113Ernest Rudd, farmer, Sec. 23, P.O. Joliet; born in Will Co., Ill., Aug. 24, 1854, where he has always lived, and followed the occupation of farming upon the place where he now resides; he owns 50 acres of land, two and one-half miles from Joliet, valued at $60 per acre. Married Martha M. Miller, May 21, 1875; she was born in Niagara Co., New York, March 20, 1853; they have two children - George Sanford, born Dec. 12, 1876; David Clarence, born Aug. 11, 1878.