"History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties of Minnesota, 1916"



One of the most successful and highly skilled veterinarians of Cottonwood and adjoining counties is Dr. Frank E. Judd, who maintains his office and residence at Windom. He was born in Wabasha county, Minnesota, January 10, 1875. He is a son of Lewis S. and Fannie (Smith) Judd. The father was born in Georgetown, New York, in 1841, and the mother was born in Connecticut. Lewis S. Judd came to Minnesota in 1856, locating in Wabasha county, with his parents, George Washington Judd and Amanda (Emmons) Judd. The elder Judd took a pre-emption claim in Goodhue county, this state, and there he and his wife spent the rest of their lives, his death occurring in 1900, at an advanced age, he having been born in New York state in 1816. His wife preceded him to the grave in 1891. To these parents three children were born, namely: Lewis S. was the eldest; Pemelia, who died about 1896, and Rosella, who is still living in Goodhue county, Minnesota.

Lewis S. Judd, father of the subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood in the state of New York, where he was educated. He was fifteen years of age when he came to Minnesota, and here he was married, first, to a Miss Russell, by which union one child was born, Nora E., who is the wife of Louis Schofield, of Goodhue county. His second marriage was to Fannie Smith, and to their union four children were born, namely: George W., who died on January 9, 1916, at the age of forty-seven years; Kittie M., who was the wife of Charles D. Reifsneider, of Oronoco, Omstead county, died in 1906, at the age of thirty-five years; Frank E., the subject of this sketch; Harry G., born in 1877, lives in Jasper, Minnesota. The mother of the above-named children died in 1882. For his third wife, Lewis S. Judd married Mrs. Ann Allen, in 1887, but this union was without issue. Her death occurred in 1900, and in 1901 he married again, and he and his last wife are living at this writing at Mora, Kanabec county, Minnesota, whither he moved in 1899. He was a. blacksmith by trade, as was also his father before him. He moved to a farm in 1899, and in 1912 located in the town of Mora, where he has since lived retired. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in Company G, Third Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He was injured while in camp at Ft. Snelling and was honorably discharged. Politically, he is a Republican. He belongs to the Presbyterian church.

Frank S. Judd went to live with his paternal grandparents upon the death of his mother until he was fourteen years old, then began working on a farm, and he educated himself. He continued farm work until he was about twenty-five years of age, when he took up his studies at the Western Veterinary College, at Kansas City, Missouri, where he made an excellent record and was graduated in 1901. However, he had previously been a student in the schools at Mazeppa, Wabasha county, Minnesota. In July, 1901, he located in Perham, Otter Tail county, this state, for the practice of his profession, where he soon had a good start and remained until February 23, 1906, when he came to Windom, Cottonwood county, where he has remained to the present time, enjoying a large and satisfactory practice all the while. He has a well-equipped office and owns a pleasant home.

Politically, Doctor Judd is a Republican. He was made a Mason at Perham, Minnesota, in 1904. He is now a member of Perham Lodge No. 97, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Windom.

Doctor Judd was married on December 8, 1908, to Isabel Fawcett, a native of Cottonwood county, born here on May 6, 1871. She is a daughter of Thomas Fawcett, an early settler in this county, he having taken up a homestead here in the spring of 1869. His wife, Elizabeth Colquhoun, was born in Perth county, Ontario, Canada, May 5, 1838. Thomas Fawcett was born in England, August 7, 1838. He came to Canada with his parents in 1845. His death occurred July 28, 1886, and his wife died on March 27, 1906. To these parents the following children were born: James, deceased; Arthur, Mary, Isabel, wife of Doctor Judd; John, deceased; William is the youngest. Mr. Fawcett was an Episcopalian and his wife was a member of the Presbyterian church.