henry and Rachel took the newborn girl into their home and raised her as their own. Twenty-six years later, the adopted niece was married with two little girls when she too died following birth of a third child. Rachel and Henry again opened their home and hearts and raised Lydia and Florence to adulthood.
Rachel and Henry never had children of their own but it is quite clear that their love of family was very strong.
The wife of Henry's brother died following the birth of her fifth child in 1862 and, for whatever reasons, Henry and Rachel took the newborn girl into their home and raised her as their own. Twenty-six years later, the adopted niece was married with two little girls when she too died following birth of a third child. Rachel and Henry again opened their home and hearts and raised Lydia and Florence to adulthood.
Rachel and Henry never had children of their own but it is quite clear that their love of family was very strong.
Henry was the fourth of eleven known children born to Nancy Feese and James Judd. In the late 1830s, his father moved the family from Indiana to Des Moines County, Iowa, where they became near neighbor to the Bolick family. Henry's older brother married a Bolick girl in 1854 and he married her sister, Rachel Bolick, in 1859.
The wife of Henry's brother died following the birth of her fifth child in 1862 and, for whatever reasons, Henry and Rachel took the newborn girl into their home and raised her as their own. Twenty-six years later, the adopted niece was married with two little girls when she too died following birth of a third child. Rachel and Henry again opened their home and hearts and raised Lydia and Florence to adulthood.
Rachel and Henry never had children of their own but it is quite clear that their love of family was very strong.
The wife of Henry's brother died following the birth of her fifth child in 1862 and, for whatever reasons, Henry and Rachel took the newborn girl into their home and raised her as their own. Twenty-six years later, the adopted niece was married with two little girls when she too died following birth of a third child. Rachel and Henry again opened their home and hearts and raised Lydia and Florence to adulthood.
Rachel and Henry never had children of their own but it is quite clear that their love of family was very strong.
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