Newspaper Article
Hartford Courant, October 20, 1900, Page 2.
General Rudd Improving
The "Winsted Citizen" of last evening says:-
A letter from Malcolm D. Rudd of Lakeville states that the condition of his father, the general, is not so serious as was reported by our correspndent. Mr. Rudd says: General Rudd has been very unwell for about a month, but his illness is not of the nature of paralysis, and at the present writing he is regaining a fair state of health.
Obituary
Hartford Courant, January 10, 1901, Page 2.
GENERAL WILLIAM B. RUDD
Died at Lakeville Yesterday - Served in Civil War on Bulkeley's Staff.
(Special to the Courant)
Lakeville, Jan. 9.
General William B. Rudd died at his home here this morning of heart disease after an illness that had confined him to his bed for five weeks. He was secretary and treasurer of the Holley Manufacturing Company and one of the most prominent men of the town. He leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter, Alexander Holley Rudd of Montclair, N. J., at the head of the block system on the Lehigh Valley railroad, Malcolm Day Rudd of this palce, in charge of the Holley plant, Charles Edward Rudd, a senior in the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, and Fanny, who is the wife of Martin Cantine of Saugerties, N. Y. The funeral will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at his late home. Rev. J. C. Goddard of Salisbury will officiate. The burial will be in the cemetery at Salisbury. William Beardslee Rudd was born in Fredonia, N. Y., August 6, 1838, a lineal descendant of New England's early settlers, including Lieutenant Jonathan Rudd of Saybrook and Elder William Brewster. He was the sixth child of Rev. George Robert Rudd, a Presbyterian minister, He received a common school education in Lyons, N. Y., where the family moved when he was 13 years old, until at the age of 16, he went into business under his brother Edward, founder of the publishing house of Rudd & Carleton of New York city. Returning soon after to Lyons he continued in the book business for several years, at the same time acting as agent for the American Express Company. In the fall of 1861 he was active in assisting in the organization of the Ninety-eighth New York Volunteers and went out as a sergeant major of the regiment in February 1862. Because of severe illness and continued ill health he returned to Lyons in November of the same year and did not again enter the army. Two years later he was commissioned adjutant of the One Hundred and Seventh Regiment, N. Y. N.G. In June following, 1865, he married Maria Coffing Holley, only daughter of ex-Governor Aleander Hamilton Holley of Lakeville. The next year he removed to Lakeville, after the death of John C. Holley, and became secretary of the Holley Manufacturing Company. In 1883 he was elected treasurer and general manager of the concern and for many years had been one of the largest stockholders. In politics he was a republican and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincloln. He was a member of the state central committee for some fifteen years, a district delegate to the Cincinnati convention in 1876, and an alternate to the Chicago convention in 1888. In 1881-2 he was aid on Governor Bigelow's staff and in 1889 was appointed quartermaster general by Governor Bulkeley and held the office two terms by reason of the disagreement in deciding on Governor Bulkeley's sucessor. General Rudd became a Mason in 1804 and for some years was treasurer of Hematite Chapter R. A. M., of Salisbury. He was a pst commander of Oren H. Knight Post, G. A. R., a member of the Army and Navy Club of this state, of the Hartford Club, of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and honorary member of one two other organizations.
Death Notice
New York Times, January 10, 1901.
Obituary Notes
William B. Rudd, formerly Quartermaster General of the staff of Gov. Bulkeley, died at his home in Lakeville, Conn., yesterday, aged sixty-two years. He was a son-in-law of ex-Gov. Holley and was President and Treasurer of the Holley Manufacturing Company of Lakeville.
Notes
Gen. William B. Rudd is a descendant of Jonathan Rudd who was married at Bridesbrook in 1646 and also of Gov. William Bradford who came to these shores on the Mayflower. His Mayflower Society Membership No. was 29,174.
Hartford Courant, October 20, 1900, Page 2.
General Rudd Improving
The "Winsted Citizen" of last evening says:-
A letter from Malcolm D. Rudd of Lakeville states that the condition of his father, the general, is not so serious as was reported by our correspndent. Mr. Rudd says: General Rudd has been very unwell for about a month, but his illness is not of the nature of paralysis, and at the present writing he is regaining a fair state of health.
Obituary
Hartford Courant, January 10, 1901, Page 2.
GENERAL WILLIAM B. RUDD
Died at Lakeville Yesterday - Served in Civil War on Bulkeley's Staff.
(Special to the Courant)
Lakeville, Jan. 9.
