Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Charles F. RUDEN, physician and surgeon, Beecher; was born in Prussia, near Berlin, Jan. 26, 
1832; received education at the University of Berlin, which institution conferred the title 
of M. D. upon him in 1854; came to America in 1855, stopping at New York City one year; located 
in Will Co. in 1857, where he has been practicing homeopathy ever since; he also keeps the 
largest stock of drugs in Beecher. Was married to Louisa SHILLING in 1866; she only lived 
till 1869. Married again in 1870 to Miss Ida WAGENER at Frankfort Station in Will Co., IL; 
their children are Libby, Eddy, George and Louisa.