James Winton Rhudy Married Mary Jane Shepherd

James Winton Rhudy and Mary Jane Shepherd were both 25 years old when they were married on 4 September 1890 in Maysville, DeKalb, Missouri.[1] Notice in the marriage license he listed his name as Wint Rhudy and he was living in King City, Gentry, Missouri. Mary Jane listed her residence as Maysville, DeKalb, Missouri. Even though they lived in different counties, they only lived about 20 miles apart.

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[1] Missouri State Archives, “Missouri MarriageRecords, 1805-2002,” database, Ancestry.com.(http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed  8 March 2012), entry for James Winton Rhudy [record #550, book F-76].

James Winton Rhudy in the Census as the Head of Household

James Winton Rhudy married Mary Jane Shepherd in 1891 in Maysville, DeKalb, Missouri, so the first time he appears in a United States census as the head of household is in 1900 in Camden, DeKalb, Missouri.[1] Their children are listed as Elmer B., Lottie M., Hattie R. and Robert L. Rudy. By the 1920 census their family moved to McNeal, Woodward, Oklahoma and in this census only two children are listed: Elmer B. and Emma G.[2] In the last census before his death in 1937, he was 64 years old and still living with Mary and two of their children, Elmer and Emma, in McNeal, Oklahoma.[3]

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1900 United States Census for Camden, De Kalb, Missouri

[1] “1900 United States Federal Census, Camden, De Kalb, Missouri, (Population Schedule), Enumeration District[ED] 65; Page: 1B,dwelling 16, family 16, James W Rhudy household,” jpeg image, (Online:Ancestry.com,2012), [Digital scan of original records from National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 852], <http://www.ancestry.com>,  accessed 13 January 2012.

1920 United States Census for McNeal, Oklahoma

[2] “1920 United States Federal Census, McNeal, Woodward,Oklahoma, (Population Schedule),Enumeration District [ED] 226; Page: 7B, dwelling 144, family 142, James W Rhudy household,” jpeg image, (Online:Ancestry.com, 2012), [Digital scan of original records from National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 1489. <http://www.ancestry.com>, accessed 13 January 2012.

1930 United States Census for McNeal, Oklahoma

[3] “1930 United States Federal Census, McNeal, Woodward,Oklahoma, (Population Schedule),Enumeration District [ED] 77-8; Page: 2B, dwelling 46, family 46, James W Rhudy household,” jpeg image, (Online:Ancestry.com, 2012), [Digital scan of original records from National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 1929], <http://www.ancestry.com>, accessed 13 January 2012.