Anson Rudd, born in Pennsylvania in 1819, was a cousin of General Zebulon Pike, the discoverer of Pike’s Peak in Colorado. Mr. Rudd served in the mexican War, and spent many years as an adventurer in the Far West. In 1860 he was one of the pioneer settlers of Colorado, his son being the first white child born in one section of that state. Mr. Rudd held many local offices. He was elected Lieutenant-Governor, but the then territory of Colorado failed to obtain statehood at that time, and the election was inoperative. Mr. Rudd was living in 1893 in retirement, devoting himself to literary pursuits.98