10/5/1875 Morgan Co, IL. Thomas applied for naturalization whichlist h is nationality as German while census and death records say hewas born i n England.
6/15/1880 Bethel, Morgan Co, IL. The census taker recorded a variedh ousehold. Thomas was a 36 year old farmer, wife Caroline was 39.They h ad no children but living with them were Caroline's brother,George Sco bey, 42, without occupation, and also listed as brother wasEdward Scob ey, 12, plus widowed niece, Sarah Stark, 23, and her son,Henry, 2. Ed ward was more likely a nephew, son of James and SarahLittle Scobey, Ja mes being deceased and Sarah, remarried with anotherwhole set of child ren.
10/30/1880 Final naturalization papers were dated that date.
6/13/1900 Chapin, Morgan Co, IL. By that census time, Thomas waslivi ng with the family of Eliza's nephew George Coulson. Thomas wasa 57 y ear old widower with occupation of landlord.
4/15/1910 W Greenwood Ave, Jacksonville, Morgan Co, IL. Before thene xt census Thomas Rudkin, 66, was boarding with James and ElizabethDave nport and retired with his own income. James and Elizabeth were66 and 6 7 years old but married less than a year. Elizabeth'sparents were fro m England, was she a Rudkin relative?
Cemetery records say Thomas was born in 1844.
RUDKINS THOMAS M/W UNK 0029470 1919-09-22 MORGANJACK SONVILLE 19-09-25
R. T. Cassell served as administrator of Thomas' estate.
Henry Rudkin, born 1840, was also buried in Chapin Cem. Thomas'brothe r?
