Person:Benjamin Rudd (2)

Migration of Reeves, Samples, Morgan, and Rudd Families

Notes I Have from Bobby Joe Lamm dated March 2, 1997^{S2 S3}

One of my interest in genealogy is the migration info on my family - how and when they got where they are. I've got the Samples figured as follows, please correct me where you can. In the 1840's they lived on the Graves - Ballard county line in Western Kentucky. Their neighbors were the Reeves, Morgans, Rudds, Gills, Ransoms and Lamms. Matthew Richey Samples and Rachel Susan Morgan married in the late 1840's in Graves County. They had two or three children before moving to Ballard County in about 1854. I bet that their move wasn't more than 3 or 4 miles. Matthew's Mother, Mary Ransom Samples along with one of Matthew's younger brothers, were living with them when the 1860 census was taken. Rachel died mid 1860's and Matthew married Nancy Hilton Gill (one of his brothers was married to Nancy's sister). Matthew died in the 1870's and Nancy married Jack Morgan.^{S2 S3}

My grandmother, Ardella Samples married George W Reeves in 1872. In 1878 they left for Texas probably accompanied by Ardella's younger and single sister, Serena. They went by wagon across the Mississippi where they sold their team and wagon and caught a train for Dallas. They were met there by a family member who took them to Grayson County. Matthew's brother Moses B Samples was already in the area so it may have been him. Serena married Andy Lytle there the following year. In 1883 George and Ardella relocated to Hunt County where they purchased some acreage from James H Lamm (my g-grandfather). Another brother, Alfonso Jasper Samples, came by covered wagon in 1890 or 1891.^{S2 S3}

Jack and Nancy Hilton Morgan left Ballard County for Hunt County Texas sometime prior to 1889. Nancy's four children by Matthew Richey Samples (Safronia, Roscoe, Charles and Steve) all married in Hunt County in 1889 or 1890. She and Jack Morgan had some children also, but I don't know their names. I don't know what happened to Jack Morgan, but Nancy died in 1930 and is buried at Money Cemetery in Hunt County.^{S2 S3}

Several of the older children of Matthew and Rachel stayed in Kentucky and I know almost nothing about them. One of Serena's daughters is still living. She's mentally incompetent now, but several years ago when she had a better memory, I asked her about any siblings that her mother had back in Kentucky. She said that Serena had never mentioned them. I talked to a Jimmie Samples when I was in Graves county several years ago and he didn't know anyone beyond his grandfather. He did have a bunch of old pictures, probably from the 1800's with some that were identified as Samples and Rudds. A couple were identified as studio photographs made in Wolfe City and Greenville, Texas.^{S2 S3}

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Benjamin Thomas Rudd, in Find A Grave.
2.   Descendants of Benjamin Thomas Rudd, in Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family.

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   General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings
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   Descendants of Benjamin Thomas Rudd
   
