Jesse was the third of 11 known children born to Nancy Feese and James Judd. His family moved across the river to Indiana for several years and then on to Iowa about 1840. In the 1850s, a near neighbor named Jacob Close moved his family from Iowa down to Adair County, Missouri, and Jesse either went with them or soon followed. Jesse married Jacob's daughter, Sarah Jane Close, on 3 May 1857 and they began a family which totaled 13 children. The Judd and Close families returned to Des Moines County, Iowa, at some point after the 1860 census and before June 1864.
Of the 13 children born to Sarah and Jesse, six where known to die young and are commemorated on a marker in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Of those six, the first child (George), was born and died while the family lived in Missouri. The second child (Benjamin), was born in Missouri and likely died there before the family returned to Iowa. The other children on the marker are William, Rebecca, John and Ida. The remaining seven children were: James, Matilda, David, Mary, Susannah, Cissie and Clara.
Of the 13 children born to Sarah and Jesse, six where known to die young and are commemorated on a marker in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Of those six, the first child (George), was born and died while the family lived in Missouri. The second child (Benjamin), was born in Missouri and likely died there before the family returned to Iowa. The other children on the marker are William, Rebecca, John and Ida. The remaining seven children were: James, Matilda, David, Mary, Susannah, Cissie and Clara.
Jesse was the third of 11 known children born to Nancy Feese and James Judd. His family moved across the river to Indiana for several years and then on to Iowa about 1840. In the 1850s, a near neighbor named Jacob Close moved his family from Iowa down to Adair County, Missouri, and Jesse either went with them or soon followed. Jesse married Jacob's daughter, Sarah Jane Close, on 3 May 1857 and they began a family which totaled 13 children. The Judd and Close families returned to Des Moines County, Iowa, at some point after the 1860 census and before June 1864.
Of the 13 children born to Sarah and Jesse, six where known to die young and are commemorated on a marker in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Of those six, the first child (George), was born and died while the family lived in Missouri. The second child (Benjamin), was born in Missouri and likely died there before the family returned to Iowa. The other children on the marker are William, Rebecca, John and Ida. The remaining seven children were: James, Matilda, David, Mary, Susannah, Cissie and Clara.
Of the 13 children born to Sarah and Jesse, six where known to die young and are commemorated on a marker in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Of those six, the first child (George), was born and died while the family lived in Missouri. The second child (Benjamin), was born in Missouri and likely died there before the family returned to Iowa. The other children on the marker are William, Rebecca, John and Ida. The remaining seven children were: James, Matilda, David, Mary, Susannah, Cissie and Clara.
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