Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. Ernest RUDD, farmer, Sec. 23, P. 0. 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 she was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., March 20, 1853 ; they have two children - George Sanford, born Dec. 12, 1876; David Clarence, born Aug. 11, 1878.