   1 Benjamin Thomas Rudd b: February 13, 1868 in Bardwell, Carlisle County, Kentucky d: August 23, 1947 in Hunt County, Texas
   . +Sophronia Damarius Samples b: January 14, 1870 in near Bardwell, Carlisle County, Kentucky d: May 18, 1917 in Hunt County, Texas, buried at Money Cemetery, Greenville
   ........ 2 Lelon Vada Rudd b: May 09, 1892 in Kingston, Hunt County, Texas d: May 1959 in buried in Tidwell Cemetery, Hunt County, Texas
   ............ +Denny Napoleon Bostick b: November 23, 1886 d: August 19, 1964 in buried in Tidwell Cemetery, Hunt County, Texas
   ................... 3 Lester Ferne Bostick b: August 19, 1910 in Tidwell / Greenville, Hunt County, Texas d: August 09, 1959 in buried in Tidwell Cemetery, Hunt County, Texas
   ................... 3 Herman Thomas Bostick b: March 16, 1912 d: November 20, 1948 in buried in Tidwell Cemetery, Hunt County, Texas
   ................... 3 Herschall Clarence Bostick b: May 18, 1916
   ....................... +Syble Catherine Dowell
   .............................. 4 Step Daughter Bostick
   ................... 3 Edmond Denny Bostick b: July 13, 1918 in Hunt County, Texas
   ....................... +Evangeline Prather b: November 11, 1921 in Hunt County, Texas
   .............................. 4 Dennie Tillman Bostick b: June 23, 1961 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   ................... 3 [1] Dorothy June Bostick b: June 15, 1921
   ....................... +Gist
   .............................. 4 Jere Wayne Gist b: April 22, 1944 in Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas
   ................... *2nd Husband of [1] Dorothy June Bostick:
   ....................... +Henry Harrocks b: September 17, 1918
   .............................. 4 Billy Edd Harrocks b: December 29, 1950
   .............................. 4 Gatha Sue Harrocks b: February 06, 1952 d: January 25, 1953
   ................... 3 Doris Jean Bostick b: December 24, 1927 d: in buried in Memory Land Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   ....................... +Justin Bart Mays
   ........ 2 Lillian Nora Rudd b: December 30, 1893 d: January 01, 1962 in buried in Liberty Cemetery, Hunt County, Texas
   ............ +John Lester Darby
   ........ 2 Clarence Acie Rudd b: October 06, 1895 in Greenville, Tidwell, Hunt County, Texas d: June 20, 1984 in Citizens General Hospital, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   ............ +Winnie Foster b: December 04, 1899 in Liberty Community, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas d: December 06, 1985 in at home, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   ................... 3 Velma Oleta Rudd b: November 02, 1920 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   ....................... +J. T. Kelly b: March 09, 1910 in Dodson, Louisiana d: 1990 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   .............................. 4 Mary Gayle Kelly b: December 23, 1943 in Altus, Oklahoma
   .................................. +Carl Lewis Miller
   .............................. 4 [2] Joe Thomas Kelly b: January 07, 1947 in Dallas, Texas
   .................................. +Janis Glenn
   .............................. *2nd Wife of [2] Joe Thomas Kelly:
   .................................. +Marsha Freeman
   .............................. 4 Betty Carole Kelly b: September 18, 1949 in Dallas, Texas
   .................................. +John C. Doty
   ................... 3 Clarence Acie Rudd b: January 13, 1913 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   ....................... +Verbena Smit b: November 26, 1922 in Chicago, Cook County, IL
   .............................. 4 Paul Allen Rudd b: June 15, 1948 in Lit.Co. of Mary H, Evergreen Park, IL
   .................................. +Jane Frances Chesbro b: May 03, 1948 in Community Hospital, Fresno, CA
   .............................. 4 Shirley Jean Rudd b: August 25, 1950 in Lying In Hospital, Cook County, Chicago, IL
   .................................. +Raymond Carl Koop b: December 01, 1948 in Pontiac General Hospital, Pontiac, Oakland County, MI
   .............................. 4 Clarence Acie Rudd b: July 02, 1952 in St. John's Hosp., Oxnard, San Buenaventura, CA
   .................................. +Deborah Lee Hensley b: July 07, 1952 in St. Francis Hospital, Breachgrove, IN
   .............................. 4 Ronald Lee Rudd b: May 28, 1955 in St. John's Hosp., Oxnard, San Buenaventura, CA
   .................................. +Ann Frances Walsh b: June 13, 1957 in Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA
   .............................. 4 Robert Dale Rudd b: May 05, 1958 in St. John's Hosp., Oxnard, San Buenaventura, CA
   .................................. +Karen Emilie Kaufmann b: February 25, 1956
   ........ 2 Willie Archie Rudd b: July 14, 1900 in Tidwell / Greenville, Hunt County, Texas d: May 24, 1959 in buried in Brigham Cemetery, Campbell - Commerc, Hunt County, Texas
   ............ +Thelma Catherine Smart b: August 20, 1903
   ................... 3 Mary Lou Rudd b: September 27, 1922 in Lone Oak, Texas
   ....................... +John Milton Hill b: September 30, 1911 in Campbell, Hunt County, Texas
   .............................. 4 Kenneth Hill b: June 26, 1949 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   .................................. +Linda Herbert
   ................... 3 Cletus Fern Rudd b: November 10, 1924 in Point, Texas
   ....................... +Pauline Bench b: April 20, 1926
   .............................. 4 Shirley Lynn Rudd b: November 08, 1947
   .................................. +Phil Weatherford
   .............................. 4 Cletus Glen Rudd b: November 27, 1951
   .................................. +Linda
   .............................. 4 Janis Carol Rudd b: June 13, 1953
   .................................. +Dale White
   .............................. 4 Donnie Joe Rudd b: March 15, 1958
   ................... 3 Cleburn Willie Rudd b: October 31, 1926 in Point, Texas
   ....................... +Betty Jean Reid b: September 26, 1928
   .............................. 4 Thomas Wayne Rudd b: July 25, 1951
   .................................. +Lisa
   .............................. 4 Timothy Wesley Rudd b: July 25, 1951
   .................................. +Annette
   .............................. 4 Terry Allen Rudd b: June 12, 1954
   .............................. 4 Tamara Jean Rudd b: February 22, 1959
   ................... 3 Carolyn Sue Rudd b: February 13, 1943 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
   ....................... +John William Ragsdale b: December 31, 1940
   .............................. 4 Stacy Elise Ragsdale b: July 22, 1957 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
   .............................. 4 Angela Leigh Ragsdale b: February 09, 1971 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
   .............................. 4 Jeffrey Wade Ragsdale b: February 06, 1975 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
   
