Brief Life History of James Clifford
When James Clifford Rudder Sr was born on 31 August 1863, in Washington, Indiana, United States, his father, Hiram Sheriff Rudder, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Hosea, was 34. He married Mary Barnett on 8 January 1884, in Richland, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Hiawatha Township, Brown, Kansas, United States in 1940 and Padonia Township, Brown, Kansas, United States in 1950. He died on 16 February 1952, at the age of 88, and was buried in Hiawatha Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States.
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- James C Rudder, "United States 1950 Census"
- James C Rudder, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- James Clifford Rudder, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Ruder 2.
Altered form of German Ruder 1 and 2.
English: topographic name from Middle English rude ‘clearing’ (Old English rȳd) + the agent suffix -er, for someone who lived in or near a clearing.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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