Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 351.  Daviess County.

CHARLES B. RUDD, of Owensboro, was born in the city which is still his
home, November 13, 1873, a son of James C. and Colegate (Moore) Rudd. His
mother was a daughter of James Moore, of Galveston, Texas, who for years
was a prominent merchant of that locality.  James C. Rudd is a native of
New York and brought to his southern home the energy and enterprise so
characteristic of the Empire State.  He purchased extensive tracts of land
in and near Owensboro and has assisted materially in the growth of the
city by the liberal expenditure of his means in improvements of a public
character.  He was one of the promoters, stockholders and officers of the
Louisville, St. Louis & Texas Railroad, secured the right of way for the
same and assisted materially in its completion; in fact, his efforts
alone made the building of the road possible.  He also erected, at a cost
of eighty-five thousand dollars, one of the most thoroughly equipped hotel
buildings in Kentucky, the Rudd House, which has been an important factor
in the growth of the city.  He is active in every interest for the
advancement of Owensboro, and is a public-spirited and progressive citizen.
     Charles B. Rudd entered the public schools of Owensboro and
graduated at the high school in the class of 1889.  He then entered the
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, where he remained through
his junior year, pursuing the English course.  He then returned home and
assisted his father in the management of the Rudd House, and while so
engaged took up the study of law under the direction of Chapeze Wathen.
After two years he entered Mr. Wathen's office, there to pursue his studies
and profit by the practical experience gained in the daily contact with
courts.  He was admitted to the bar April 9, 1894, and immediately entered
upon practice.  He has been successful from the beginning, his large
acquaintance and the extensive interests of his father bringing him
important cases.  He was but twenty-one years of age when he began
practice, but he possessed earnestness and industry; is assiduous in his
attention to all matters entrusted to his care, is a courteous gentleman
and a careful student.

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