My Genealogy Hound

JESSE RODDICK was born Oct. 4, 1819, and is the son of William Ruddick, one of the old pioneers of Indiana. He came there before the Black Hawk War, and his brother-in-law, Enoch Hinton, was the first man killed in that war. He was killed and his body thrown into White River. Our subject spent his boyhood days in the big woods among the Indians and wild animals. He used to hunt and trap a good deal in winter time. On May 17th, 1842, he married Matilda Finley in Jackson county, Ind. Her father, a native of Kentucky, has raised sixteen children, men and women grown. Mr. and Mrs. Ruddick have eight children living, named William A., Rachel R., Mary A., Hugh A., Olive B., Jesse O. Robert F., and George B. In 1852 he took a trip through Illinois to see the country. He then went to Indiana. In 1869 he moved to Jasper county and located on his present farm of 260 acres. Mr. Ruddick is held in high esteem by his friends and neighbors.