Adam FUDGE, Jr.

Bef 1780 - 1849  (> 69 years)

• Name	Adam FUDGE  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	Bef 1780	Halifax Co. NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0F5468DA320D4F8599D97A24ECCF2312B804
  Died	4 Jul 1849	Clatsop Co. OR   [1]
  Notes	Adam, Catherine and their children followed her brother, Benjamin Whitaker to Illinois. In the Fall of 1835 they emigrated to Putnam County, Illinois where they remained until the fall of 1836. They stayed in this area until March 7, 1847, when they joined Benjamin and family and headed west on the Oregon Trail crossing the continent to Polk County, Oregon where Adam secured a farm and engaged in its operation. Mr. Fudge took a donation claim on the Territorial road between Salem and Corvallis consisting of 640 acres. Their trip west began by crossing the Missouri River at St. Jospeh and then proceeded by way of Platte River, Soda Springs, Green River, Snake River, the Barlow Toll Road through the Cascade Mountains, Grande Ronde Valley, across the Blue Mountains at the present site of Pendleton, and finally arrived in Polk County, Oregon. Adam Fudge is listed in the 1840 Putnam Co., Ill. Census [page 11] In March 1848 Adam went to California as a gold hunter, mining near Sutter's Mill.  After saving about $1,500. He started home on a sailing vessel, and was twenty-two days in reaching the mouth of Columbia River.  He died there on July 4, 1848 and was buried at Astoria. [2]
  Person ID	I818	Master File
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	Adam FUDGE
  Mother	Elizabeth GARMEN
  Family ID	F1785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Rachel WHITEAKER,   b. 4 May 1804, Washington, Co. VA ,   d. 26 Aug 1868, Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR  (Age 64 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1824	Washington, Co. VA   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Maria FUDGE,   b. 1825/26, Washington, Co. VA   2. David FUDGE,   b. 1827/28, Washington, Co. VA   3. Elizabeth FUDGE,   b. 1829, Washington, Co. VA   4. John M. FUDGE,   b. 22 Jan 1832, Washington Co. VA ,   d. 1892  (Age 59 years)   5. Catherine FUDGE,   b. Abt 1836, Putnam Co. IL   6. James K. FUDGE,   b. 1839, Washington Co. VA   7. William FUDGE,   b. 27 Apr 1840, Illinois ,   d. 31 Jan 1917, Walla Walla, WA  (Age 76 years)   8. Susan FUDGE,   b. 1841, Cales Co. IL   9. Julia FUDGE,   b. 1841, Cales Co. IL   10. Amanda J. FUDGE,   b. 1843, Illinois ,   d. 1915  (Age 72 years)   11. Adam FUDGE,   b. 27 Jun 1845, Illinois ,   d. 20 May 1901, Walla Walla, WA  (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Gwen Stands Alone Rogers-Wilson McSwain. [S25] Descendants of Richard Whitaker, Jr. and Rachel Bentley, Joye Boardman. [S15] Nancy A. Nash Material, 1997.