Adam FUDGE: Appalachian Aristocracy

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1845 - 1901 (55 years)

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Adam FUDGE was born 27 Jun 1845, Illinois; died 20 May 1901, Walla Walla, WA.

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Joye Boardman has his date of birth as May 26, 1845 in Illinois. (Ref: 1860 Census of Polk Co., Oregon)

1870 Washington Territory, Waitsburg Township Census..Adam is 25, Mary, 23, Grace 6/12, born 1860 and farmhand, C. W. Worley, age 44

In 1872 he came to Walla Walla, WA where he lived the remainder of his life.

For five years Adam engaged in the butcher business in Waitsburg and then purchased a ranch in Whitman County. At his death he left his widow a valuable tract of eight hundred acres of land in Whitman County. Adam took a very active part in the ODD Fellows lodge and was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party. He was a man of good business and executive ability. (Ref: Lyman's History of Walla Walla County, Vol 1Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918, pages 588-591.)

Scrapbook - dated about 1901, located at the Oregon State Historical Society Library, Portland, Oregon. Walla Walla, WA. May 20, - Adam Fudge, aged 55 years, a pioneer of the Pacific Coast, and for many years a resident of Endicott, Washington, died in this city late last evening. The funeral will take place at Waitsburg under the auspices of the 100F Lodge. The exact date has not been set.

Buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Waitsburg.

Adam married Mary Mildred PERKINS. Mary was born Abt 1847, Marshall Co. IL; died Aft May 1934, Walla Walla, WA. [Group Sheet]

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2. Grace FUDGE was born , Washington; died Abt 1918.
3. Adna FUDGE
4. Will C. FUDGE

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Grace FUDGE (1.Adam¹) was born , Washington; died Abt 1918.
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Adna FUDGE (1.Adam¹)
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Adna married Samuel B. SWEENY. [Group Sheet]

Will C. FUDGE

(1.Adam¹)

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was assistant cashier of the Colfax National Bank

Walla Walla County, Court Records..Case # 18756..Petition to Sell land and divide proceeds.. Mary M. Fudge, is the widow of Adam Fudge, who died testate 20 May 1901. He left land located in Whitman County to his widow, Mary M. Fudge and his children: Adna Sweeney nee Fudge; and William C. Fudge. William C. Fudge deeded his part of the land to his ex-wife, Minnie S. Fudge. Mary M. Fudge says the land is such that it cannot be partitioned and is asking the Court to order it sold, and the proceeds divided between her, Adna Sweeney and Minnie S. Fudge. So ordered by the Court on 23 May 1934.