   Benjamin Thomas Rudd helped founded the Tidwell Baptist Church in 1894. He was it's last surviving charter member. He lived in Hunt County, Texas and Rains County, Texas.
   The following below is an email I recieved which has some very wrong information such as dates of birth of children etc. Typing errors to say the least! However, I include this letter to show who sent the family photos.
   
   
   From: USChaplain@aol.com
   Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 08:20:40 -0400 (EDT)
   To: awana@snowcrest.net (patricklawrencehougue)
   Subject: B.T.Rudd, Sophronia Samples, and family
   Content-ID: <0_4170_874326032@emout10.mail.aol.com.2345>
   Content-type: text/plain
   
   Dear Pat,
   I found another early picture of the Samples' ancestry. The picture that I have is from about 1894 of Benjamin Thomas Rudd, (born 13 Feb 1868, died 1947), with his wife Sophronia Demarious SAMPLES Rudd, (born: 12 Jan 1869 and died 17 May 1917, aged 48) with 2 of their children:
   
   (1) Lillian Nora RUDD Darby, born 31 Dec 1893, died 1 Jan 19??.
   (2) Lelon Vada RUDD Darby, born 12 Jan 1869, died 17 May 1917.
   
   Standing with them in the picture is a sister of Sophronia Demarious SAMPLES Rudd, her [half] sister, Nora [MORGAN] Samples Herndon.
   
   Nancy GILL was married twice.
   
   She was married to Matthew Richey Samples.
   And she was married to John "Jack" Morgan, by whom she had four children:
   
   (1) John Morgan, Jr.
   (2) Elisha "Lish" "Laish" Morgan
   (3) Nora Morgan Herndon
   (4) Fanny Morgan Ladd
   
   They also had two boys, Clarence Acie Rudd, Sr. and Rev. Willie Archie Rudd, which is the second picture attached.
   
   The third picture is of Clarence Acie Rudd, Sr.
   
   The fourth picture is of his wife, Winnie nee Foster Rudd.
   
   The fifth picture was taken on their wedding day.
   
   I guess I'll have to attach one picture at a time to one note, so you will have quite a few e-mail messages coming to you.
   
   Captain Raymond C. Koop (Chaplain)
   NOTE: A biography of Ray
   MCA: The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America: Turner Publishing Company: 15 Jun 1996. Pages 68, 69.

   
3.   Bobby Jo Lamm, in Correspondence with Patrick Hogue (Samples)
   2 Mar 1997.