General William B. Rudd died at his home here this morning of heart disease after an illness that had confined him to his bed for five weeks. He was secretary and treasurer of the Holley Manufacturing Company and one of the most prominent men of the town. He leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter, Alexander Holley Rudd of Montclair, N. J., at the head of the block system on the Lehigh Valley railroad, Malcolm Day Rudd of this palce, in charge of the Holley plant, Charles Edward Rudd, a senior in the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, and Fanny, who is the wife of Martin Cantine of Saugerties, N. Y. The funeral will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at his late home. Rev. J. C. Goddard of Salisbury will officiate. The burial will be in the cemetery at Salisbury. William Beardslee Rudd was born in Fredonia, N. Y., August 6, 1838, a lineal descendant of New England's early settlers, including Lieutenant Jonathan Rudd of Saybrook and Elder William Brewster. He was the sixth child of Rev. George Robert Rudd, a Presbyterian minister, He received a common school education in Lyons, N. Y., where the family moved when he was 13 years old, until at the age of 16, he went into business under his brother Edward, founder of the publishing house of Rudd & Carleton of New York city. Returning soon after to Lyons he continued in the book business for several years, at the same time acting as agent for the American Express Company. In the fall of 1861 he was active in assisting in the organization of the Ninety-eighth New York Volunteers and went out as a sergeant major of the regiment in February 1862. Because of severe illness and continued ill health he returned to Lyons in November of the same year and did not again enter the army. Two years later he was commissioned adjutant of the One Hundred and Seventh Regiment, N. Y. N.G. In June following, 1865, he married Maria Coffing Holley, only daughter of ex-Governor Aleander Hamilton Holley of Lakeville. The next year he removed to Lakeville, after the death of John C. Holley, and became secretary of the Holley Manufacturing Company. In 1883 he was elected treasurer and general manager of the concern and for many years had been one of the largest stockholders. In politics he was a republican and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincloln. He was a member of the state central committee for some fifteen years, a district delegate to the Cincinnati convention in 1876, and an alternate to the Chicago convention in 1888. In 1881-2 he was aid on Governor Bigelow's staff and in 1889 was appointed quartermaster general by Governor Bulkeley and held the office two terms by reason of the disagreement in deciding on Governor Bulkeley's sucessor. General Rudd became a Mason in 1804 and for some years was treasurer of Hematite Chapter R. A. M., of Salisbury. He was a pst commander of Oren H. Knight Post, G. A. R., a member of the Army and Navy Club of this state, of the Hartford Club, of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and honorary member of one two other organizations.
Death Notice
New York Times, January 10, 1901.
Obituary Notes
William B. Rudd, formerly Quartermaster General of the staff of Gov. Bulkeley, died at his home in Lakeville, Conn., yesterday, aged sixty-two years. He was a son-in-law of ex-Gov. Holley and was President and Treasurer of the Holley Manufacturing Company of Lakeville.
Notes
Gen. William B. Rudd is a descendant of Jonathan Rudd who was married at Bridesbrook in 1646 and also of Gov. William Bradford who came to these shores on the Mayflower. His Mayflower Society Membership No. was 29,174.
Newspaper Article
Hartford Courant, October 20, 1900, Page 2.
General Rudd Improving
The "Winsted Citizen" of last evening says:-
A letter from Malcolm D. Rudd of Lakeville states that the condition of his father, the general, is not so serious as was reported by our correspndent. Mr. Rudd says: General Rudd has been very unwell for about a month, but his illness is not of the nature of paralysis, and at the present writing he is regaining a fair state of health.
Obituary
Hartford Courant, January 10, 1901, Page 2.
GENERAL WILLIAM B. RUDD
Died at Lakeville Yesterday - Served in Civil War on Bulkeley's Staff.
(Special to the Courant)
Lakeville, Jan. 9.
General William B. Rudd died at his home here this morning of heart disease after an illness that had confined him to his bed for five weeks. He was secretary and treasurer of the Holley Manufacturing Company and one of the most prominent men of the town. He leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter, Alexander Holley Rudd of Montclair, N. J., at the head of the block system on the Lehigh Valley railroad, Malcolm Day Rudd of this palce, in charge of the Holley plant, Charles Edward Rudd, a senior in the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, and Fanny, who is the wife of Martin Cantine of Saugerties, N. Y. The funeral will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at his late home. Rev. J. C. Goddard of Salisbury will officiate. The burial will be in the cemetery at Salisbury. William Beardslee Rudd was born in Fredonia, N. Y., August 6, 1838, a lineal descendant of New England's early settlers, including Lieutenant Jonathan Rudd of Saybrook and Elder William Brewster. He was the sixth child of Rev. George Robert Rudd, a Presbyterian minister, He received a common school education in Lyons, N. Y., where the family moved when he was 13 years old, until at the age of 16, he went into business under his brother Edward, founder of the publishing house of Rudd & Carleton of New York city. Returning soon after to Lyons he continued in the book business for several years, at the same time acting as agent for the American Express Company. In the fall of 1861 he was active in assisting in the organization of the Ninety-eighth New York Volunteers and went out as a sergeant major of the regiment in February 1862. Because of severe illness and continued ill health he returned to Lyons in November of the same year and did not again enter the army. Two years later he was commissioned adjutant of the One Hundred and Seventh Regiment, N. Y. N.G. In June following, 1865, he married Maria Coffing Holley, only daughter of ex-Governor Aleander Hamilton Holley of Lakeville. The next year he removed to Lakeville, after the death of John C. Holley, and became secretary of the Holley Manufacturing Company. In 1883 he was elected treasurer and general manager of the concern and for many years had been one of the largest stockholders. In politics he was a republican and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincloln. He was a member of the state central committee for some fifteen years, a district delegate to the Cincinnati convention in 1876, and an alternate to the Chicago convention in 1888. In 1881-2 he was aid on Governor Bigelow's staff and in 1889 was appointed quartermaster general by Governor Bulkeley and held the office two terms by reason of the disagreement in deciding on Governor Bulkeley's sucessor. General Rudd became a Mason in 1804 and for some years was treasurer of Hematite Chapter R. A. M., of Salisbury. He was a pst commander of Oren H. Knight Post, G. A. R., a member of the Army and Navy Club of this state, of the Hartford Club, of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and honorary member of one two other organizations.
