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Below is a sample of a family biography included in the History of Daviess County, Kentucky published by Inter-State Publishing Co. in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details in a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

Charles Rudy was born in Calhoon, McLean Co., Ky., Nov. 10, 1853. He is a son of Jacob A. Rudy, who was born in Jefferson County, and when a boy moved with his parents to Henderson County. He was married to Miss Mary J, Wright in McLean County, then Daviess County. They then settled in McLean County, where Mr. Rudy still resides. Mrs. Rudy died June 27, 1880. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Jacob A. Rudy has held various offices of trust in McLean County; was Sheriff of the county two terms. He and wife had three sons and one daughter, Charles, subject of this sketch, being the youngest. He attended schools in McLean County until fifteen, when he entered the Henderson schools, remaining here until eighteen; then was selected as a delegate to Center College at Danville, Ky. A short time after returning home he came to Curdsville, Daviess Co., and remained one year engaged in the tobacco business; then returned to Beach Grove and clerked in his brother's store some five months; then traveled over the South with patent medicines about four months; then went to Lake Village, Chicot Co., Ark., and clerked in a store until Oct. 1, 1880, when he accepted his present position as salesman in the house of Joseph Rothchild. Mr. Rudy married Olive Lostutter, at Owensboro, May 12, 1881. She was born in Dearborn County, Ind., and is a daughter of John Lostutter. Mrs. Rudy is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Rudy is, politically, a Democrat.

This family biography is one of 759 biographies included in the History of Daviess County, Kentucky published in 1883 by Inter-State Publishing Co.  For the complete description, click here: Daviess County Kentucky History, Genealogy and Maps

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