The Rudick Branch
Who was John Andrew Rudick?
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Ollie Mae Rudick and Columbus (Lum) John Norman were married in Stone County, Arkansas, and in 1900 lived in Big Flat, the same town her mother, brothers and sisters lived in. In 1910 and 1920 they lived in Farris, Arkansas, perhaps five miles south of Big Flat. In 1930, they lived in Castle, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. In 1947, Ollie was married to Samuel Tilden Abbot (1876 to 1958), and lived in Luther, Oklahoma. She died in Los Angeles, California.
Edna Aldene Rudick married Samuel A. Prater in 1902 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, and they probably lived the rest of their lives in Oklahoma.
Rosa Rudick married John Gerty McCarty in Arkansas in 1901. In 1910 and 1920, they lived in Beardon, Marion County, Arkansas.
Floyd Erasmus Rudick married Annie Belle Branscum in 1905. He seems to have worked on a farm in Duenweg, Jasper County, Missouri during the 1910 census (?!). In 1920 his family was in Harris, Stone County, Arkansas, just north of Mountain View. In 1930 they lived in Cache, Woodruff County, Arkansas. Floyd died in 1967 in nearby McCrory, Arkansas. While his World War One draft registration shows his middle name as "Erasmus", his family knew him as Floyd "Eloyd" Rudick, and Eloyd was the middle name of his son Clarence.
Cecil Edward Rudick was my great grandfather. He married Mary Alice Cessna. I could not find Cecil in the 1910 census. The Cessna family lived in Larue County, Kentucky in 1900, and relocated to Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, where they lived in 1910. I assume that Cecil and Mary were married around 1911. Their first child, Walter Rudick, was born in Oklahoma around 1912.
Cecil and Mary had a second child, my grandmother Dorothy Bonita Rudick. Dorothy was born in Kentucky. In 1920 the family lived in Louisville, and Cecil worked as a conductor for the Louisville Railroad. The third child, Vera May Rudick, was born in Michigan: In 1930, Cecil was a streetcar driver in Detroit.
Macon Cornelius Rudick worked as a hired hand on the Prater farm in 1910, and later he was a Depot Agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Macon and his wife Bessie C. lived in Campbell, Sequoyah County, in 1920. Macon and Bessie are buried in Gore Cemetery, Sequoyah County.
Josia (Josie) Rudick is a cipher to me. I'm told that she was the youngest of the Rudick girls and that she died around 1910, possibly in childbirth, with the married name of Hutchinson. I cannot find her in the 1900 census: she's not listed with her brothers and sisters. She's also not to be found in 1910, although the census lists her mother as having eight living children at that time.
In 1910, Winfred Homer Rudick lived in Big Flat with his grandmother, Sarah Crews. He married Jeanette (Netty) Reece and in 1920 they lived in Beardon, Marion County, Arkansas. Homer and his mother Catherine are buried in Valley View/Luther Cemetery, Luther, Oklahoma.
Catherine Crews-Rudick was married to John Rose in 1910. They're in the census, living in Long Creek, Searcy County, Arkansas. Catherine is listed as having eight living children, so I'm pretty sure that she is Catherine Rudick. In 1920, she is probably the Catherine Sutterfield (Satterfield in the census) listed as married to Samuel P. Sutterfield, living also in Long Creek, Searcy County, Arkansas.