Death Notice
New York Times, January 10, 1901.
Obituary Notes
William B. Rudd, formerly Quartermaster General of the staff of Gov. Bulkeley, died at his home in Lakeville, Conn., yesterday, aged sixty-two years. He was a son-in-law of ex-Gov. Holley and was President and Treasurer of the Holley Manufacturing Company of Lakeville.
Notes
Gen. William B. Rudd is a descendant of Jonathan Rudd who was married at Bridesbrook in 1646 and also of Gov. William Bradford who came to these shores on the Mayflower. His Mayflower Society Membership No. was 29,174.
Hartford Courant, October 20, 1900, Page 2.
General Rudd Improving
The "Winsted Citizen" of last evening says:-
A letter from Malcolm D. Rudd of Lakeville states that the condition of his father, the general, is not so serious as was reported by our correspndent. Mr. Rudd says: General Rudd has been very unwell for about a month, but his illness is not of the nature of paralysis, and at the present writing he is regaining a fair state of health.
Obituary
Hartford Courant, January 10, 1901, Page 2.
GENERAL WILLIAM B. RUDD
Died at Lakeville Yesterday - Served in Civil War on Bulkeley's Staff.
(Special to the Courant)
Lakeville, Jan. 9.
General William B. Rudd died at his home here this morning of heart disease after an illness that had confined him to his bed for five weeks. He was secretary and treasurer of the Holley Manufacturing Company and one of the most prominent men of the town. He leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter, Alexander Holley Rudd of Montclair, N. J., at the head of the block system on the Lehigh Valley railroad, Malcolm Day Rudd of this palce, in charge of the Holley plant, Charles Edward Rudd, a senior in the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, and Fanny, who is the wife of Martin Cantine of Saugerties, N. Y. The funeral will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at his late home. Rev. J. C. Goddard of Salisbury will officiate. The burial will be in the cemetery at Salisbury. William Beardslee Rudd was born in Fredonia, N. Y., August 6, 1838, a lineal descendant of New England's early settlers, including Lieutenant Jonathan Rudd of Saybrook and Elder William Brewster. He was the sixth child of Rev. George Robert Rudd, a Presbyterian minister, He received a common school education in Lyons, N. Y., where the family moved when he was 13 years old, until at the age of 16, he went into business under his brother Edward, founder of the publishing house of Rudd & Carleton of New York city. Returning soon after to Lyons he continued in the book business for several years, at the same time acting as agent for the American Express Company. In the fall of 1861 he was active in assisting in the organization of the Ninety-eighth New York Volunteers and went out as a sergeant major of the regiment in February 1862. Because of severe illness and continued ill health he returned to Lyons in November of the same year and did not again enter the army. Two years later he was commissioned adjutant of the One Hundred and Seventh Regiment, N. Y. N.G. In June following, 1865, he married Maria Coffing Holley, only daughter of ex-Governor Aleander Hamilton Holley of Lakeville. The next year he removed to Lakeville, after the death of John C. Holley, and became secretary of the Holley Manufacturing Company. In 1883 he was elected treasurer and general manager of the concern and for many years had been one of the largest stockholders. In politics he was a republican and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincloln. He was a member of the state central committee for some fifteen years, a district delegate to the Cincinnati convention in 1876, and an alternate to the Chicago convention in 1888. In 1881-2 he was aid on Governor Bigelow's staff and in 1889 was appointed quartermaster general by Governor Bulkeley and held the office two terms by reason of the disagreement in deciding on Governor Bulkeley's sucessor. General Rudd became a Mason in 1804 and for some years was treasurer of Hematite Chapter R. A. M., of Salisbury. He was a pst commander of Oren H. Knight Post, G. A. R., a member of the Army and Navy Club of this state, of the Hartford Club, of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and honorary member of one two other organizations.
Death Notice
New York Times, January 10, 1901.
Obituary Notes
William B. Rudd, formerly Quartermaster General of the staff of Gov. Bulkeley, died at his home in Lakeville, Conn., yesterday, aged sixty-two years. He was a son-in-law of ex-Gov. Holley and was President and Treasurer of the Holley Manufacturing Company of Lakeville.
Notes
Gen. William B. Rudd is a descendant of Jonathan Rudd who was married at Bridesbrook in 1646 and also of Gov. William Bradford who came to these shores on the Mayflower. His Mayflower Society Membership No. was 29,174.
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BORN AUG. 17, 1838
DIED JAN. 9, 1901
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